The US FDA approved the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine for emergency use.
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The final Apollo mission, Apollo 17, successfully landed on the moon.
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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.