Million Dollar Baby, directed by Clint Eastwood, was released. It went on to win Best Picture.
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Gone with the Wind, the drama film directed by Victor Fleming, premiered in Atlanta, Georgia.
The US Patents Office was nearly completely burned down.
The American Psychiatric Association officially declared that homosexuality is not a mental illness.
Major Glenn Miller, musician, and composer, disappeared over the English Channel during a flight.
The London Underground's Great Northern, Piccadilly and Brompton Railway opened.