Wesley College was established in Melbourne, Australia.
Wesley was the first registered school in Australia.
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Diego, a 100-year-old tortoise, was retired from a breeding program after fathering 800+ children.
England drew it's very first lottery outside St Paul's Cathedral.
Luther Terry, the US Surgeon General, released a report concluding smoking cigarettes is bad for you.
Los Angeles was covered in snow for the first time in recorded history.
Astronomer Sir William Herschel discovered the first two moons of Uranus, Titania & Oberon.