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Youtube is launched by a group of college students, eventually becoming the largest video sharing website in the world and a main source for viral videos.

“The Silence of the Lambs” film directed by Jonathan Demme and starring Jodie Foster and Anthony Hopkins, is released (Best Picture 1992).

The first satellite of the Global Positioning System was placed into orbit around Earth.

Iran’s Ayatollah Khomeini called on Muslims to kill Salman Rushdie because of his novel “The Satanic Verses.”

“Whitney Houston” debut album by Whitney Houston is released (Grammy Award Best Pop Vocal Performance, Female 1986, Billboard Album of Year 1986).

“Respect” single recorded by Aretha Franklin (Billboard Song of the Year 1967).

“8½” film directed by Federico Fellini, starring Marcello Mastroianni and Claudia Cardinale, is released (Academy Awards Best Foreign Language Film 1964).

U.S. First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy gave a tour of the White House on television.

VI Winter Olympic Games open at Oslo, Norway.

The original “Dracula” film starring Bela Lugosi as the titular vampire, is released.

Fire at Grey Nuns Orphanage kills 64 children.

Adele won all six categories she was nominated for at this years Grammy Awards. The British singer won song of the year for ‘Rolling In the Deep’,

The last original “Peanuts” comic strip appears in newspapers one day after Charles M. Schulz dies.

Calgary plays host to over 1,800 athletes from 57 countries as the 15th Winter Olympics opening ceremonies take place in Olympic Plaza.

Denis Lortie found guilty of first-degree murder of 3 Quebec National Assembly workers in his machine gun attack of May, 1984; the Canadian Armed Forces corporal sprayed the chamber with bullets before being calmed.

Pink Floyd’s album “Dark Side of the Moon” marks 402 weeks in the album charts.

XIII Winter Olympic Games open in Lake Placid, New York.

XI Winter Olympic Games close at Sapporo, Japan.

First Barbie Doll goes on sale.

Dutch exotic dancer Mata Hari is arrested in Paris on suspicion that she is a German spy.

Jesse James holds up his first bank, stealing $15,000 from the Clay County Savings Association in Liberty, Missouri.

Abraham Lincoln declared US President in Washington, D.C..

Mexican drug lord Joaquín “El Chapo” Guzmán found guilty of all 10 federal crimes against him in New York after 200 hours of testimony.

XXI Winter Olympic Games open in Vancouver, Canada.

Mattel announced that “Barbie” and “Ken” were breaking up. The dolls had met on the set of their first television commercial together in 1961.

The trial of former President of Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Slobodan Milošević begins at the United Nations war crimes tribunal in The Hague. He eventually dies four years later before its conclusion.

US President Bill Clinton acquitted by the Senate in his impeachment trial.

XVII Winter Olympic Games opens in Lillehammer, Norway.

The Police recorded their first single, ‘Fall Out’ for £150 ($255) at Pathway Studios, London, England.

Soviets decides space center built in Baikonur, Kazakhstan.

Christian Dior unveils a “New Look”, helping Paris regain its position as the capital of the fashion world.

The first artificial ice rink opened in North America. It was at Madison Square Garden in New York City, NY.

Frederick W. Thayer patented the baseball catcher’s mask.

Pope Benedict XVI announces his resignation from February 28, the first pope to resign since 1415.

The first wave of the Egyptian revolution culminates in the resignation of Hosni Mubarak and the transfer of power to the Supreme Military Council after 18 days of protests.

Nelson Mandela released after 27 years imprisonment in South Africa.

87 countries, including Canada, the United States, United Kingdom, and Soviet Union, sign the Seabed Arms Control Treaty outlawing nuclear weapons on the ocean floor in international waters.

Montreal Canadien captain John Beliveau scores his 500th NHL goal.

Opening of first Canada Winter Games; held for a week in Quebec City.

Declaration of Liberated Europe signed by Franklin D. Roosevelt, Winston Churchill and Joseph Stalin after the Yalta Conference.

“Archie” comic book debuts.

Vatican City (world’s smallest country) made an enclave of Rome.

II Winter Olympic Games open in St Moritz, Switzerland.

Robert Fulton patents steamboat.

XX Winter Olympic Games open in Turin, Italy, Luciano Pavarotti sings “Nessun dorma” in his last ever performance.

His Royal Highness Charles, Prince of Wales announces engagement to Camilla Parker Bowles.

Kanye West releases his debut album “The College Dropout” (2005 Grammy Best Rap Album).

The IBM supercomputer Deep Blue defeats Garry Kasparov in chess for the first time.

Mike Tyson was convicted in Indianapolis of raping Desiree Washington, Miss Black American contestant.

“Da Ya Think I’m Sexy?” by Rod Stewart peaks at #1.

Margaret Thatcher elected leader of the Conservative Party; first female leader of a British political party.

Niagara Falls hydroelectric project begins producing power.

“Tom & Jerry” cartoon created by William Hanna & Joseph Barbera debut by MGM.

The Académie française forms in Paris (by Cardinal Richelieu).

