Slavery in Cape Colony, Britain’s colony in South Africa, was abolished by the 1833 Slavery Abolition Act.
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Shaw University, the first historically Black university in the southern United States, was founded.
Rosa Parks was arrested.
The final film in the Lord of the Rings series 'The Return of the King,' directed by Peter Jackson, premiered in Wellington, New Zealand.
Puerto Rico's Arecibo Telescope collapsed less than a month after being decommissioned.
The Kingdom of Iceland was first established.