East Pakistan renamed itself Bangladesh after seceding from Pakistan.
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Astronomer Sir William Herschel discovered the first two moons of Uranus, Titania & Oberon.
Samuel Morse sent the first telegraph message using Morse code across two miles of wire in New Jersey, USA.
Judge Simon Cowell left American Idol but continued working with FOX on X Factor US.
Harry Potter author J.K. Rowling officially finished writing The Deathly Hallows.
The ruins of an ancient lost city were discovered in eastern Ecuador.
