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2018

Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg admits that his company "made a mistake" when data on 50 million users ended up in the hands of Cambridge Analytica.

Filmmaker Steven Spielberg wins his first Oscar for his film “Schindler’s List.”

Wayne Gretzky ties Gordie Howe’s NHL record for the most career goals, 801.

A section of Central Park in New York is named Strawberry Fields in honor of John Lennon.

U.S. President Jimmy Carter announces a boycott of the 1980 Moscow Olympics to protest the Soviet intervention in Afghanistan.

The famous Alcatraz prison off the coast of San Francisco, California, is closed by federal authorities.

The Beatles give their first performance at the Cavern Club in Liverpool.

An earthquake strikes the city of Tokyo, Japan, killing more than 107,000 people.

Adolphe Sax patents the invention of the saxophone in Paris.

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