A painting called “Abstraktes” by Gerhard Richter sold for a record $34 million.
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Cellular mobile phone service was made available to the American public for the first time.
The cornerstone of the White House was laid, marking the first day of construction.
The American singer and songwriter Bob Dylan posthumously won a Nobel prize in literature.
James Wallace Black took the USA's first aerial photo in Boston from a hot air balloon.
All 33 miners trapped after a mining accident in Chile were rescued after being stuck underground for 69 days.
