Jackie Robinson signed the first Major League Baseball contract for a Black ballplayer.
Source
The first-ever color 3D movie, 'House of Wax,' premiered in New York.
The world's first Jewish ghetto was established in Venice, Italy.
The Statute of Anne became the UK's first copyright law.
The Titanic departed Southampton for its first and only journey.
Mount Tambora erupted in Dutch East Indies (now Indonesia).
