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.
Harriet Tubman escaped from slavery.
Hasbro was founded as Hassenfeld Brothers in Providence, Rhode Island.
The Anglo-Irish Treaty was signed.
