English author J. R. R. Tolkien released his critically acclaimed book “The Hobbit.”
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In the Second Opium War, an Anglo-French force defeated Chinese troops at the Battle of Palikao.
Media mogul Rupert Murdoch stepped down as the chair of Fox and News Corp at the age of 92, choosing to pass the reins to his son, Lachlan.
A Jellyfish was discovered and became the first-known animal that sleeps and doesn’t have a brain.
Widespread forest fires in Indonesia caused the skies to turn red.
Actor George Clooney crashed on a motorcycle.
