Category: BuzzNews (anglais)

China welcomes the world at the Beijing Winter Olympics. Charles Hamelin and Marie-Philip Poulin are the Canadian flag bearers during the Parade of Nations at the opening ceremony at the National Stadium in Beijing.

Morocco’s Mohammed VI switches on world’s largest solar plant near Ouarzazate. Planned to power 1 million homes when fully completed 2018.

Facebook, a mainstream online social networking site, is founded by Mark Zuckerberg.

A civil jury in California found O.J. Simpson liable in the death of his ex-wife Nicole Brown Simpson and Ron Goldman.

Panamanian General Manuel Noriega indicted by US federal grand jury for drug trafficking and racketeering.

“Rumours” 11th studio album by Fleetwood Mac is released (Grammy Album of the Year)

XII Winter Olympic Games open in Innsbruck, Austria.

“Patton” directed by Franklin J. Schaffner and starring George C. Scott premieres in New York (Academy Awards Best Picture 1971).

Franklin D. Roosevelt, Winston Churchill and Joseph Stalin meet at Yalta in the Crimea to discuss the final phase of World War II.

III Winter Olympic Games open in Lake Placid, New York.

First Winter Olympic games close at Chamonix. The Toronto Granite Club hockey team brings home the Gold Medal for Canada in ice hockey.

Electors unanimously chose George Washington to be the first president of the United States.

Britain declared a formal cessation of hostilities with its former colonies, the United States of America.

Cruise ship Diamond Princess with 3700 passengers quarantined in Yokohama port, Japan after cases of COVID-19 found on board.

Federal trial of 4 police officers charged with civil rights violations in videotaped beating of Rodney King begins in Los Angeles, California.

The first Winter Olympics in Asia were held at Sapporo, Japan.

“Purple Haze” recorded by Jimi Hendrix.

Thermometers in Snag register -64C (-83F), the lowest temperature recorded in Canada; likely the lowest temperature on record in North America.

In Ottawa, fire destroys the Centre Block of the Parliament Buildings, killing seven.

Edwin Booth opened his new theatre in New York City. The first production was “Romeo and Juliet”.

The world’s first commercial cheese factory was established in Switzerland.

Scotty Bowman becomes first coach in NHL history to win 1,000 games.

Václav Havel becomes the first president of an independent Czech Republic, after the split with Slovakia.

South African President F.W. de Klerk lifted a ban on the African National Congress and promised to free Nelson Mandela.

Sex Pistols bassist Sid Vicious died of a heroin overdose in New York City.

Maple Leafs’ Ian Turnbull scores 5 goals in a game against Detroit Red Wings, setting a record for an NHL defenceman.

Playmobil toys debut at the Nuremberg Toy Fair, designed by Hans Beck and produced by the Brandstätter Group

Barbra Streisand’s 1st #1 hit, “The Way We Were”.

The F-16 Fighting Falcon flies for the first time.

GI Joe, debuts as a popular American boy’s toy.

Hubert de Givenchy presents his first collection in Paris.

Frank Sinatra’s singing debut in Indianapolis (Tommy Dorsey Orchestra).

2 days after becoming chancellor, Adolf Hitler dissolves the German Reichstag (Parliament).

NYC’s Grand Central Terminal opens.

Queen Victoria’s funeral takes place in St. George’s Chapel, Windsor Castle, England.

The National League of Professional Base Ball Clubs (known as the National League) was formed in New York. The teams included were the Chicago White Stockings, Philadelphia Athletics, Boston Red Stockings, Hartford Dark Blues, Mutual of New York, St. Louis Brown Stockings, Cincinnati Red Stockings and the Louisville Grays.

On February 1, NFL footballer Tom Brady announces his retirement. No one else has won the Super Bowl seven times and been named player of the game five times. His 35 playoff victories are not only a record, but 16 more than his closest rival, the legendary Joe Montana. Nothing attests to his exceptional longevity better than the fact that he is the only player in NFL history to have won a championship in three different decades.

Archaeologists announce discovery of thousands of undetected structures in Mayan lowland civilisation, Guatemala, using Lidar, suggests population of 10 million.

Denver Broncos quarterback Peyton Manning becomes all-time record-holder for MVP trophies, winning his 5th at the NFL Honours in New York.

“House of Cards”, starring Kevin Spacey as Frank Underwood and Robin Wright as his wife, is released on Netflix.

Janet Jackson’s breast is exposed during the half-time show of Super Bowl XXXVIII, resulting in US broadcasters adopting a stronger adherence to Federal Communications Commission censorship guidelines.

NASA’s space shuttle Columbia exploded while re-entering the Earth’s atmosphere. All seven astronauts on board were killed.

“Harvest” 4th studio album by Neil Young is released (best selling album US 1972)

1st scientific hand-held calculator (HP-35) introduced ($395).

The Beatles’ 1st #1 hit “I Want to Hold Your Hand,” topped the Hot 100, stays #1 for 7 weeks before being replaced by “She Loves You”.

“The Misfits” premieres in NYC, final movie for both Clark Gable and Marilyn Monroe.

Founding of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police.

Giacomo Puccini’s opera “La Boheme” premiered in Turin.

Fire destroys Parliament Buildings at Quebec.