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2020

The number of COVID-19 cases worldwide has surpassed 25 million, and the death toll stands at 843,000.

2018

The film “Roma,” directed and written by Alfonso Cuarón (winner of the 2019 Oscar for Best Director) and starring Yalitza Aparicio and Marina de Tavira, premieres at the Venice Film Festival.

1993

The “Late Show with David Letterman” premieres on CBS at the Ed Sullivan Theater in New York; Bill Murray is the first guest, and Billy Joel performs.

The Eiffel Tower in Paris welcomes its 150,000,000th visitor.

1983

Guion S. Bluford Jr., aboard the space shuttle Challenger, becomes the first Black astronaut in history.

1972

John Lennon and Yoko Ono perform at the One to One charity concert at Madison Square Garden in New York City. They also invite Stevie Wonder, Sha Na Na, and Roberta Flack to join them. Some of the songs will appear on the album Live in New York City.