The British Museum in London was established after King George II gave his Royal assent to parliament.
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The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) resumed TV broadcasting for the first time since the end of WWII.
Judge Thomas Penfield Jackson ordered the breakup of Microsoft Corporation.
King Kamehameha III of Hawaii signed the Declaration of Rights, which was a significant movement away from the country's 'ancient ways.'
The First Crusaders successfully sieged Jerusalem and took it from the Fatimid Caliphate.
Machine guns were fired from a US airplane for the first time.
