World tennis champion Martina Navratilova won her 74th match streak.
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The Batman, featuring lead actor Robert Pattinson, hit the box office in 4,217 locations in North America.
The Second Anglo-Dutch War began as England fought the Dutch republic for the control of seas and trade routes.
The first People's Choice Awards aired on CBS.
The United States Department of Labor was formed.
The Soviet Union's Vega 1 Space Probe began sending back images of Halley's Comet.
