Climate activist Greta Thunberg was named Time magazine’s Person of the Year.
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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.
The final Apollo mission, Apollo 17, successfully landed on the moon.
The first yacht race across the Atlantic Ocean began.
