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John Murray issues the first edition of Charles Darwin's On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection from 50 Albemarle Street in London. The print run of 1,250 copies is taken up by the trade on the day of publication.

A 34-metre concrete tube is half-sunk off Norway's southernmost point and opens as a restaurant, five and a half metres down, with an 11-metre window onto the seabed. Between services it works as a marine research station.

Edinburgh's £150M Royal Hospital for Children and Young People, designed by HLM Architects and built by Brookfield Multiplex, opened to patients after ventilation and drainage faults forced repeated delays.

Sydney's Quay Quarter Tower, which reuses 68% of a 1970s office block's structure, finished construction at Circular Quay.