Volkswagen launched the Flying Tiger, its first working prototype flying car.
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English explorer Humphrey Gilbert claimed Newfoundland for the British crown.
The first taxicab service started operating in Tokyo, Japan.
British graffiti artist Banksy created the first in a series of animal artworks in London.
The leader in Scotland's fight for independence, William Wallace, was captured and later trialed and executed in London.
The world's first lab-grown bovine stem cell burger was consumed in London.
