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2021

NBC says it will not broadcast the 2022 Golden Globes due to criticism over its lack of diversity.

The ride-hailing service Uber goes public on the New York Stock Exchange.

Rafael Nadal breaks John McEnroe’s record for the most consecutive sets won (49) in tennis at the Madrid Open.

Drag queen Conchita Wurst wins the 59th Eurovision Song Contest in Copenhagen.

New York’s Freedom Tower becomes the tallest skyscraper in the Western Hemisphere.

Bruce Lee collapses at Golden Harvest Studios in Hong Kong. He is taken to Hong Kong Baptist Hospital. Doctors diagnose him with cerebral edema.

The National and American football leagues announce that they will merge starting with the 1970–1971 season.

Marvel Comics publishes the first issue of “The Incredible Hulk.”

Winston Churchill succeeds Neville Chamberlain and becomes Prime Minister of England.

During World War II, Germany invades Belgium, France, the Netherlands, and Luxembourg.

Montreal loses its status as Canada’s capital to Kingston, after years of petitions.

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