Dictionary publisher Merriam-Webster’s stated their word of the year was “justice.”
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Pope Paul III excommunicated King Henry VIII of England.
Terrorists attacked Rome's Leonardo da Vinci–Fiumicino International Airport, leaving thirty dead.
The Boeing B-47 Stratojet Strategic bomber plane made its first flight.
The festival of Saturnalia was first celebrated after a temple to the Roman god Saturn was built in Rome.
American mafia hitman Richard Kuklinski was arrested at a roadblock.
