The first Lord of the Rings film installment, “The Fellowship of the Ring,” directed by Peter Jackson, premiered in London.
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Winston Churchill was awarded the Nobel prize in Literature.
The Treaty of Paris was signed.
Martin Luther publicly burned the papal edict, demanding that he recant.
Isaac Newton's calculations and theories based on Kepler's laws were read to the Royal Society in London.
King Berger of Sweden celebrated Christmas with his brothers before throwing them in his dungeons to die.