Adaptation directed by Spike Jonze, starring Nicolas Cage and Meryl Streep, premiered.
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James Cameron's Avatar: The Way of the Water premiered in London.
A first edition of 'The Birds of America' by John James Audubon was auctioned at Sotheby's, London, England, for £7,321,250 ($10 million) – which took the record for any book at auction.
The Altamont free concert occurred.
Hasbro was founded as Hassenfeld Brothers in Providence, Rhode Island.
US President Abraham Lincoln ordered the hanging of 39 Santee Sioux Indians.
