The Return of the King, the third installment in The Lord of the Rings book series by J. R. R. Tolkein, was published.
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American suffragist Alice Paul was sentenced to seven months in prison for obstructing traffic in Washington caused by the Women's Rights march she organized.
The Lancet published a study that found pollution contributes to 1 in 6 deaths worldwide.
Abraham Lincoln declared Thanksgiving Day a national holiday.
The British newspaper The Sunday Times was first published.
The United States ratified the Louisiana Purchase.
