Pedro I was crowned Emperor of Brazil.
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The Great Train Robbery, the first-ever Western film, was released.
Rosa Parks was arrested.
Shaw University, the first historically Black university in the southern United States, was founded.
The Japanese broadcaster NHK launched the world's first super-high definition 8K television channel.
Slavery in Cape Colony, Britain's colony in South Africa, was abolished by the 1833 Slavery Abolition Act.
