NASA completed a successful mission to map the Moon’s gravity field.
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The festival of Saturnalia was first celebrated after a temple to the Roman god Saturn was built in Rome.
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King was released in theaters.
Pope Paul III excommunicated King Henry VIII of England.
The first issue of Vogue magazine was published.
Terrorists attacked Rome's Leonardo da Vinci–Fiumicino International Airport, leaving thirty dead.
