The Boeing B-47 Stratojet Strategic bomber plane made its first flight.
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The Houston Astrodome opened.
The festival of Saturnalia was first celebrated after a temple to the Roman god Saturn was built in Rome.
Terrorists attacked Rome's Leonardo da Vinci–Fiumicino International Airport, leaving thirty dead.
Pope Paul III excommunicated King Henry VIII of England.
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King was released in theaters.
