J. R. R. Tolkien published the original “The Lord of the Rings: Fellowship of the Ring” novel.
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Pope Paul VI declared the prohibition of birth control.
Lance Armstrong won the Tour de France for the third time in a row.
Renegades of the Abbasid Caliphate captured Thessalonica, which is modern-day Thessaloniki, Greece.
The first Monkeypox deaths outside of Africa were recorded in Brazil and Spain.
Sir Robert Baden-Powell established the Boys Scouts in England.