So the actual date is finally here for the most anticipated movie. It has been announced that Oprah Winfrey's film on Martin Luther King's 1965 voting rights movement Selma is set to be released this coming Christmas.
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Here’s a look at some interesting events that took place on this day in history:
1804 – Napoleonic Code is approved in France, giving the country its first post-revolutionary set of laws concerning property, colonial affairs, the family, and individual rights (More info)
1963 – Alcatraz Prison in San Francisco Bay closes down and transfers its last prisoners (More info)