Calbraith Rodgers completed the first crossing of the US by airplane in 84 days.
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Cristina Fernandez was sworn in as Argentina's first elected female president.
One of the biggest heists in Japan occurred.
The first Lord of the Rings film installment, 'The Fellowship of the Ring,' directed by Peter Jackson, premiered in London.
King Berger of Sweden celebrated Christmas with his brothers before throwing them in his dungeons to die.
Mississippi was admitted to the Union, making it the 20th American state.
