The Great Train Robbery, the first-ever Western film, was released.
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The Japanese broadcaster NHK launched the world's first super-high definition 8K television channel.
The computer-animated film 'Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse' premiered in Los Angeles.
Japanese Emperor Hirohito approved plans set forward by his advisors to go to war against the United States of America.
Puerto Rico's Arecibo Telescope collapsed less than a month after being decommissioned.
Rosa Parks was arrested.
