Astronomer Sir William Herschel discovered the first two moons of Uranus, Titania & Oberon.
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The ruins of an ancient lost city were discovered in eastern Ecuador.
England drew it's very first lottery outside St Paul's Cathedral.
Los Angeles was covered in snow for the first time in recorded history.
Judge Simon Cowell left American Idol but continued working with FOX on X Factor US.
The first Jewish person was elected in the US.
