Major Glenn Miller, musician, and composer, disappeared over the English Channel during a flight.
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Gone with the Wind, the drama film directed by Victor Fleming, premiered in Atlanta, Georgia.
The US Bill of Rights was ratified when Virginia gave its approval, which became amendments 1-10 of the constitution.
The London Underground's Great Northern, Piccadilly and Brompton Railway opened.
Napoleon Bonaparte finally had a funeral.
The longest ever United Nations climate talk ended.
