The James Bond spy movie “Skyfall,” starring Daniel Craig, premiered at the Royal Albert Hall, London, UK.
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The Smurfs were published for the first time in Spirou magazine in Belgium.
The bank robber John Dillinger and his gang robbed $75,000 from the Central National Bank in Greencastle, Indiana.
A 2,400-year-old shipwreck found in the Black Sea became the world's oldest intact shipwreck ever discovered.
The world's longest over sea bridge opened in China.
English singer-songwriter Adele achieved the record of the first song to get over 1 million downloads in a week with her third studio album 'Hello.'