Calbraith Rodgers completed the first crossing of the US by airplane in 84 days.
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The Treaty of Paris was signed.
The First Nobel Peace Prizes were awarded to the Red Cross founder Jean Henri Dunant and peace activist Frederic Passy.
The first Lord of the Rings film installment, 'The Fellowship of the Ring,' directed by Peter Jackson, premiered in London.
Edward VIII signed to abdicate the British throne.
Martin Luther publicly burned the papal edict, demanding that he recant.
