Pope Paul III excommunicated King Henry VIII of England.
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The Houston Astrodome opened.
NASA completed a successful mission to map the Moon's gravity field.
The festival of Saturnalia was first celebrated after a temple to the Roman god Saturn was built in Rome.
The Boeing B-47 Stratojet Strategic bomber plane made its first flight.
Terrorists attacked Rome's Leonardo da Vinci–Fiumicino International Airport, leaving thirty dead.
