Nikephoros II Phokas was crowned emperor of the Byzantine Empire.
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Cyprus gained its independence from the United Kingdom.
Queen Victoria of Britain sent the first-ever transatlantic telegraph to US President James Buchanan.
More than 1,200 tin homes were destroyed after a fire broke out in the Chalantika slums of Dhaka, Bangladesh.
The first issue of Sports Illustrated magazine is published.
NASA launched its Active Magnetospheric Particle Tracer Explorers mission (AMPTE) from the Cape Canaveral launch pad.
