Walt Disney’s animated Dumbo was released in New York City, New York, US.
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Elton John became the 1,662nd person to receive a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
The James Bond spy movie 'Skyfall,' starring Daniel Craig, premiered at the Royal Albert Hall, London, UK.
A 2,400-year-old shipwreck found in the Black Sea became the world's oldest intact shipwreck ever discovered.
The bank robber John Dillinger and his gang robbed $75,000 from the Central National Bank in Greencastle, Indiana.
The Smurfs were published for the first time in Spirou magazine in Belgium.
