Wall Street film directed by Oliver Stone starring Michael Douglas and Charlie Sheen, was released.
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Climate activist Greta Thunberg was named Time magazine's Person of the Year.
Thirty Native Americans attacked Myles Standish and a group of eighteen settlers. This became known as the 'First Encounter.'
The US FDA approved the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine for emergency use.
Tiger Woods announced his indefinite leave from professional golf to focus on his marriage.
Time magazine called Susan Sontag 'one of Manhattan's brightest intellectuals' in a review of her groundbreaking essay 'Notes on Camp.'
