Dictionary publisher Merriam-Webster’s stated their word of the year was “justice.”
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The first issue of Vogue magazine was published.
The first sustained motorized aircraft flight took place.
Terrorists attacked Rome's Leonardo da Vinci–Fiumicino International Airport, leaving thirty dead.
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King was released in theaters.
Pope Paul III excommunicated King Henry VIII of England.
