Los Angeles was covered in snow for the first time in recorded history.
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Harry Potter author J.K. Rowling officially finished writing The Deathly Hallows.
Charing Cross Railway Station opened in London, England.
East Pakistan renamed itself Bangladesh after seceding from Pakistan.
Astronomer Sir William Herschel discovered the first two moons of Uranus, Titania & Oberon.
The ruins of an ancient lost city were discovered in eastern Ecuador.
