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 final film in the Lord of the Rings series 'The Return of the King,' directed by Peter Jackson, premiered in Wellington, New Zealand.
Pedro I was crowned Emperor of Brazil.
The computer-animated film 'Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse' premiered in Los Angeles.
Puerto Rico's Arecibo Telescope collapsed less than a month after being decommissioned.
