Pope Celestine V resigned after just five months in the job to return to his life as an ascetic hermit.
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The first music store in America was opened in Philadelphia by Michael Hillegas.
A civil rights protest march in Washington, D.C., took place.
The online dictionary, Merriam-Webster, stated their most searched word of the year was 'Feminism.'
Beyoncé's fifth studio album, 'Beyoncé,' was released.
The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug was released in theaters in the US.