Michelle Bachelet became the first female president of Chile.
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The Spanish Flu received its first case in the US.
The Empire of Japan established the Empire of Vietnam, which acted as a puppet state to Japan.
Marvel's movie 'Black Panther' became the 5th movie of all time to make more than $1 billion at the Box Office.
The existence of the giant panda became known to the Western world after French Armand David received a giant panda's skin from a hunter.
The World Health Organization (WHO) confirmed that the spread of COVID-19 was now at a Pandemic stage.