2011
“21” 2nd studio album by Adele is released (Grammy Award for Album of the Year 2012).
2006
Walt Disney International and Bob Iger announce it is buying computer animation film studio Pixar for $7.4 billion
1984
Apple introduced the Macintosh during the third quarter of Super Bowl XVIII.
1981
Mike Bossy becomes 1st in NHL to score 50 goals in 50 games.
1978
Soviet satellite Cosmos 954, with a nuclear reactor on board, burns up in Earth’s atmosphere, scattering radioactive debris over Canada’s Northwest Territories. Only 1% is recovered.
1962
Jackie Robinson is 1st African American elected to Baseball’s Hall of Fame.
Brian Epstein signs management contract with the Beatles
1952
Charles Vincent Massey appointed Governor General; first Canadian-born.
1950
Jackie Robinson signs highest contract ($35,000) in Dodger history.
1935
Krueger Brewing Company placed the first canned beer on sale in Richmond, VA.
1927
Alfred Hitchcock releases his first film as director – The Pleasure Garden, in England.
1924
Russian city of St Petersburg renamed Leningrad (changed back in 1991).
1908
Lieutenant General Robert Baden-Powell publishes “Scouting for Boys” as a manual for self-instruction in outdoor skills and self-improvement. The book becomes the inspiration for the Scout Movement.
