Cristiano Ronaldo topped Forbes’ Highest-Paid Athletes List, becoming the first soccer player to do so.
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A violent eight-month volcano eruption in Iceland started.
Edward the Confessor was crowned King of England. He was considered the last king of the House of Wessex.
The King of France, Louis V, was crowned.
While rescuing four captives in central Gaza, Israeli soldiers killed 247 Palestinians and injured 698.
The sweeping machine (vacuum cleaner) was patented in Chicago, US, by Ives W. McGaffey.
