The first Lord of the Rings film installment, “The Fellowship of the Ring,” directed by Peter Jackson, premiered in London.
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The First Nobel Peace Prizes were awarded to the Red Cross founder Jean Henri Dunant and peace activist Frederic Passy.
Winston Churchill was awarded the Nobel prize in Literature.
The Treaty of Paris was signed.
Edward VIII signed to abdicate the British throne.
Isaac Newton's calculations and theories based on Kepler's laws were read to the Royal Society in London.