The Great Train Robbery, the first-ever Western film, was released.
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The computer-animated film 'Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse' premiered in Los Angeles.
The Kingdom of Iceland was first established.
Shaw University, the first historically Black university in the southern United States, was founded.
Japanese Emperor Hirohito approved plans set forward by his advisors to go to war against the United States of America.
Paul McCartney and Pete Best were arrested.
