2018
Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg admits they “made mistakes” after data on 50 million users is harvested by Cambridge Analytica.
1994
Wayne Gretzky tied Gordie Howe’s NHL record of 801 goals.
Steven Spielberg won his first Oscars. They were for best picture and best director for “Schindler’s List.”
1984
Part of Central Park is named Strawberry Fields honoring John Lennon.
1980
U.S. President Jimmy Carter announced to the U.S. Olympic Team that they would not participate in the 1980 Summer Games in Moscow as a boycott against Soviet intervention in Afghanistan.
1963
Alcatraz Island, the federal penitentiary in San Francisco Bay, CA, closed.
1961
The Beatles’ first appearance at the Cavern Club in Liverpool.
1857
An earthquake hit Tokyo killing about 107,000.
1846
The saxophone is patented by Adolphe Sax in Paris, France.
