Beethoven Symphony No. 8 premiered in Vienna, Austria.
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Two scientists from the University of California Radiation Laboratory discovered carbon-14, a new isotope of carbon.
Ebony and Ivory was recorded by Stevie Wonder & Paul McCartney.
The British Labour Party was founded.
The first Dutch abortion clinic began to perform artificially-induced abortions.
The Reichstag, Germany's parliament building, was set on fire by a Dutch communist.
