India’s first-ever full-length film, Raja Harishchandra, was released in theaters.
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The Kilauea volcano on Big Island in Hawaii began to erupt.
NASA's Columbia Space Shuttle landed at the Kennedy Space Center, concluding mission STS-90.
Three-year-old English girl Madeleine McCann went missing while on vacation with her parents, family, and friends in Praia da Luz, Portugal.
New York Yankee, Joe DiMaggio, made his major-league debut.
Washington, D.C. was incorporated by Congress.