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It happened on a… April 7
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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.
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It happened on a… May 28
2021
Discovery of a mass grave with the remains of 215 children from Kamloops Indian Residential School announced by First Nation in British Columbia.
Tom Dumoulin wins the 100th Giro dItalia in Milan, 1st Dutchman to win. Barry Bonds hits his 715th career home run, passing Babe Ruth on the MLB all-time list.
Indianapolis 500: Jacques Villeneuve wins in 3:15:17.561 (247.221 km/h).
29th Cannes Film Festival: “Taxi Driver” directed by Martin Scorsese, with Robert De Niro, wins the Palme d’Or. Amnesty International, a human rights organization, was founded.
Volkswagen (VW), the German automobile manufacturer was founded.
The Dionne quintuplets were born near Callender, Ontario, to Olivia and Elzire Dionne. The babies were the first quintuplets to survive infancy. Warner Brothers debuted “On With The Show” in New York City. It was the first all-color-talking picture.
Chrysler Corporation merged with Dodge Brothers, Inc.
Édouard and André Michelin incorporate the Michelin tyre company. Fire in Quebec, Canada, 1,500 houses destroyed.
1st indoor swimming pool, the Bagnio, opens (Goodman’s Fields, London)
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It happened on a… May 27
2021
“Friends” reunion screens, 17 years after the TV sitcom series ended.
America’s COVID-19 death toll passes 100,000 equal to number of US servicemen and women killed in Korea, Vietnam, Iraq and Afghanistan put together. South Korean boy band BTS are the first K-pop group to top the Billboard 200 with their album “Love Yourself: Tear”.
DreamWorks releases computer-animated film “Madagascar” with voices by Ben Stiller, Chris Rock, David Schwimmer, and Jada Pinkett-Smith.
The International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia indicts Slobodan Milošević and four others for war crimes and crimes against humanity committed in Kosovo. In Charlottesville, VA, Christopher Reeve was paralyzed after being thrown from his horse during a jumping event.
The Sex Pistols release “God Save the Queen”, sparking major controversy and leading to a ban on the song by the BBC
Pierre Elliott Trudeau agrees to separation with wife Margaret; retains custody of three children. Construction of Walt Disney World began in Florida.
Major League Baseball’s National League awards Montreal the first franchise in Canada and the first franchise outside the United States. (the Montreal Expos)
Jean-Paul Sartre’s “Huis Clos” premieres in Paris. British and Allied forces begin the evacuation of Dunkirk (Operation Dynamo) during WWII.
Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco opens to pedestrians.
RMS Queen Mary leaves Southampton for NY on maiden voyage. Walt Disney’s short film “3 Little Pigs” released (Academy Award Best Animated film 1934).
Saint Petersburg (Leningrad) founded by Russian Tsar Peter the Great.
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