Category: BuzzNews (anglais)

US authorizes its third COVID-19 vaccine from Johnson & Johnson, a one-shot vaccine.

Dow Jones Index suffers its biggest points fall in history closing down 1,190.95 in New York amid concerns about COVID-19.

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.

City of Venice in Italy introduces a day visitors tax.

84th Academy Awards: “The Artist” wins five Oscars and becomes the first silent film to win since 1927.

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.

Winter Olympics: Marit Bjoergen (Norway) becomes the most successful winter athlete of all time (15 medals) with gold in the 30k cross country.

Switzerland’s 1st legal brothel opens in Zurich.

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.

Russia attacks the Ukrainian capital Kyiv. Vladimir Putin announced this military operation, in the Donbas region, to “demilitarize the country”.

United Nations-backed COVAX initiative begins delivering vaccines to middle and low income countries with first AstraZeneca shipment to Ghana.

Former Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein found guilty of rape and a criminal sexual act in landmark case that ignited #MeToo movement.

Men’s big air snowboarding event makes Olympic debut at Pyeongchang; Canada’s Sébastien Toutant is inaugural gold medallist.

Fidel Castro retires as the President of Cuba due to ill health after nearly fifty years.

Cuba’s parliament named Raul Castro president. His brother Fidel had ruled for nearly 50 years.

Britain’s Prince Charles announces engagement to Lady Diana Spencer.

Beatles begin filming “Help” in Bahamas.

The first nylon bristle toothbrush was made. It was the first time that nylon yarn had been used commercially.

The Nazi Party is founded.

In Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, an area was leased to the U.S. for a naval base.

Tiger Woods had a near fatal car accident south of Los Angeles, injuring both legs.

First major COVID-19 outbreak in Europe in Italy with 152 cases and three deaths, prompting emergency measures, locking down 10 towns in Lombardy.

Hip Hop artist Eminem releases his first major record album ‘The Slim Shady LP’ (Grammy 2000 – Rap album).

Goaltender Patrick Roy makes his NHL debut for the Montreal Canadiens.

First presentation of Juno Awards to honour the best Canadian recording artists in Toronto, Ontario; the award is named after CRTC Chairman and later CBC/SRC President Pierre Juneau.

Luciano Pavarotti makes his debut at the Vienna State Opera in “La traviata”.

US Marines raise American flag on top of Mt. Suribachi, Iwo Jima. Photo of which by Joe Rosenthall later became iconic, inspiring the Marine Corps War Memorial sculpture.

Walt Disney’s animated movie “Pinocchio” was released.

Rotary Club founded by lawyer Paul Percy Harris and three others in Chicago, Illinois.

The U.S. acquired control of the Panama Canal Zone for $10 million.

“The Times” of London publishes world’s 1st classified ad.

Johannes Gutenberg prints his first Bible (estimated date).