Herman Melville’s novel “Moby Dick” was published by Harper & Brothers in New York.
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Dr. Fritz Derom performed a successful single-lung transplantation on patient Aloïs Vereecken at the University Hospital in Ghent, Belgium.
NASA's Mariner 9 became the first spacecraft to orbit another planet when it entered Mars' orbit.
The British Broadcasting Company (BBC) began its radio service in the United Kingdom.
The James Bond movie 'Casino Royale,' with Daniel Craig as Bond, premiered in London.
Louis Timothee became America's first paid librarian.
