Tiger Woods announced his indefinite leave from professional golf to focus on his marriage.
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A trial for Huntington's disease procured positive results.
Wall Street film directed by Oliver Stone starring Michael Douglas and Charlie Sheen, was released.
British physicist Stephen Hawking won the $3 million Fundamental Physics Prize, the most profitable academic prize in the world.
Indiana became the 19th state to join the United States of America.
Edward VIII officially announced his abdication.
