Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain was first published in the UK and Canada.
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Calbraith Rodgers completed the first crossing of the US by airplane in 84 days.
Martin Luther publicly burned the papal edict, demanding that he recant.
King Berger of Sweden celebrated Christmas with his brothers before throwing them in his dungeons to die.
The first Lord of the Rings film installment, 'The Fellowship of the Ring,' directed by Peter Jackson, premiered in London.
The first edition of the Encyclopaedia Britannica was published.
