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2021

San Jose Sharks forward Patrick Marleau breaks Gordie Howe’s record for most games played in the NHL (1,768).

NASA successfully flies its drone helicopter Ingenuity on Mars, first powered aircraft to fly on another world.

2020

Together At Home concert for COVID-19 aid curated by Lady Gaga and streamed worldwide.

2011

Fidel Castro resigns from the Communist Party of Cuba’s central committee after 45 years of holding the title.

2005

Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger elected Pope Benedict XVI of the Papal conclave.

1987

The Simpsons premieres as a short cartoon on The Tracey Ullman Show.

1971

Charles Manson sentenced to life in prison for the murder of Sharon Tate.

1963

Johnny Cash releases his single “Ring Of Fire” written by his future wife June Carter and Merle Kilgore.

1934

Shirley Temple appears in her 1st feature length film, “Stand Up & Cheer”.

1897

1st Boston Marathon (B.A.A. Road Race), the world’s oldest annual marathon inspired by success of the first marathon at the 1896 Summer Olympics.

1883

Fire destroys the Parliament Buildings in Quebec City.

1770

Marie Antoinette marries Louis XVI in a proxy wedding.

Captain James Cook sights the eastern coast of what is now Australia.

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