Beyoncé’s fifth studio album, “Beyoncé,” was released.
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New Zealand made history by passing the world’s first tobacco ban.
The clip-on tie was designed.
The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug was released in theaters in the US.
The third and last moonwalk of the Apollo 17 mission began.
A civil rights protest march in Washington, D.C., took place.
