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Comedian Bill Cosby is found guilty of sexual assault in Pennsylvania.

“Iron Man 2”, directed by Jon Favreau, starring Robert Downey Jr. and Gwyneth Paltrow, premieres in Los Angeles

1st day of voting in first ever multi-racial elections in South Africa.

NBC announces Conan O’Brien to replace David Letterman.

Soccer star Diego Maradona, suspended for using cocaine, arrested in Argentina for possession & distribution of illegal narcotics.

The world’s worst nuclear disaster to date occurred at Chernobyl, in Kiev. Thirty-one people died in the incident and thousands more were exposed to radioactive material.

Argentina surrenders to Great Britain on South Georgia Island, near the Falkland Islands.

The Boston Celtics won their sixth consecutive NBA title. They won two more before the streak came to an end.

Fidel Castro Cuban Premier visits Montreal.

Marshal Philippe Pétain, leader of France’s Vichy collaborationist regime during World War II, arrested for treason.

The Gestapo, the official secret police force of Nazi Germany, is established.

Ice hockey makes its Olympic debut at the Antwerp Games with Canada’s 12-1 drubbing of Sweden in the gold medal match.

Frederic Chopin’s “Grand Polonaise Brillante” premieres in Paris.

“La Marseillaise”, later the national anthem of France, is composed by Claude Joseph Rouget de Lisle in Strasbourg.

Copernicus made his first observations of Saturn.

7.8-magnitude earthquake near Kathmandu in Nepal, killing 8000, leaving over 100,000 homeless, destroying many historic sites.

The U.S. Hubble Space Telescope was placed into Earth’s orbit. It was released by the space shuttle Discovery.

1st submerged circumnavigation of Earth completed by USS submarine Triton in 60 days, 21 hours.

The St. Lawrence Seaway, linking the North American Great Lakes and the Atlantic Ocean, officially opens to shipping.

Quebec women allowed to vote and run for office in provincial elections, 22 years after women were granted the federal vote.

Sigmund Freud, father of Psychology, opens practice at Rathausstrasse 7, Vienna.

Work began on the Suez Canal in Egypt.

The guillotine was first used to execute highwayman Nicolas J. Pelletier.

Daniel Defoe publishes “Robinson Crusoe”, regarded as the 1st English novel.