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2019

Pope Francis admits for the first time that clergy members have sexually abused nuns.

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar becomes the first NBA player to score 38,000 points.

In the first prime-time wrestling match in 30 years, André the Giant defeats Hulk Hogan.

Former Nazi Gestapo officer Klaus Barbie is brought to trial.

Hockey player Gordie Howe plays in his 23rd NHL All-Star Game at the age of 51. He will retire at the end of this season.

Sugar Ray Leonard makes his professional boxing debut, a six-round victory over Luis Vega.

The astronauts of the Apollo 14 mission land on the Moon.

Walt Disney’s film “Peter Pan” opens at the Roxy Theater in New York.

New York sees the first “walk-don’t walk” pedestrian signals appear at the corner of 44th Street and Broadway.

The TV series “Captain America,” starring Dick Purcell, premieres. This marks the first time a Marvel hero appears outside of a comic book.

The silent film “Modern Times,” written, directed by, and starring Charlie Chaplin, is released.

The first issue of Reader’s Digest is published.

Charlie Chaplin, Mary Pickford, Douglas Fairbanks, and D.W. Griffith found United Artists.

Giuseppe Verdi’s opera “Otello” premieres at La Scala in Italy. It is Verdi’s first new opera in 15 years.

An earthquake strikes Charlevoix, Quebec, and is felt as far away as New England.

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