Volkswagen launched the Flying Tiger, its first working prototype flying car.
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The world's first lab-grown bovine stem cell burger was consumed in London.
Italian astronomer Giovanni Donati became the first person to observe the spectrum of a comet.
The Battle of Tettenhall occurred, where the final major Viking army battled against England and was defeated by a landslide.
The Ambato earthquake destroyed fifty towns in Ecuador and killed over 6,000 people.
British graffiti artist Banksy created the first in a series of animal artworks in London.
