Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain was first published in the UK and Canada.
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The Treaty of Paris was signed.
Calbraith Rodgers completed the first crossing of the US by airplane in 84 days.
The first edition of the Encyclopaedia Britannica was published.
The first Lord of the Rings film installment, 'The Fellowship of the Ring,' directed by Peter Jackson, premiered in London.
Edward VIII signed to abdicate the British throne.
