2018
Streaming music services overtake worldwide sales of CDs and vinyl for the first time according to IFPI.
2005
Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger is inaugurated as the 265th Pope of the Roman Catholic Church taking the name Pope Benedict XVI.
1989
Thousands of students began striking in Beijing.
1986
Film “Crocodile Dundee” starring Paul Hogan and Linda Kozlowski premieres in Australia (highest grossing film of the year).
1985
Supreme Court of Canada ruling allows Sunday shopping in most provinces.
1967
Cosmonaut Vladimir Komarov dies in Soyuz 1 when its parachute fails to open. He is the first human to die during a space mission.
1953
Winston Churchill knighted by Queen Elizabeth II.
1945
Miles Davis makes recording debut with the Herbie Fields Orchestra, backing singer “Rubberlegs” Wilson, at Savoy Records Studio, Newark, New Jersey.
1915
The arrest of 250 Armenian intellectuals and community leaders in Istanbul marks the beginning of the Armenian Genocide.
1888
Eastman Kodak founded by George Eastman.
