The Humorous Phases of Funny Faces by James Stuart Blackton became the world’s first animation.
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The Declaration of Arbroath was signed in Scotland to reaffirm the country's independence.
Americans reached the North Pole.
The first Tony Awards were handed out at the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel in New York City.
The first known animal contracted COVID-19.
NASA launched the Pioneer 11 space probe to study the asteroid belt & the environment around Jupiter and Saturn.
