The British Broadcasting Company (BBC) began its radio service in the United Kingdom.
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Dr. Fritz Derom performed a successful single-lung transplantation on patient Aloïs Vereecken at the University Hospital in Ghent, Belgium.
The James Bond movie 'Casino Royale,' with Daniel Craig as Bond, premiered in London.
Nellie Bly, a pioneering female journalist, embarked on a trip to travel around the world in less than 80 days.
A 19-mile crater was found under the Greenland Glacier.
The discovery of an Earth-like planet 3.2 times bigger than our world was announced.
