The Batman, featuring lead actor Robert Pattinson, hit the box office in 4,217 locations in North America.
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America's second president John Adams was inaugurated in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
The Soviet Union's Vega 1 Space Probe began sending back images of Halley's Comet.
The first People's Choice Awards aired on CBS.
The United States Department of Labor was formed.
John Lennon made a controversial statement saying that the Beatles were 'more popular than Jesus.'
