The first railway line in Pakistan opened, with trains running from Karachi to Kotri.
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Winston Churchill made his famous speech to the House of Commons.
An Australian man became the first to circumnavigate the world in an amphibious vehicle.
The first British-made jet bomber, the English Electric Canberra, made its first test flight.
A new study was published in the journal 'Nature Geoscience,' which showed that the moon is still shrinking with recent moonquakes as it cools.
Apple released its Macintosh System 7.0.