The online dictionary, Merriam-Webster, stated their most searched word of the year was “Feminism.”
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Sir Francis Drake set sail from England on a circumnavigation of the world.
A civil rights protest march in Washington, D.C., took place.
Driving Miss Daisy, directed by Bruce Beresford, was released.
Pope Celestine V resigned after just five months in the job to return to his life as an ascetic hermit.
Beyoncé's fifth studio album, 'Beyoncé,' was released.