NASA revealed water vapor had been discovered on dwarf planet Ceres.
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Lady Macbeth by Dmitri Shostakovich was performed for the first time in Leningrad, Saint Petersburg, Russia.
Russian soldiers attack unarmed demonstrators on this day that would later be known as 'Bloody Sunday.'
Charles Dickens and his wife arrived in Boston, US, from Liverpool, UK.
After the death of Queen Victoria, Britain moved their postage stamps to the King Edward VII series.
England and France declared war on Austria's Emperor, Charles V.