Indiana became the 19th state to join the United States of America.
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British physicist Stephen Hawking won the $3 million Fundamental Physics Prize, the most profitable academic prize in the world.
Edward VIII officially announced his abdication.
Thirty Native Americans attacked Myles Standish and a group of eighteen settlers. This became known as the 'First Encounter.'
Climate activist Greta Thunberg was named Time magazine's Person of the Year.
An attack was made at the UN General Assembly in New York City.
