Nikephoros II Phokas was crowned emperor of the Byzantine Empire.
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Julian Assange, who founded WikiLeaks, was given political asylum by Ecuador.
Edwin Prescott was awarded a patent for the vertical loop Roller Coaster.
More than 1,200 tin homes were destroyed after a fire broke out in the Chalantika slums of Dhaka, Bangladesh.
Cyprus gained its independence from the United Kingdom.
Queen Victoria of Britain sent the first-ever transatlantic telegraph to US President James Buchanan.
