2018
French man announced to have won France’s €1 million My Lottery (EuroMillions) for the second time in 2 years, with odds of 1 in 16 trillion.
LeBron James eclipses Michael Jordan’s record (109) for most 30-point games in NBA playoff history in Cleveland Cavaliers’ 110-102 Game 3 Finals loss to Golden State Warriors.
2002
“The Bourne Identity” directed by Doug Liman and starring Matt Damon premieres in Los Angeles, California.
1998
TV sitcom “Sex and the City” premieres in the US on HBO, starring Sarah Jessica Parker, Kim Cattrall, Kristin Davis and Cynthia Nixon.
1984
Tetris, one of the best-selling video games of all time, is released.
1972
David Bowie releases his breakthrough album “The Rise & Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars”.
1968
U.S. Senator Robert F. Kennedy died in Los Angeles after being shot by Sirhan Sirhan. Kennedy the evening before while campaigning for the Democratic presidential nomination.
1965
Rolling Stones release single “(I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction”
1962
The Beatles meet their producer George Martin “The Fifth Beatle.”
1960
Roy Orbison releases “Only the Lonely”.
1951
1st Berlin International Film Festival opens.
1946
The Basketball Association of America was formed in New York City, NY, and rebranded as the National Basketball Association (1946–47)
1944
The D-Day invasion of Europe took place on the beaches of Normandy, France. 400,000 Allied American, British and Canadian troops were involved.
1925
Walter Chrysler founds automobile manufacturer Chrysler Corporation.
1912
The eruption of Novarupta in Alaska begins, the largest volcanic eruption of the 20th century.
1882
Electric iron patented by Henry W Seely, NYC.
1821
Laying of cornerstone of Montreal General Hospital.