The King of France, Louis V, was crowned.
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Edward the Confessor was crowned King of England. He was considered the last king of the House of Wessex.
Dr. Kathy Sullivan became the first woman to reach the deepest part of the ocean in the Marianas Trench.
The discovery of the chemical element Neptunium was announced.
The United States Supreme Court ruled that restaurants in Washington, DC, could not refuse to serve Black patrons.
Two American journalists were sentenced to 12 years of penal labor after illegally entering North Korea.
