Calbraith Rodgers completed the first crossing of the US by airplane in 84 days.
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Edward VIII signed to abdicate the British throne.
The first edition of the Encyclopaedia Britannica was published.
The first Lord of the Rings film installment, 'The Fellowship of the Ring,' directed by Peter Jackson, premiered in London.
The First Nobel Peace Prizes were awarded to the Red Cross founder Jean Henri Dunant and peace activist Frederic Passy.
Isaac Newton's calculations and theories based on Kepler's laws were read to the Royal Society in London.
