The Great Train Robbery, the first-ever Western film, was released.
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Shaw University, the first historically Black university in the southern United States, was founded.
The Japanese broadcaster NHK launched the world's first super-high definition 8K television channel.
Puerto Rico's Arecibo Telescope collapsed less than a month after being decommissioned.
Paul McCartney and Pete Best were arrested.
NASA intentionally crashed a Boeing 720 aircraft to test new safety technology.
