2016
Panama Papers published – 11.5 million confidential documents from offshore law firm Mossack Fonseca expose widespread illegal activities including fraud, kleptocracy, tax evasion and the violation of international sanctions by the world’s elite in the world’s largest ever data leak.
1988
Penguin Mario Lemieux wins NHL scoring title, stopping Wayne Gretzky’s 7 year streak.
1968
“Planet of the Apes” United States wide premiere.
1960
During recording sessions at RCA studios in Nashville, Tennessee, Elvis Presley recorded It’s Now Or Never’, Fever’ and Are You Lonesome Tonight’.
1948
US President Harry Truman signs Marshall Plan ($5B aid to 16 European countries)
1933
1st airplane flight over Mt Everest.
1930
Montreal Canadiens win the Stanley Cup for the first time in the new Montreal Forum, beating Boston Bruins 4-3 in game 2 of a two-game series sweep.
1882
American outlaw Jesse James is killed by Robert Ford at home in St Joseph
1829
James Carrington patented the coffee mill.
