The Copyright Act of 1790 became the first federal copyright act to be established in the United States.
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English civil servant Samuel Pepys recorded his last diary entry.
Ramesses II, also known as Ramesses the Great, became the third pharaoh of the 19th Dynasty of Egypt.
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, the 3rd film based on the books by J. K. Rowling, was released in UK cinemas.
Rihanna released her third studio album titled 'Good Girl Gone Bad.'
20th Century Fox was founded after a merger of Fox Film Corporation and Twentieth Century Pictures.