Million Dollar Baby, directed by Clint Eastwood, was released. It went on to win Best Picture.
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The London Underground's Great Northern, Piccadilly and Brompton Railway opened.
Napoleon Bonaparte finally had a funeral.
Major Glenn Miller, musician, and composer, disappeared over the English Channel during a flight.
The longest ever United Nations climate talk ended.
The Republic of Ezo, a separatist Japanese state, was established on the island of Ezo, Japan.