Puerto Rico’s Arecibo Telescope collapsed less than a month after being decommissioned.
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Lady Nancy Astor was sworn in, making her the first female member of British Parliament.
Rosa Parks was arrested.
Paul McCartney and Pete Best were arrested.
Slavery in Cape Colony, Britain's colony in South Africa, was abolished by the 1833 Slavery Abolition Act.
The computer-animated film 'Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse' premiered in Los Angeles.