Australia recorded its hottest day ever with an average temperature of 105°F across the country.
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The first issue of Vogue magazine was published.
The festival of Saturnalia was first celebrated after a temple to the Roman god Saturn was built in Rome.
Dictionary publisher Merriam-Webster's stated their word of the year was 'ustice.'j
Pope Paul III excommunicated King Henry VIII of England.
Terrorists attacked Rome's Leonardo da Vinci–Fiumicino International Airport, leaving thirty dead.
