US President Abraham Lincoln ordered the hanging of 39 Santee Sioux Indians.
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Adaptation directed by Spike Jonze, starring Nicolas Cage and Meryl Streep, premiered.
James Cameron's Avatar: The Way of the Water premiered in London.
Finland declared its independence from the Russian Empire.
Starbucks opened its largest cafe in the world in Shanghai, at 29,000 square-feet, which is 1/2 the size of a football field.
Scientists discovered the most distant supermassive black hole.