Cristina Fernandez was sworn in as Argentina’s first elected female president.
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Mississippi was admitted to the Union, making it the 20th American state.
The First Nobel Peace Prizes were awarded to the Red Cross founder Jean Henri Dunant and peace activist Frederic Passy.
One of the biggest heists in Japan occurred.
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain was first published in the UK and Canada.
Edward VIII signed to abdicate the British throne.
