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 musical 'Chicago' opened at Richard Rodgers Theater in New York City.
A 7.8 magnitude earthquake hit Kaikōura, New Zealand.
NASA's Mariner 9 became the first spacecraft to orbit another planet when it entered Mars' orbit.
Herman Melville's novel 'Moby Dick' was published by Harper & Brothers in New York.
