The first-ever World AIDS day started in effort to raise awareness of the AIDS global epidemic.
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Slavery in Cape Colony, Britain's colony in South Africa, was abolished by the 1833 Slavery Abolition Act.
The Japanese broadcaster NHK launched the world's first super-high definition 8K television channel.
The computer-animated film 'Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse' premiered in Los Angeles.
Rosa Parks was arrested.
Paul McCartney and Pete Best were arrested.