The first motion picture was shown to a theater audience at the Philadelphia Academy of Music.
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The world's largest golden nugget was discovered.
The Morecambe Bay cockling disaster killed twenty-three people.
The Comic Relief charity created ''Red Nose Day" in the United Kingdom, and raised £15 million ($19 million).
Sweet rationing during World War II finally came to an end in Britain.
The general interest family magazine Reader's Digest was first published.
