Edward the Confessor was crowned King of England. He was considered the last king of the House of Wessex.
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Cristiano Ronaldo topped Forbes' Highest-Paid Athletes List, becoming the first soccer player to do so.
Dr. Kathy Sullivan became the first woman to reach the deepest part of the ocean in the Marianas Trench.
Soviet spacecraft Luna 6, destined for a moon landing, failed after flying right past it.
Two American journalists were sentenced to 12 years of penal labor after illegally entering North Korea.
A violent eight-month volcano eruption in Iceland started.