XXIII Olympic Winter Games open in PyeongChang, South Korea,

Fox cartoon series “Simpsons” airs 167th episode the longest-running animated series in cartoon history.

Madonna’s album “Like a Virgin” goes #1 for 3 weeks.

The Boeing 747 flew its inaugural flight.

National Hockey League announces it is doubling in size with a new West Division and six new teams – the California Seals, Los Angeles Kings, Minnesota North Stars, Philadelphia Flyers, Pittsburgh Penguins and St. Louis Blues. The original teams – Toronto, Montreal, New York, Detroit, Chicago and Boston – will make up the NHL East Division.

The Beatles first appear on the Ed Sullivan Show before 73.7 million TV viewers. They sing She Loves You and I Want to Hold Your Hand.

The Davis Cup competition is established.

Volleyball was invented by W.G. Morgan.

Justine and Chloe Dufour-Lapointe claim gold and silver medals in the moguls freestyle skiing event at the Sochi Winter Olympics; first Canadian sisters to stand together on the podium.

XIX Winter Olympic Games open in Salt Lake City, Utah, United States.

XVI Winter Olympic Games opens in Albertville, France.

XIV Winter Olympic Games open in Sarajevo, Yugoslavia.

Wayne Gretzky sets NHL all star record of 4 goals in 1 period.

“Taxi Driver” directed by Martin Scorsese, starring Robert De Niro and Jodie Foster, is released (Palme d’Or 1976).

Nasdaq Composite stock market index debuts with 50 companies and a starting value of 100

Travel, financial and commercial transactions by United States citizens to Cuba are made illegal by the John F. Kennedy administration.

The first eight brass star plaques are installed in the Hollywood Walk of Fame.

Elizabeth II is proclaimed Queen of the United Kingdom.

Founding of the Walt Disney Studios in Hollywood, California.

Capital punishment: The first state execution in the United States by gas chamber takes place in Nevada.

The Boy Scouts of America is incorporated by William D. Boyce.

XXII Winter Olympic Games open in Sochi, Russia.

XVIII Winter Olympic Games open in Nagano, Japan.

The Rev. Jean-Bertrand Aristide was sworn in as Haiti’s first democratically elected president.

Haitian President-for-Life Jean-Claude Duvalier fled his country ending 28 years of family rule.

Pink Floyd premiere their live version of “The Wall” in Los Angeles

Darryl Sittler (Toronto Maple Leafs) set a National Hockey League (NHL) record when he scored 10 points in a game against the Boston Bruins. He scored six goals and four assists.

Al-Fatah-leader Yasser Arafat becomes president of PLO.

The Beatles pop group arrive in the United States for the first time; mass hysteria greets them at the airport.

Jane Fonda made her acting debut in the NBC drama “A String of Beads”.

“Pinocchio” world premiered at the Center Theatre in Manhattan.

Academie Française begins Dictionary of French Language.

SpaceX launches Falcon Heavy, world’s most powerful rocket.

Jay Leno ends his time on “The Tonight Show”.

Brett Hull becomes the first son of an NHL 50 goal scorer (Bobby) to score 50 goals himself.

NASA Astronaut Alan B. Shepard used a six-iron that he had brought inside his spacecraft and swung at three golf balls on the surface of the moon.

X Winter Olympic Games opens in Grenoble, France.

George Harrison joined Liverpool group The Quarrymen. The group who were named after Lennon’s school featured John Lennon, Paul McCartney, Len Garry, Eric Griffiths and John Lowe.

Eight Manchester United F.C. players and 15 other passengers are killed in the Munich air disaster.

Elizabeth II becomes queen regnant of the United Kingdom and the other Commonwealth realms upon the death of her father, George VI. At the exact moment of succession, she was in a treehouse at the Treetops Hotel in Kenya.

IV Winter Olympic Games open in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany.

Cardinal Achille Ratti elected Pope Pius XI.

Bottle opener patented by William Painter.

Gordie Howe plays in his 23rd and final NHL all-star game at age 51; Howe, from Floral, Saskatchewan, will retire from the Hartford Whalers at the end of the season.

Sugar Ray Leonard beats Luis Vega in 6 rounds in his 1st pro fight.

Astronauts land on the moon in the Apollo 14 mission.

The Walt Disney’s film “Peter Pan” opened at the Roxy Theatre in New York City.

In New York City, four signs were installed at 44th Street and Broadway in Times Square that told pedestrians “don’t walk.”

“Captain American” serial film premieres starring Dick Purcell, first appearance of a Marvel superhero outside a comic.

“Modern Times”, silent film directed by, written by and starring Charlie Chaplin, is released.

Reader’s Digest magazine 1st published.

Charlie Chaplin, Mary Pickford, Douglas Fairbanks, and D.W. Griffith launch United Artists.

Giuseppe Verdi’s opera “Otello” premieres at La Scala in Italy, Verdi’s first new opera for over 15 years.

Charlevoix Earthquake in Quebec, felt strongly in New England.