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The last episode of “The Cosby Show” aired. The show had been on since September of 1984.

Boxing legend Cassius Clay joins the Nation of Islam and changes his name to “Muhammad Ali”, calling his former title a “slave name”.

The United States announced that it would send 3,500 troops to Vietnam.

Real Madrid C.F. was foundered.

Aspirin was patented by German researchers Felix Hoffman and Hermann Dreser.

Giuseppe Verdi’s Opera “La Traviata” premieres in Venice.

Louis Hébert signs agreement to become the first colonist of New France; he is a farmer and apothecary, and will provide herbal medicines to the inhabitants.

Bugatti announces the most expensive new car ever made – the La Voiture Noire costing $19 million, only one will be made

Harrison Ford crash-lands his 1942 Ryan Aeronautical ST3KR aeroplane in California

American reality TV program The Osbournes” featuring family of Ozzy Osbourne premieres on MTV.

Sprinter Ben Johnson was banned from racing for life by the Amateur Athletic Association after testing positive for banned performance-enhancing substances for a second time.

Mike Bossy (New York Islanders) became the first National Hockey League player to score 50 goals in eight consecutive seasons.

Cuban photographer Alberto Korda takes his iconic photograph of Marxist revolutionary Ernesto “Che” Guevara.

The Soviets moved the capital of Russia from Petrograd to Moscow.

Stapler patented in England by C H Gould.

Piano company Steinway & Sons founded by Heinrich Steinweg (later Henry Steinway) in New York City

Samuel Colt patents the first production-model revolver, the .34-caliber.

The Papal Conclave begins to select the successor of Pope Benedict XVI.

Canada banned human embryo cloning but permitted government-funded scientists to use embryos left over from fertility treatment or abortions.

The Louvre Pyramid designed by I. M. Pei is inaugurated by French President Francois Mitterrand.

Canadien Guy Lafleur scores his 1000th NHL Point.

John Lennon says the Beatles are more popular than Jesus.

Walt Disney’s “Cinderella” was released across the U.S.

1st vampire film Nosferatu premieres at the Berlin Zoological Garden, Germany, an adaptation of Bram Stoker’s Dracula.

The first case of Spanish flu occurs, the start of a devastating worldwide pandemic.

Iran releases 54,000 people from prison to avoid spread of COVID-19.

The Alberto Giacometti sculpture L’Homme qui marche sold for $103.7 million.

Los Angeles police officers severely beat motorist Rodney King, the beating is famously captured on amateur video and later leads to riots when the police officers are acquitted.

Pierre Trudeau sworn in, for the second time, as the 17th Prime Minister of Canada.

Canadien Jean Beliveau scores one goal in a 5-2 loss to the Detroit Red Wings; second NHL player to score 1,000 career points.

Time magazine publishes 1st issue featuring Joseph G. Cannon (Speaker of US House of Representatives).

University of Toronto doctors Frederick Banting and Charles Best officially announces their team’s discovery of insulin.

In Ottawa, Canada’s original parliament buildings burned down.

American Telephone & Telegraph (AT&T) incorporates.

1st recorded hockey game (Montreal)

Georges Bizet premieres his opera Carmen at the Opéra Comique, Paris France.

NFL establishes existence of a bounty program at the New Orleans Saints 2009-11; players given incentives to injure opposition; coach Sean Payton is suspended for 2012 season.

NASA announced that the Mars rover Opportunity had discovered evidence that water had existed on Mars in the past.

Grand jury concludes US President Richard Nixon is involved in Watergate cover-up.

In Toulouse, France, the supersonic transport Concorde made its first test flight.

One of the most popular musical films of all time, “The Sound of Music”, starring Julie Andrews and Christopher Plummer, is released (Academy Awards Best Picture 1966).

Beatles begin filming “A Hard Day’s Night”.

Wilt ‘The Stilt’ Chamberlain scored 100 points against the New York Knicks 169-147. Chamberlain broke several NBA records in the game.

Ho Chi Minh elected President of North Vietnam

Canadian budget introduces unique pay-as-you-earn income tax system.

Eugenio Pacelli chosen as Pope Pius XII.

The motion picture King Kong had its world premiere in New York.

George Hainsworth becomes first NHL goaltender to record 20 shutouts in one season when the Montreal Canadiens beat the visiting Boston Bruins, 3-0; ends season with 22

Animated film “Ice Age: The Meltdown” directed by Carlos Saldanha with voices by Ray Romano and John Leguizamo premieres in Belgium.

