Volkswagen launched the Flying Tiger, its first working prototype flying car.
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Italian astronomer Giovanni Donati became the first person to observe the spectrum of a comet.
Nelson Mandela returned to South Africa and was arrested for illegally leaving the country.
Foundations were placed on Bedloe's Island, New York City, to become home of the Statue of Liberty.
The first traffic lights in the US were installed in Cleveland, Ohio.
The world's first lab-grown bovine stem cell burger was consumed in London.
