2021
Trial of former police officer Derek Chauvin for the murder of George Floyd begins in Minneapolis.
Megaship Ever Given freed after nearly a week stuck in and blocking the Suez Canal, with at least 369 vessels waiting to pass though.
2019
Singer-songwriter Billie Eilish releases her debut studio album “When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go?”.
1989
I. M. Pei’s pyramidal entrance to the Louvre opens in Paris.
1st Soviet hockey players are permitted to play for the NHL.
1987
WrestleMania III: Pontiac Silverdome, Pontiac, MI (93,173): Hulk Hogan successfully defends WWF Heavyweight title against André the Giant.
1974
Chinese farmers discover the Terracotta Army near Xi’an, 8,000 clay warrior statues buried to guard the tomb of China’s 1st emperor, Qin Shi Huang.
1973
The last U.S. troops left South Vietnam.
1971
A jury in Los Angeles recommended the death penalty for Charles Manson and three female followers for the 1969 Tate-La Bianca murders. The death sentences were later commuted to live in prison.
1966
Dow Brewery destroys 4,546,000 litres of beer after 16 people die in Quebec City area; 1 million gallons go down the drain.
1922
Fire destroys basilica of Ste-Anne de Beaupré; shrine originally built in 1658 by sailors who escaped a shipwreck.
1867
The British Parliament passed the North America Act to create the Dominion of Canada.
1848
Niagara Falls stops flowing for 30 hours due to an ice jam
1827
20,000 attend Ludwig von Beethovens burial in Vienna.
1795
Ludwig van Beethoven (24) has his debut performance as a pianist in Vienna.