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The World Health Organization approves the Chinese COVID-19 vaccine Sinopharm, its first made by a non-western country.

Denver is the first US city to decriminalize psilocybin “magic mushrooms”.

Vladimir Putin is sworn in as Russian President for another 6 years.

Emmanuel Macron wins France’s presidential election defeating Marine Le Pen.

“Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides”, directed by Rob Marshall, starring Johnny Depp and Penélope Cruz, premieres in – opening weekend makes $350.6m.

Mercedes-Benz buys Chrysler for $40 billion USD and forms DaimlerChrysler in the largest industrial merger in history.

Three employees at a McDonald’s Restaurant in Sydney, Nova Scotia, Canada, are brutally murdered and a fourth permanently disabled after a botched robbery. It is the first “fast-food murder” in Canada.

The Space Shuttle Endeavour is launched on its first mission.

U.S. President Ford declared an end to the Vietnam War.

Mamas & Papas “Monday Monday” hits #1.

Film and television production and distribution studio Paramount Pictures is founded.

Swedish chemist Alfred Nobel patents dynamite in England.

Ludwig van Beethoven’s 9th (Chorale) Symphony, premieres in Vienna.

France bans too thin fashion models and makes labeling of digitally enhanced photos mandatory.

François Hollande elected 24th President of France.

TV sitcom “Friends” airs season finale in 10th and final season.

Entrepreneur Elon Musk founds SpaceX.

“Spider-Man” became the first movie to make more than $100 million in its first weekend.

Michael Jackson & Bee Gees inducted into Rock & Roll Hall of Fame.

Nelson Mandela and the ANC, finally confirmed winners in South Africa’s first post apartheid election.

Channel tunnel linking England & France officially opens.

U.S. Senator John Fitzgerald Kennedy was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for his book “Profiles in Courage”.

German airship Hindenburg explodes in flames at Lakehurst, New Jersey, killing 35 of the 97 on board and 1 on the ground.

Babe Ruth hit his first major league home run while playing for the Boston Red Sox.

George V becomes King of the United Kingdom upon the death of his father, Edward VII.

Chicago White Sox commit 12 errors against Detroit Tigers.

The Universal Exposition opened in Paris, France, marking the dedication of the Eiffel Tower. Also at the exposition was the first automobile in Paris, the Mercedes-Benz.

World’s first adhesive postage stamp, the “Penny Black”, is first used in Great Britain.

Louis XIV of France moves his court to Versailles.

Canada is the first country to authorize the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine for 12-15 year olds.

Electric cigarette explodes killing a man in St. Petersburg, Florida, first death from a vaping product.

Fort McMurray wildfires: Canadian province of Alberta declares a state of emergency as evacuation of 80,000 people continues.

“Stairway to Heaven” by Led Zeppelin first played live at Ulster Hall, Belfast.

Milwaukee Bucks sign #1 NBA Draft pick, star UCLA center Lew Alcindor (Kareem Abdul-Jabbar).

West Side Story soundtrack album goes #1 & stays #1 for 54 weeks.

Alan Shepard became the first American in space when he made a 15 minute suborbital flight.

Elvis Presley scored his first US No.1 single and album when ‘Heartbreak Hotel’ went to the top of the charts. ‘Heartbreak Hotel’ became his first million-seller, and was the best-selling single of 1956.

Construction begins on Yankee Stadium (Bronx).

Perfume Chanel No. 5 released by fashion designer Coco Chanel.

Pitching against the Philadelphia Athletics at the avenue, Cy Young of the Boston Americans throws the first perfect game in the modern era of baseball.

Napoleon Bonaparte died on the island of St. Helena, where he had been in exile.

Christopher Columbus sighted Jamaica on his second trip to the Western Hemisphere. He named the island Santa Gloria.

Malian woman Halima Cisse gives birth to nonuplets (nine babies) in Morocco, in only third known case worldwide.

Barry Bonds hits his 400th home run as an SF Giant. Bonds is first player with 400 homers for one team and 100 with another (Pirates).

Margaret Thatcher becomes the first woman to be elected Prime Minister of the United Kingdom.

The 1st Grammy Awards are held.

Pulitzer Prize for Literature awarded to Ernest Hemingway for “The Old Man & The Sea”.

Plane carrying the entire Torino Serie A soccer squad crashes on the outskirts of Turin, Italy; 31 killed; Torino awarded League title at the request of their rivals.

The Battle of Alcatraz, 5 die in a 2 day riot at Alcatraz prison in San Francisco bay.

Al Capone entered the Atlanta Penitentiary federal prison for income-tax evasion.

VIII Summer Olympic Games open at Olympic Stadium of Colombes, Paris, France.

The Royal Canadian Navy is created by Wilfrid Laurier.

Thomas Edison’s Phonograph shown for 1st time at Grand Opera House in San Francisco.

A French manufacturer debuted the first folding umbrella.

Atlanta Falcons quarterback Matt Ryan becomes NFL’s first $30m per season player after agreeing to $150m contract extension.

“Spider-Man”, starring Tobey Maguire as Peter Parker/Spider-Man and Willem Dafoe as Norman Osborn/The Green Goblin, premieres.

Garry Kasparov begins chess match with IBM supercomputer Deep Blue.

After the general election, Margaret Thatcher forms her first government as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom.

The first unsolicited bulk commercial e-mail (which would later become known as “spam”) is sent by a Digital Equipment Corporation marketing representative to every ARPANET address on the west coast of the United States.

The 108-story Sears Tower in Chicago is topped out at 1,451 feet as the world’s tallest building.

Beatification of Mother Marguerite d’Youville, founder of the Sisters of Charity; first Canadian to be beatified; canonized by Pope John Paul Dec. 9, 1990.

NY Yankee Joe DiMaggio (far left) makes his major-league debut, gets 3 hits.

Creation of radio station CKAC, the first in Quebec; starts broadcasting officially in October.

Kim Kardashian turns heads on May 2 at the Met Gala in New York. The billionaire wore the mythical dress that Marilyn Monroe wore when she sang “Happy Birthday” to President John F. Kennedy in 1962.

Hafþór Júlíus Björnsson, the Icelandic actor who played Ser Gregor “The Mountain” Clegane in Game of Thrones, sets a world deadlifting record by lifting 501kg (1,104lb).

Pierre Karl Péladeau resigns as leader of the Parti Québécois, leader of the official opposition and Member of Québec’s National Assembly for the riding of Saint-Jérôme; cites family reasons. Québec, Québec

Princess Charlotte of Cambridge, daughter of Prince William, Duke of Cambridge and currently fourth in line to the British throne

Osama bin Laden, the suspected mastermind behind the September 11 attacks and the FBI’s most wanted man is killed by US special forces in Abbottabad, Pakistan.

First film in the Marvel Cinematic Universe released “Iron Man” directed by Jon Favreau, starring Robert Downey Jr. as Tony Stark.

John Elway announces his retirement from the NFL, 2× Super Bowl champion (XXXII, XXXIII).

Nelson Mandela claimed victory after South Africa’s first democratic elections.

The filming of “Jaws” began in Martha’s Vineyard, MA.

International Olympic Committee awards the 1976 Summer Olympics to Montreal; first time for a Canadian city.

“Take me out to the Ball Game” registered for copyright.

“A Trip to the Moon,” the first science fiction film was released. It was created by magician George Melies.

Folies Bergère opens in Paris.

The Hudson Bay Company was founded by England’s King Charles II.