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2019
“Joker” starring Joaquin Phoenix is the 1st R-rated film to earn $1 billion worldwide.
2011
“The X Factor” group One Direction release their debut album “Up All Night” in Ireland and the UK
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2002
“Up!” 4th studio album by Shania Twain is released (Billboard Album of the Year 2003).
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1997
“Titanic: Music from the Motion Picture” album is released by Sony Music.
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1994
“Star Trek: Generations” film directed by David Carson and starring Patrick Stewart premieres. Generations was conceived as a handoff from the original cast of the Star Trek films to the cast of The Next Generation.
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1959
William Wyler’s “Ben-Hur” premiered at Loew’s Theater in New York City’s Times Square.
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1929
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1928
The first successful sound-synchronized animated cartoon premiered in New York. It was Walt Disney’s “Steamboat Willie,” starring Mickey Mouse.
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1626
St. Peter’s Basilica is consecrated.
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