The Kingdom of Iceland was first established.
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Shaw University, the first historically Black university in the southern United States, was founded.
The final film in the Lord of the Rings series 'The Return of the King,' directed by Peter Jackson, premiered in Wellington, New Zealand.
Slavery in Cape Colony, Britain's colony in South Africa, was abolished by the 1833 Slavery Abolition Act.
NASA intentionally crashed a Boeing 720 aircraft to test new safety technology.
The Great Train Robbery, the first-ever Western film, was released.
