Calbraith Rodgers completed the first crossing of the US by airplane in 84 days.
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Martin Luther publicly burned the papal edict, demanding that he recant.
Isaac Newton's calculations and theories based on Kepler's laws were read to the Royal Society in London.
Mississippi was admitted to the Union, making it the 20th American state.
The Treaty of Paris was signed.
King Berger of Sweden celebrated Christmas with his brothers before throwing them in his dungeons to die.
