The Copyright Act of 1790 became the first federal copyright act to be established in the United States.
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20th Century Fox was founded after a merger of Fox Film Corporation and Twentieth Century Pictures.
The Discovery Space Shuttle was launched from the Kennedy Space Center on mission STS-124.
The RMS Titanic was launched from Belfast, where it was also constructed.
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, the 3rd film based on the books by J. K. Rowling, was released in UK cinemas.
Ramesses II, also known as Ramesses the Great, became the third pharaoh of the 19th Dynasty of Egypt.