Indiana became the 19th state to join the United States of America.
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Tiger Woods announced his indefinite leave from professional golf to focus on his marriage.
An attack was made at the UN General Assembly in New York City.
Thirty Native Americans attacked Myles Standish and a group of eighteen settlers. This became known as the 'First Encounter.'
British physicist Stephen Hawking won the $3 million Fundamental Physics Prize, the most profitable academic prize in the world.
American science fiction movie 'Star Trek: Insurrection' was released in the US.
