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Events on Monday 8 February 1915 1
1915The Birth of a Nation releasedD. W. Griffith's controversial epic premieres in Los AngelesD. W. Griffith's silent film "The Birth of a Nation" premiered on 8 February 1915, pioneering film techniques that shaped narrative cinema while glorifying the Ku Klux Klan and provoking protests over its racist portrayal of Reconstruction. It became the highest-grossing film of the silent era.