Dictionary publisher Merriam-Webster’s stated their word of the year was “justice.”
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The first sustained motorized aircraft flight took place.
Terrorists attacked Rome's Leonardo da Vinci–Fiumicino International Airport, leaving thirty dead.
Pope Paul III excommunicated King Henry VIII of England.
The first issue of Vogue magazine was published.
The first full-length episode of The Simpsons aired on FOX.
