Edward VIII officially announced his abdication.
Despite having signed the official declaration the day prior, Edward did not announce it publicly until later. He made the proclamation in a radio broadcast which shocked the country.
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British physicist Stephen Hawking won the $3 million Fundamental Physics Prize, the most profitable academic prize in the world.
A trial for Huntington's disease procured positive results.
American science fiction movie 'Star Trek: Insurrection' was released in the US.
Thirty Native Americans attacked Myles Standish and a group of eighteen settlers. This became known as the 'First Encounter.'
The final Apollo mission, Apollo 17, successfully landed on the moon.