Lady Nancy Astor was sworn in, making her the first female member of British Parliament.
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The final film in the Lord of the Rings series 'The Return of the King,' directed by Peter Jackson, premiered in Wellington, New Zealand.
Shaw University, the first historically Black university in the southern United States, was founded.
Rosa Parks was arrested.
The first-ever World AIDS day started in effort to raise awareness of the AIDS global epidemic.
NASA intentionally crashed a Boeing 720 aircraft to test new safety technology.
