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Alibaba becomes the world’s largest retailer according to US Securities and Exchange Commission.

Jack Ma founds Chinese internet company Alibaba.

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar’s last NBA game in Seattle.

Wayne Gretzky set an NHL record with his 213th point of the season.

At Cape Canaveral, the space shuttle Challenger took off on its first flight. It was the sixth flight overall for the shuttle program.

Microsoft is founded as a partnership between Bill Gates and Paul Allen to develop and sell BASIC interpreters for the Altair 8800.

Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated at the age of 39.

The Beatles occupy the top five positions on the Billboard Hot 100 pop chart.

Canada and eleven nations signed a treaty to create The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO).

City of Los Angeles incorporated.

Napoleon abdicates for the first time in favour of his son.

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.

Penguin Mario Lemieux wins NHL scoring title, stopping Wayne Gretzky’s 7 year streak.

“Planet of the Apes” United States wide premiere.

During recording sessions at RCA studios in Nashville, Tennessee, Elvis Presley recorded ‘It’s Now Or Never’, ‘Fever’ and ‘Are You Lonesome Tonight’.

US President Harry Truman signs Marshall Plan ($5B aid to 16 European countries)

1st airplane flight over Mt Everest.

American outlaw Jesse James is killed by Robert Ford at home in St Joseph

James Carrington patented the coffee mill.

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.

Pope Francis canonizes François de Laval, first bishop of Quebec, as a Catholic saint.

Penguin Mario Lemieux wins NHL scoring title, stopping Wayne Gretzky’s 7 year streak.

“Planet of the Apes” United States wide premiere.

During recording sessions at RCA studios in Nashville, Tennessee, Elvis Presley recorded ‘It’s Now Or Never’, ‘Fever’ and ‘Are You Lonesome Tonight’.

US President Harry Truman signs Marshall Plan ($5B aid to 16 European countries)

1st airplane flight over Mt Everest.

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.

American outlaw Jesse James is killed by Robert Ford at home in St Joseph

James Carrington patented the coffee mill.

Number of COVID-19 cases worldwide passes 1 million, with 1,002,159 cases and 51,485 deaths reported, according to Johns Hopkins University

Canada is warming at twice the speed of the rest of the world, according to a federal report, increasing 2.3% in northern Canada.

NASA states it wants to send astronauts to Mars by 2033, and land on the Moon again in 2024.

Rita Johnston becomes the first female Premier of a Canadian province as Premier of British Columbia.

Argentina invades the Falkland Islands.

In his first full season in the NHL, Wayne Gretzky become the youngest player to reach 50 goals at 19 years and 2 months of age.

The first episode of “Dallas” aired on CBS.

Fleetwood Mac’s “Rumours” album goes #1 & stays #1 for 31 weeks.

Montreal Canadiens win 34th straight home game without a loss, for an NHL record.

“2001 A Space Odyssey” directed by Stanley Kubrick and starring Keir Dullea and Gary Lockwood, premieres at the Uptown Theater in Washington, D.C.

Ludwig van Beethoven leads the premiere of his First Symphony in Vienna.

Bob Dylan receives his Nobel Prize for Literature at a private ceremony in Stockholm.

Google Inc. announced that it would be introducing a free e-mail service called Gmail.

The Canadian territory of Nunavut was created. It was carved from the eastern part of the Northwest Territories and covered about 772,000 square miles.

New York Islander Mike Bossy became the first NHL player to score 60 goals in 3 consecutive seasons.

New York Islanders right wing Mike Bossy becomes first NHL rookie to score 50 goals in a season.

Apple Computer began operations.

Nescafé introduces their flagship brand in Switzerland

The Baseball Hall of Fame opened in Cooperstown, NY.

“The Blue Angel” starring Marlene Dietrich in her breakthrough role premieres in Germany.

The Royal Canadian Air Force is formed.

“SOS” first adopted as a morse distress signal (· · · – – – · · ·) by German government

French painter Paul Gauguin leaves Marseille for Tahiti.

British White Star steamship Atlantic sinks off Nova Scotia, 547 die.

Ruins of Pompeii rediscovered by Spaniard Rocque Joaquin de Alcubierre.