Wayne Gretzky became the first and only player in NHL history to score 200 points in a season.
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The world's largest banana split was made in Innisfail, Australia.
Zayn Malik announced that he would be leaving the boyband One Direction.
The first kidney transplant between two persons with HIV occurred in Boston, Massachusetts, US.
The Slave Trade Act was passed in the British Parliament.
Qantas flight QF9 became the first to fly nonstop from Australia to the UK.