The first photo of the moon was taken by John Draper in New York City.
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King Richard III of England was reburied at Leicester Cathedral, England.
Sir Henry Thompson conducted the UK's first cremation on the corpse of Mrs. Jeannette C. Pickersgill.
A Dutch art investigator recovered Pablo Picasso's stolen 'Buste de Femme' painting. It had been missing for 20 years.
The first edition of the Book of Mormon was published in Palmyra, New York.
Up to 20,000 people were killed in an earthquake in Caracas, Venezuela.