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2018

Comedian Bill Cosby is found guilty of sexual assault in Pennsylvania.

Jon Favreau’s film “Iron Man 2,” starring Robert Downey Jr. and Gwyneth Paltrow, premieres in Los Angeles.

First day of voting in South Africa’s first multiracial elections.

NBC announces that Conan O’Brien will replace David Letterman.

Soccer star Diego Maradona is suspended for cocaine use. He was arrested in Argentina for possession and distribution of illegal narcotics.

The Chernobyl nuclear disaster occurs. Thirty-one people die, and thousands more are exposed to radioactive radiation.

Argentina lands troops in Great Britain south of Georgia Island, near the Falkland Islands.

The Boston Celtics win their sixth consecutive NBA championship. They would go on to add two more to that streak.

Cuban Prime Minister Fidel Castro visits Montreal.

Marshal Philippe Pétain, leader of the Vichy regime that collaborated with the Nazis during World War II, is arrested for treason.

The Gestapo, the official police force of the Nazis in Germany, is established.

Ice hockey makes its Olympic debut at the Antwerp Games, with Canada defeating Sweden 12–1 to win the gold medal.

Frédéric Chopin’s “La Grande Polonaise Brillante” is performed for the first time in Paris.

“La Marseillaise,” which would later become the French national anthem, was composed by Claude Joseph Rouget de Lisle in Strasbourg.

Copernicus observes the planet Saturn for the first time.

It happened on… April 26