The first Lord of the Rings film installment, “The Fellowship of the Ring,” directed by Peter Jackson, premiered in London.
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King Berger of Sweden celebrated Christmas with his brothers before throwing them in his dungeons to die.
The Treaty of Paris was signed.
Winston Churchill was awarded the Nobel prize in Literature.
Edward VIII signed to abdicate the British throne.
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain was first published in the UK and Canada.