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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.

Facebook, a mainstream online social networking site, is founded by Mark Zuckerberg.

A civil jury in California found O.J. Simpson liable in the death of his ex-wife Nicole Brown Simpson and Ron Goldman.

Panamanian General Manuel Noriega indicted by US federal grand jury for drug trafficking and racketeering.

“Rumours” 11th studio album by Fleetwood Mac is released (Grammy Album of the Year)

XII Winter Olympic Games open in Innsbruck, Austria.

“Patton” directed by Franklin J. Schaffner and starring George C. Scott premieres in New York (Academy Awards Best Picture 1971).

Franklin D. Roosevelt, Winston Churchill and Joseph Stalin meet at Yalta in the Crimea to discuss the final phase of World War II.

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

First Winter Olympic games close at Chamonix. The Toronto Granite Club hockey team brings home the Gold Medal for Canada in ice hockey.

Electors unanimously chose George Washington to be the first president of the United States.

Britain declared a formal cessation of hostilities with its former colonies, the United States of America.

Cruise ship Diamond Princess with 3700 passengers quarantined in Yokohama port, Japan after cases of COVID-19 found on board.

Federal trial of 4 police officers charged with civil rights violations in videotaped beating of Rodney King begins in Los Angeles, California.

The first Winter Olympics in Asia were held at Sapporo, Japan.

“Purple Haze” recorded by Jimi Hendrix.

Thermometers in Snag register -64C (-83F), the lowest temperature recorded in Canada; likely the lowest temperature on record in North America.

In Ottawa, fire destroys the Centre Block of the Parliament Buildings, killing seven.

Edwin Booth opened his new theatre in New York City. The first production was “Romeo and Juliet”.

The world’s first commercial cheese factory was established in Switzerland.

South African President F.W. de Klerk lifted a ban on the African National Congress and promised to free Nelson Mandela.

Sex Pistols bassist Sid Vicious died of a heroin overdose in New York City.

Maple Leafs’ Ian Turnbull scores 5 goals in a game against Detroit Red Wings, setting a record for an NHL defenceman.

Playmobil toys debut at the Nuremberg Toy Fair, designed by Hans Beck and produced by the Brandstätter Group

Barbra Streisand’s 1st #1 hit, “The Way We Were”.

The F-16 Fighting Falcon flies for the first time.

GI Joe, debuts as a popular American boy’s toy.

Hubert de Givenchy presents his first collection in Paris.

Frank Sinatra’s singing debut in Indianapolis (Tommy Dorsey Orchestra).

2 days after becoming chancellor, Adolf Hitler dissolves the German Reichstag (Parliament).

NYC’s Grand Central Terminal opens.

Queen Victoria’s funeral takes place in St. George’s Chapel, Windsor Castle, England.

The National League of Professional Base Ball Clubs (known as the National League) was formed in New York. The teams included were the Chicago White Stockings, Philadelphia Athletics, Boston Red Stockings, Hartford Dark Blues, Mutual of New York, St. Louis Brown Stockings, Cincinnati Red Stockings and the Louisville Grays.

Denver Broncos quarterback Peyton Manning becomes all-time record-holder for MVP trophies, winning his 5th at the NFL Honours in New York.

“House of Cards”, starring Kevin Spacey as Frank Underwood and Robin Wright as his wife, is released on Netflix.

Janet Jackson’s breast is exposed during the half-time show of Super Bowl XXXVIII, resulting in US broadcasters adopting a stronger adherence to Federal Communications Commission censorship guidelines.

NASA’s space shuttle Columbia exploded while re-entering the Earth’s atmosphere. All seven astronauts on board were killed.

“Harvest” 4th studio album by Neil Young is released (best selling album US 1972)

1st scientific hand-held calculator (HP-35) introduced ($395).

The Beatles’ 1st #1 hit “I Want to Hold Your Hand,” topped the Hot 100, stays #1 for 7 weeks before being replaced by “She Loves You”.

“The Misfits” premieres in NYC, final movie for both Clark Gable and Marilyn Monroe.

Founding of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police.

Giacomo Puccini’s opera “La Boheme” premiered in Turin.

Fire destroys Parliament Buildings at Quebec.