Cristina Fernandez was sworn in as Argentina’s first elected female president.
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Martin Luther publicly burned the papal edict, demanding that he recant.
Winston Churchill was awarded the Nobel prize in Literature.
King Berger of Sweden celebrated Christmas with his brothers before throwing them in his dungeons to die.
The Treaty of Paris was signed.
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain was first published in the UK and Canada.
