The first issue of Vogue magazine was published.
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Dictionary publisher Merriam-Webster's stated their word of the year was 'justice.'
The Boeing B-47 Stratojet Strategic bomber plane made its first flight.
The Houston Astrodome opened.
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King was released in theaters.
Terrorists attacked Rome's Leonardo da Vinci–Fiumicino International Airport, leaving thirty dead.
