Cobb, a film about the baseball player Ty Cobb and starring Tommy Lee Jones premiered.
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Napoleon Bonaparte was crowned the Emperor of France in Paris.
The world's first self-sustaining nuclear chain reaction happened in Chicago Pile-1 at the University of Chicago. It was overseen by Enrico Fermi.
NASA's Endeavour Space Shuttle was launched through Mission STS-61.
The United Kingdom became the first country to legalize the use of the Pfizer COVID-19 Vaccine.
The Battle of Tirad Pass was fought.