The Great Train Robbery, the first-ever Western film, was released.
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Slavery in Cape Colony, Britain's colony in South Africa, was abolished by the 1833 Slavery Abolition Act.
Paul McCartney and Pete Best were arrested.
The first-ever World AIDS day started in effort to raise awareness of the AIDS global epidemic.
The Kingdom of Iceland was first established.
NASA intentionally crashed a Boeing 720 aircraft to test new safety technology.
