The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers, directed by Peter Jackson, premiered in New York.
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The Austrian courts ruled in favor of same-sex marriage in 2019.
The final episode of Monty Python aired, which disbanded due to one member who lost interest and another who struggled with alcoholism.
George Washington was re-elected as the US President.
The World Health Organization announced that 142,000 people died of measles around the world in 2018, nearly 20,000 more than in 2017.
In the Global Carbon Project, it was reported that CO2 emissions reached an all-time high (up 2.7%) driven by coal use in China and the consumption of oil.
