Category: BuzzNews (anglais)

China ends its lockdown of Wuhan, the city at the center of the COVID-19 pandemic after 76 days as the country reports no new deaths for the 1st time.

WrestleMania XXVIII : John Cena defeats The Rock to win his record 11th WWE Championship.

U.S. troops capture Baghdad; Saddam Hussein’s regime falls two days later.

Beginning of the Rwandan Genocide; the Presidential Guard begins killing moderate politicians and public figures in Kigali, including Prime Minister Agathe Uwilingiyimana.

Russia announces it will withdraw its troops from Afghanistan.

The Toronto Blue Jays play their inaugural regular season game in a light snowfall at the CNE Exhibition Stadium; the expansion team beats the Chicago White Sox 9-5.

John Wayne won his first and only Oscar for his role in “True Grit.” He had been in over 200 films.

The Internet’s symbolic birth date: publication of RFC 1

At the age of 23, Jack Nicklaus became the youngest golfer to win the Green Jacket at the Masters Tournament.

The United Nations’ World Health Organization began operations.

English chemist John Walker invents wooden matches.

Canadian Humboldt Broncos junior hockey team involved in a bus crash outside Tisdale, Saskatchewan that kills 16.

“Star Trek” film reboot directed by J.J. Abrams, starring Chris Pine and Zachary Quinto premieres in Austin, Texas.

Argentine soccer star Diego Maradona suspended for 15 month by Italian League for testing positive for cocaine use

Gordie Howe completes record 26th season as a hockey player.

The American League of Major League Baseball begins using the designated hitter.

Pierre Elliott Trudeau chosen as Liberal Party leader on fourth ballot, replacing Lester Pearson.

Teflon invented by Roy J. Plunkett

Charlie Chaplin became the highest-paid film star in the world when he signed a contract with Mutual Film Corporation for $675,000 a year. He was 26 years old.

North Pole reached by Americans Robert Peary (picture) & Matthew Henson.

World’s 1st animated cartoon is released, “Humorous Phases of Funny Faces” by J. Stuart Blackton.

The first modern Olympic Games began in Athens, Greece.

City of Vancouver BC incorporated

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson admitted to hospital suffering from COVID-19

Steve Irwin’s “The Crocodile Hunter” debuts.

Kurt Cobain committed suicide by shooting himself in the head at his home in Seattle.

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (Los Angeles Lakers) became the all-time NBA regular season scoring leader when he broke Wilt Chamberlain’s record of 31,419 career points.

Gentilly nuclear power station starts service near Trois-Rivières; world’s first reactor fueled by natural uranium, cooled by ordinary water.

Winston Churchill resigned as British prime minister.

Elvis Presley records his debut single “That’s All Right”

Firestone Tire and Rubber Company starts producing inflatable tires.

The first international rugby league match is played between England and an Other Nationalities team (Welsh & Scottish players) in Central Park, Wigan, England.

Opening in Saint John, NB, of the first public museum in Canada (New Brunswick Museum).

Saint Patrick returns to Ireland as a missionary bishop.

Former US President Donald Trump sits in a New York courtroom, where he pleaded not guilty to 34 felony criminal charges of falsifying business records. It was the first time a current or former president faced criminal charges in American history.

Finland became the 31st member of NATO, wrapping up its historic strategic shift by depositing its accession documents to the alliance.

Alibaba becomes the world’s largest retailer according to US Securities and Exchange Commission.

Jack Ma founds Chinese internet company Alibaba.

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar’s last NBA game in Seattle.

Wayne Gretzky set an NHL record with his 213th point of the season.

At Cape Canaveral, the space shuttle Challenger took off on its first flight. It was the sixth flight overall for the shuttle program.

Microsoft is founded as a partnership between Bill Gates and Paul Allen to develop and sell BASIC interpreters for the Altair 8800.

Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated at the age of 39.

The Beatles occupy the top five positions on the Billboard Hot 100 pop chart.

Canada and eleven nations signed a treaty to create The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO).

City of Los Angeles incorporated.

Napoleon abdicates for the first time in favour of his son.