2018
Drake surpasses The Beatles record of most singles in Billboard Hot One 100 with seven against their five from his album “Scorpion”.
Real Madrid forward Cristiano Ronaldo joins Italian champions Juventus in a deal worth £99.2m, becoming one of the four most expensive players of all time.
2013
“Orange Is the New Black” premieres on Netflix starring Taylor Schilling.
2007
“Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix”, the 5th film based on the books by J. K. Rowling is released.
2000
Coldplay release their debut album “Parachutes” (Grammy Award Best Alternative Album 2002).
1992
In Miami, Florida, the former Panamanian leader Manuel Noriega is sentenced to 40 years in prison for drug and racketeering violations.
1991
Boris Yeltsin sworn in as 1st elected President of the Russian Federation.
1985
French foreign intelligence agents blow up the Greenpeace boat Rainbow Warrior in Auckland harbor, New Zealand to prevent it interfering with French nuclear tests in the South Pacific. Dutch photographer Fernando Pereira is killed.
Playboy (and also Penthouse) publish nude pictures of Madonna.
1965
Rolling Stones score their 1st US #1 single “(I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction”.
1964
The Beatles release “A Hard Day’s Night”, their 3rd studio album.
1962
Telstar, the world’s first communications satellite, is launched into orbit.
1951
Sugar Ray Robinson was defeated for only the second time in 133 fights as Randy Turpin took the middleweight crown.
1946
Canada’s first drive-in movie theatre opens in Hamilton.
1928
George Eastman first demonstrated color motion pictures.
