Category: BuzzNews (anglais)

Sumatran rhino officially declared extinct in Malaysia after last known specimen, 25-year-old Iman, dies of cancer in Sabah, Malaysian Borneo.

Susan Boyle releases her debut album “I Dreamed a Dream” (biggest selling album worldwide 2009, 2010 Billboard Album of the Year)

The first smartphone, the IBM Simon, is introduced at COMDEX in Las Vegas, Nevada.

Freddie Mercury, 45, confirms he has AIDS the day before he dies.

Pink Floyd’s “The Wall” released, sells 6 million copies in 2 weeks.

Apneist Jacques Mayol is the first man to reach a depth of 100m undersea without breathing equipment.

Cat Stevens releases his fourth studio album “Tea for the Tillerman” featuring singles “Wild World and “Father and Son”.

The first edition of “Life” was published.

Pierre de Coubertin launches plan for Modern Olympic Games.

The first jukebox made its debut in San Francisco, at the Palais Royale Saloon.

Anne Hébert marries Étienne Jonquet; first marriage on record in the colony.

Patrick Roy’s #33 jersey is retired by the Montreal Canadiens.

Angela Merkel becomes the first female Chancellor of Germany.

“Toy Story”, the first feature-length film created completely using computer-generated imagery.

Mike Tyson became the youngest to wear the world heavyweight-boxing crown. He was only 20 years and 4 months old.

Juan Carlos I proclaimed King of Spain as monarchy restored after 31 years

Beatles release “Beatles” (White Album), their only double album.

Lyndon B. Johnson sworn in as the 36th US President after the assassination of President John F. Kennedy.

U.S. President Kennedy was assassinated while riding in a motorcade in Dallas, TX. Texas Governor John B. Vice-President Lyndon B. Johnson was inaugurated as the 36th U.S. President.

XVI Summer Olympic Games open in Melbourne, Australia; first to be staged in Southern Hemisphere and Oceania, as well as first to be held outside Europe and North America.

RCA Records make its best investment paying $35,000 to Sun Records for Elvis Presley’s contract.

In Paris, “Bolero” by Maurice Ravel was first performed publicly.

1st snowmobile patent granted to Carl Eliason (Sayner, Wisconsin)

Arthur Knight patents steel shaft golf clubs.

The SOS distress signal is adopted in Berlin.

English pirate Edward Teach (a.k.a. “Blackbeard”) was killed during a battle off the coast of North Carolina. British soldiers cornered him aboard his ship and killed him. He was shot and stabbed more than 25 times.

Elon Musk launches Tesla’s electric Cybertruck with shatterproof windows that when demonstrated on stage shatter

Robert Mugabe’s resignation after 37 years in power is read out in Zimbabwe’s parliaments during impeachment proceedings.

“Happy” single is released by Pharrell Williams (Billboard Song of the Year 2014, Grammy Award for Best Pop Solo Performance 2015).

Michael Jackson’s 14-minute video for ‘Thriller’, was premiered in Los Angeles.

First flight of Concorde (London to New York).

“Rocky” directed by John G. Avildsen and starring Sylvester Stallone premieres in New York (Best Picture 1977).

Horror film “Frankenstein” is released, starring Boris Karloff as the monster.

Spanish surrealist Salvador Dali had his first art exhibit.

First automobile appears on the streets of Montreal; a ‘Crestomobile’.

Thomas A. Edison announced the invention of his phonograph.

The first successful flight was made in a hot air balloon. The pilots, Francois Pilatre de Rosier and Francois Laurent, Marquis d’Arlandes, flew for 25 minutes and 5½ miles over Paris.

Britain’s Prince Andrew announces he is stepping back from public duties after outcry from disastrous interview on his friendship with Jeffry Epstein

“25” 3rd studio album by Adele is released (Grammy Award for Album of the Year 2017, 2016 Billboard Album of the Year).

First module of the International Space Station, Zarya, is launched.

Princess Diana admits she cheated on Prince Charles in a TV interview

Microsoft Windows 1.0 is released.

Brazilian soccer icon Pele scores his 1,000th goal.

The Cuban Missile Crisis ended. The Soviet Union removed its missiles and bombers from Cuba and the U.S. ended its blockade of the island.

Britain’s Princess Elizabeth married Philip Mountbatten, Duke of Edinburgh in Westminster Abbey.

24 Nazi leaders went before an international war crimes tribunal in Nuremberg, Germany.

Montreal Canadiens beat Boston Bruins, 1-0, in the first NHL game played in the Boston Gardens.

1st successful tank (Mark IV) use in battle, at the Battle of Cambrai in World War I as Britain uses the new technology to break through German lines.

Geo Lefevre and Henri Desgrange create Tour de France bicycle race.

Sherlock Holmes’s first story “A Study in Scarlet” is accepted by publisher Ward and Lock with payment of £25.

Ludwig van Beethoven’s “Fidelio”, his only opera, premieres in Vienna.