American independent adventure movie “My Own Private Idaho,” starring River Phoenix and Keanu Reeves, was released.
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Rocksteady Games released the grittiest Batman game to date, Batman: Arkham City.
African-American poet Phillis Wheatley was freed from slavery.
American gangster Al Capone pleaded guilty to tax evasion.
The first all-female spacewalk took place.
The British Broadcasting Company Ltd (BBC) was founded.
