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Porn star Stormy Daniels claims she had an affair with Donald Trump in an interview with CBS’s 60 Minutes and was later threatened to keep quiet.

Mike Tyson sentenced to 10 years in rape of Desiree Washington.

TV Soap “The Young & the Restless” premieres on CBS.

The TV movie “Marcus Welby” was seen on ABC-TV. It was later turned into a series.

The Germans began sending Jews to Auschwitz in Poland.

Seattle Metropolitans beat Montreal Canadiens 3 games to 1 for the Stanley Cup; first US team to win.

The Métis people of the District of Saskatchewan under Louis Riel begin the North-West Rebellion against Canada.

The Book of Mormon is published in Palmyra, New York.

Apple introduces new TV streaming platform Apple TV+, news service Apple News+ and an Apple credit card at star-studded event featuring Oprah.

Gay dating site Grindr launched by Joel Simkhai, first ever dating application to combine dating information and location.

TV reality show “The Bachelor” hosted by Chris Harrison debuts on ABC in the US.

In Paris, the Louvre reopened with I.M. Pei’s new courtyard pyramid.

Montreal Canadians beat Calgary Flames 4-3 to win the NHL final series four games to one, and their record 23rd Stanley Cup.

Wayne Gretzky became the first player in the NHL to score 200 points in a season.

Concorde makes its 1st supersonic flight (700 MPH/1,127 KPH)

John Lennon and Yoko Ono stage their 1st bed-in for peace (Amsterdam)

Elvis Presley performs live on the USS Arizona.

RCA manufactured its first color TV set and began mass production.

The Mercedes was introduced by Daimler at the five-day “Week of Nice” in Nice, France.

British Parliament abolishes slave trade throughout the British Empire.

Friday at 12 PM – city of Venice founded.

Japan’s Prime Minister Shinzō Abe announces postponement of Tokyo 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games until summer of 2021 because of the worldwide COVID-19 pandemic.

“The Matrix” film written and directed by The Wachowskis, starring Keanu Reeve, Lawrence Fishburne and Carrie-Ann Moss premieres

NATO commences aerial bombardment against Yugoslavia, marking the first time NATO has attacked a sovereign country.

The Exxon Valdez spilled 240,000 barrels (11 million gallons) of oil in Alaska’s Prince William Sound after it ran aground.

Mick Jagger & Keith Richards perform as Little Boy Blue & Blue Boys.

Rock’N’Roll teen idol Elvis Presley is drafted in the U.S. Army.

Operation Varsity: In the largest one-day airborne operation of all time, British, US & Canadian paratroopers land east of the Rhine in Northern Germany

Detroit Red Wings beat Montreal Maroons 1-0 after 16 minutes and 30 seconds of the ninth period (sixth overtime); this Stanley Cup game is longest in NHL history.

Canada gave blacks the right to vote.

1st performance of Ludwig van Beethoven’s “Missa Solemnis” in St. Petersburg

Cargo ship Ever Given gets stuck in the Suez Canal, Egypt, a 400m megaship it completely blocks the shipping canal.

Immediate global ceasefire to fight COVID-19 called for by UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres.

Usher releases his 4th studio album “Confessions” (2004 Billboard Album of the Year, Grammy Award Best Contemporary R&B Album 2005).

The Russian Mir space station is disposed of, breaking up in the atmosphere before falling into the southern Pacific Ocean near Fiji.

The film of The Concert For Bangladesh featuring George Harrison, Bob Dylan and Eric Clapton premiered in New York. The event was the first benefit concert of this magnitude in world history.

Pakistan becomes the first Islamic republic in the world. (Republic Day in Pakistan)

Battle of Okinawa: US Navy ships bomb the Japanese island of Okinawa in preparation for the Allied invasion; it would become the largest battle of the Pacific War in World War II.

In Milan, Italy, Benito Mussolini founds his Fascist political movement.

The Wright brothers 1st file a patent for a flying machine, which is granted 3 years later.

Jean Talon 1626-94 appointed Intendant of New France in Quebec City, in charge of finance and justice.

India puts 1 billion people under a daytime curfew to curb COVID-19.

Tomb of Jesus reopens after restoration in Jerusalem.

Largest protest in Quebec’s history occurs in Montreal with over 200,000 people marching against government tuition hikes and for free access to post-secondary education.

Clint Malarchuk of the Buffalo Sabres suffers a near-fatal injury when another player accidentally slits his throat.

The National Hockey League (NHL) voted to accept 4 World Hockey Association (WHA) teams, the Oilers, Jets, Nordiques & Whalers.

Nicolae Ceausescu is elected General Secretary of the Romanian Communist Party

The Beatles’ first album, Please Please Me, is released in the United Kingdom.

1st patent for lasers granted to Arthur Schawlow & Charles Townes

“All Shook Up” single released by Elvis Presley.

The first shopping mall opened in Southfield, Michigan.

The Montreal Amateur Athletic Association win the first Stanley Cup championship game, beating the Ottawa Capitals 3-1.

Gutenberg Bible became the first printed book.

Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg admits they “made mistakes” after data on 50 million users is harvested by Cambridge Analytica.

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.”

