Author: Buzznews

Quebec’s Czech rookie brothers Peter and Anton Stastny each score first career NHL hat-tricks in Nordiques’ 9-3 win at Vancouver; Peter adds 3 assists and Anton 2

US astronaut John Glenn launched him into earth orbit in Mercury capsule Friendship VII; first American.

Jimi Hendrix (16), rock and roll guitarist, plays his first gig in the Temple De Hirsch synagogue basement, Seattle. He is fired from the band after the 1st set due to “wild” playing.

Government issues Canada’s first Family Allowance cheques.

Batman & Robin comic strip premiers in US newspapers.

The Metropolitan Museum of Art opened in New York City.

Rossini premieres his opera The Barber of Seville in Rome.

Fidel Castro resigned the Cuban presidency. His brother Raul was later named as his successor.

Patrick Roy reaches 300 victories as the NHL Avalanche beat Edmonton Oilers 7-5; second youngest goaltender and 12th overall to reach the mark.

The Soviet Union launched the Mir space station.

Canned & bottled Cherry Coke introduced by Coca-Cola.

Gaetan Boucher wins 2 Gold (1000m & 1500m) and a Bronze medal in Speedskating at Winter Olympic Games in Sarajevo.

US 5th Fleet launches invasion of Iwo Jima against the Japanese with 30,000 US Marines.

1st prize inserted into a Cracker Jack box.

Thomas Alva Edison patented a music player (the phonograph).

Andrea Bocelli makes his operatic debut as Rodolfo in “La bohème” at the Teatro Comunale in Cagliari.

Pierre Elliott Trudeau’s Liberal Party wins Canadian elections.

The first Ironman Triathlon competition takes place on the island of Oahu and is won by Gordon Haller.

The space shuttle Enterprise went on its maiden “flight” sitting on top of a Boeing 747.

David Gilmour joins rock group Pink Floyd.

VIII Winter Olympic Games open in Squaw Valley, California.

The first Church of Scientology is established in Los Angeles, California.

Sonja Henie wins her sixth straight World Women’s Figure Skating Championship; following her win, she retires to Hollywood to become an actress.

Pedro Lascuráin becomes President of Mexico for 45 minutes; this is the shortest term to date of any person as president of any country.

Mark Twain’s “Adventures of Huckleberry Finn” was published in the U.S. for the first time.

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon premieres on NBC.

Libyan protests begin.

Canadian and Quebec delegations attend the first Francophone Summit – la francophonie.

Beatles release “Penny Lane” & “Strawberry Fields”

The world’s first superhero, The Phantom, a cartoon strip by Lee Falk, makes his first appearance in comics.

Geronimo dies in custody at about age 79; last Apache chief to surrender to US forces.

Madama Butterfly receives its première at La Scala in Milan.

First ship passes through the Suez Canal.

Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy is placed under investigation for campaign funds.

The NHL announced the cancellation of the 2004-2005 season due to a labor dispute. It was the first time a major sports league in North America lost an entire season to a labor dispute.

The Kyoto global warming pact went into effect in 140 nations.

Hezbollah is founded.

Fidel Castro seized power in Cuba after the overthrow of President Fulgencio Batista.

English archaeologist Howard Carter (left) opens the inner burial chamber of Egyptian Pharaoh Tutankhamun’s tomb and finds the sarcophagus

A meteor explodes over Russia, injuring 1,500 people as a shock wave blows out windows and rocks buildings. This happens unexpectedly only hours before the expected closest ever approach of the larger and unrelated asteroid 2012 DA14.

First draft of the complete human genome is published in Nature.

Martin Brodeur becomes first goaltender in NHL history to get credit for a “game winning” goal as New Jersey wins, 4-2 over the visiting Philadelphia Flyers.

Last 100,000 Soviet troops leave Afghanistan under UN accord; 10 years after troops sent to help Marxist government.

Canada’s Gaetan Boucher wins second Gold Medal in Speedskating at the 14th Winter Games; fourth medal of his career.

Canada displayed its new red and white maple leaf flag. The flag was to replace the old Red Ensign standard.

Walt Disney premieres his masterpiece of animation, Cinderella, in New York City.

Adolf Hitler announces construction of the Volkswagen Beetle (the People’s Car, aka the Käfer/Beetle).

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.