Titanic became the first film to gross over $1 billion worldwide.

Canadian Elvis Stojko hits the first quad-triple combination jump in the history of figure-skating competition to win the Championship Series final in Hamilton, Ontario

Yahoo! was incorporated.

Pink Floyd release their album “Dark Side of the Moon”.

Wilt Chamberlain the first NBA player to score 30,000 points.

Gas explosion kills 28, fifteen children, in apartment complex in La Salle, Quebec.

After an all-night movie and dinner session with his top advisers, Joseph Stalin suffers a stroke and collapses. He dies four days later..

Clarence Decatur C. D. Howe opens first Trans Canada Air Lines transcontinental passenger service from Montreal to Vancouver; Minister of Industry, Trade and Commerce.

Yellowstone becomes the world’s 1st national park.

Samuel de Champlain reclaims his role as commander of New France on behalf of Cardinal Richelieu.

Pope Benedict XVI resigns as the pope of the Catholic Church becoming the first pope to do so since 1415.

Princess Diana agrees to divorce her estranged husband, Prince Charles, calling it the saddest day of her life.

losing of the 15th Winter Olympic Games in Calgary. Canada won two Silver Medals, in Singles Figure Skating, as well as Bronze in Ice Dancing, Womens Downhill and Womens Super G.

Final TV episode of “M*A*S*H” airs (CBS); record 125 million watch in the US.

Ottawa, Ontario, Parliament creates VIA Rail Canada Inc.; Crown corporation to operate passenger rail service.

Vincent Massey is sworn in as the first Canadian-born Governor General of Canada.

DuPont scientist Wallace Carothers invents nylon.

Britain’s House of Lords agreed to give a monarch’s first-born daughter the same claim to the throne as any first-born son. This was the end to 1,000 years of male preference.

17th Winter Olympics end in Lillehammer, Norway; Canada takes home three Golds – Myriam Bédard for Biathlon (2) and Jean-Luc Brassard for Moguls Freestyle Skiing.

Singer James Brown is released from prison.

Paul McCartney and Stevie Wonder record the single “Ebony & Ivory”.

Keith Richards of the Rolling Stones rock group is arrested by the RCMP and charged with possession of heroin with intent to traffic and possession of cocaine; police seize 22 grams of heroin, 5 grams of cocaine and narcotics paraphernalia; Richards is released on $25,000 bail; later found guilty, but released on condition the Stones play two benefit concerts for the blind.

New Orleans held its first Mardi Gras celebration.

Vienna, Austria, Ludwig van Beethoven premieres his Eighth symphony.

Henry IV crowned King of France.

Saudi Arabia bars overseas pilgrims from accessing religious sites of Mecca and Medina because of COVID-19 fears for 1st time in living memory.

Terrorist bomb explodes at World Trade Center, killing six people and injuring over 1,000.

Dallas Cowboys fire coach Tom Landry after a 29-year career.

Michael Jackson’s “Thriller” album goes #1 and stays #1 for 37 weeks.

Beatles release “Beatles Again” aka “Hey Jude” album.

Adolf Hitler opens first factory for production of the Volkswagen – the People’s Car in Saxony, Germany.

New York City installed traffic lights.

Kinemacolor, the first successful color motion picture process, is first shown to the general public at the Palace Theatre in London.

Silver speculator Bruce McNall, hockey star Wayne Gretzky and entertainer John Candy jointly buy CFL Toronto Argonauts; Gretzky and Candy are later financially embarrassed by the bankruptcy of McNall.

People Power Revolution: President of the Philippines Ferdinand Marcos flees the nation after 20 years of rule; Corazon Aquino becomes the Philippines’ first woman president.

Cassius Clay, a 7-1 underdog, knocks out Sonny Liston in the 7th round to become World Heavyweight Boxing Champion for the first time; later known as Muhammad Ali.

Beatles release their 1st single in US “Please Please Me”.

The New York Rangers and the Montreal Canadiens played in the first hockey game to be televised in the U.S. The game was aired on W2WBS in New York with one camera in a fixed position. The Rangers beat the Canadiens 6-2.

Austrian immigrant Adolf Hitler gets German citizenship.

In New York City, the first pneumatic-powered subway line was opened to the public.

Washington DC, Samuel Colt patents the first revolving barrel multishot firearm.