2020
Harvey Weinstein is sentenced to 23 years in prison for a criminal sex act and rape in New York.
COVID-19 declared a pandemic by the head of the World Health Organization Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, with 121,564 cases worldwide and 4,373 deaths
2011
9.0 magnitude earthquake strikes 130 km (80 miles) east of Sendai, Japan, triggering a tsunami killing 18 079 people and causing the second worst nuclear accident in history at Fukushima nuclear plant.
1996
NHL Canadiens beat Dallas Stars 4-1 in the last game played in the 72-year-old Montreal Forum.
1986
Islander Mike Bossy, 1st NHLer to score 50 goals in 9 straight seasons.
1985
Mikhail Gorbachev replaces Konstantin Chernenko as Soviet leader.
1978
Bobby Hull of the WHL Winnipeg Jets joins Gordie Howe by getting career point number 1,000 in a game against the Quebec Nordiques.
1967
Pink Floyd releases 1st single “Arnold Layne”.
1935
Bank of Canada first opens on Wellington Street, Ottawa.
1867
Giuseppe Verdi’s opera “Don Carlos” premieres in Paris.
1865
Assembly of Canada votes 91-33 to proceed with Confederation.
1851
Giuseppe Verdi’s opera “Rigoletto” premieres in Venice.
1848
Louis-Hippolyte Lafontaine and Robert Baldwin become the first Prime Ministers of the Province of Canada to be democratically elected under a system of responsible government.
1669
Mt Etna in Sicily erupts in its largest recorded eruption, killing 15,000.