Part of Central Park is named Strawberry Fields honoring John Lennon.

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.

Alcatraz Island, the federal penitentiary in San Francisco Bay, CA, closed.

The Beatles’ first appearance at the Cavern Club in Liverpool.

An earthquake hit Tokyo killing about 107,000.

The saxophone is patented by Adolphe Sax in Paris, France.

After 20 years with the New England Patriots, six-time Super Bowl winning quarterback Tom Brady officially agrees to move to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers on a 2-year $50m guaranteed deal.

Barack Obama becomes the first US President to visit Cuba since 1928, arriving for a 3 day tour.

Stephen Harper wins the leadership of the newly created Conservative Party of Canada, becoming the party’s first leader..

In the early hours of the morning, the United States and three other countries (the UK, Australia and Poland) begin military operations in Iraq.

Joan Jett & Blackhearts’ “I Love Rock ‘n’ Roll” goes #1 for 7 weeks.

Quebec, National Assembly approves wording of referendum question on Sovereignty Association.

Hydro Quebec workers on James Bay project riot; destroy millions of dollars of equipment; project closes down.

Dachau the first Nazi concentration camp, is completed.

American fast food restaurant chain “KFC” [Kentucky Fried Chicken] is founded by Colonel Harland Sanders in North Corbin, Kentucky.

Albert Einstein publishes his general theory of relativity.

The Sherlock Holmes Adventure, “A Scandal in Bohemia,” began.

Icelandic volcano Fagradalsfjall erupts for the first time in 800 years and after more than 50,000 earthquakes.

World’s last male northern white rhino, 45 year old Sudan, dies in Kenya.

Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice, directed by Zack Synder and starring Ben Affleck and Henry Cavill, first premieres in Mexico City.

After the failure of Muammar Gaddafi’s forces to take Benghazi, French Air Force launches Opération Harmattan, beginning foreign military intervention in Libya.

Airstrikes by an American and British-led coalition signal the beginning of the invasion of Iraq, without United Nations support and in defiance of world opinion.

Britain’s Prince Andrew & Sarah, Duchess of York, announce separation.

1st world ice hockey tournament for women held (Ottawa).

Buffalo Sabres beat Toronto Maple Leafs 14-4; score 9 goals in the second period, the most goals in one period by an NHL team; total 31 goals and assists another NHL record.

Quebec brings in free dental care for all children under eight in the province.

Sean Connery’s 1st day of shooting on James Bond film “Goldfinger”.

Over 100 cm of snow falls at Cape Whittle; Quebec’s greatest one-day snowfall.

The 25th Academy Awards aired on television for the first time.

1st stone laid for the Sagrada Familia basilica in Barcelona, designed by Antoni Gaudí.

Boston, Massachusetts incorporated as a city.

US President Donald Trump and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau agree to close the US-Canada border, the world’s longest, to non-essential travel to curb COVID-19.

Russia formally annexes Crimea, previously part of Ukraine. by signing Treaty on Accession.

Michael Jordan announces he is ending his 17 month NBA retirement.

The first free elections took place in East Germany.

Cosmonaut Alexey Leonov, leaving his spacecraft Voskhod 2 for 12 minutes, becomes the first person to walk in space.

The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) was ratified.

Maurice “Rocket” Richard became the first National Hockey League (NHL) player to score 50 goals.

1st electric shavers go on sale in US (Schick).

British magistrates in India sentence Mahatma Gandhi to 6 years imprisonment for disobedience.

Italian operatic tenor Enrico Caruso becomes 1st well-known performer to make a record.

Lord Stanley presents silver challenge cup for hockey (Stanley Cup).

Barnum & Bailey Circus, travelling as “The Greatest Show on Earth”, debuts at (Madison Square Garden, New York City, would last 146 years before closing in 2017

First public bus service begins, promoted by Blaise Pascal, operates in Paris as the “Carosses a Cinq sols” until 1675.

Pre-Trial Chamber II of the International Criminal Court issued warrants of arrest in the context of the situation in Ukraine to Vladimir Putin. The President of the Russian Federation is allegedly responsible for the war crime of unlawful deportation of the population (children) and the illegal transfer of the population (children) from occupied areas of Ukraine to the Russian Federation.

French Open becomes first Grand Slam tennis tournament to be postponed due to COVID-19 pandemic.

UEFA announces the postponement of its flagship national team football competition, UEFA EURO 2020, due to be played in June / July due to the COVID-19 emergency.

A referendum to end apartheid in South Africa is passed 68.7% to 31.2%.

Jaguar head William Lyons debuts the first E-Type model at the Geneva International Motor Show, creating a sensation

One of the first French New Wave films, “Breathless”, directed by Jean-Luc Godard, starring Jean-Paul Belmondo and Jean Seberg is released in France.

The Dalai Lama (Lhama Dhondrub, Tenzin Gyatso) fled Tibet and went to India.

Al Capone was released from jail.

Albert Einstein finishes his scientific paper detailing his Quantum Theory of Light, one of the foundations of modern physics.

Rubber band patented by Stephen Perry of London.

Bishop Patrick, St. Patrick, died in Saul. Ireland celebrates this day in his honor.