Mikhail Gorbachev was elected as the Soviet Union’s first President.
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Billboard started publishing the top album charts list with the King Cole Trio as the first #1.
Julius Caesar was assassinated.
1.4 million students across 125 nations participated in the School Strike for Climate.
NASA's Discovery Space Shuttle launched from the Kennedy Space Center on mission STS-119.
Robert Foster made a world record for holding his breath underwater.