The US FDA approved the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine for emergency use.
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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.
Thirty Native Americans attacked Myles Standish and a group of eighteen settlers. This became known as the 'First Encounter.'
The final Apollo mission, Apollo 17, successfully landed on the moon.