Indiana became the 19th state to join the United States of America.
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A trial for Huntington's disease procured positive results.
The first yacht race across the Atlantic Ocean began.
Edward VIII officially announced his abdication.
American science fiction movie 'Star Trek: Insurrection' was released in the US.
British physicist Stephen Hawking won the $3 million Fundamental Physics Prize, the most profitable academic prize in the world.