King Harold of England became the successor to the crown after King Edward died.
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A first-of-its-kind boxing match took place to settle a feud between a butler and a butcher.
Pan American Airlines completed its first round the world commercial trip.
An energy crisis in the USA prompted President Nixon to initiate daylight saving time four months early.
The Pyrenean ibex went extinct after the last surviving member of the species was killed by a falling branch.
A chemist in Berkeley, California, US, announced that they successfully synthesized hormones that are responsible for human growth.