To Kill a Mockingbird film was released.
Robert Mulligan directed this film adaptation of the novel by Harper Lee. The film starred Gregory Peck, who went on to win Best Actor at the Academy Awards.
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Johann Georg Palitzsch sighted the return of Halley's Comet.
William the Conqueror was crowned king of England at Westminster Abbey, London.
Governor William Bradford of Plymouth Colony forbade game playing on Christmas.
Christmas was celebrated in Rome, marking the first time in recorded history that the holiday was celebrated.
Cassini orbiter released the Huygens probe, which successfully landed on Saturn's moon Titan.
