Astronomer Nicolaus Copernicus observed a total lunar eclipse in Rome, Italy.
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Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare was released in North America for PC, PS3, and Xbox 360.
Sinclair Lewis won the Nobel Prize for Literature for his novel 'Babbitt.'
The 15th-century Breton-French-Latin dictionary called the Catholicon was published.
Spacecraft Chang'e 1 entered lunar orbit at 02:15 UT and became the first Chinese spacecraft to orbit the moon successfully.
Japan recognized its first legal same-sex couple.
