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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The Santa Maria sunk.
The show trial of Romanian Communist dictator Nicolae Ceaușescu occurred.
Mikhail Gorbachev resigned from his position as Prime Minister of the Soviet Union.
George Washington crossed Delaware, in which he surprised and defeated 1,400 Hessians.
Cassini orbiter released the Huygens probe, which successfully landed on Saturn's moon Titan.
