English author J. R. R. Tolkien released his critically acclaimed book “The Hobbit.”
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Rockband Green Day released their seventh album, 'American Idiot.'
Actor George Clooney crashed on a motorcycle.
After 14 years in space, NASA's Galileo spacecraft was intentionally destroyed in Jupiter's atmosphere.
A Jellyfish was discovered and became the first-known animal that sleeps and doesn’t have a brain.
Malta gained independence from the United Kingdom.
