2019
First home delivery service by drone begins in Canberra, Australia by Wing, part of Google’s Alphabet company.
First-ever photo of a black hole announced, taken by The Event Horizon Telescope Collaboration in 2017 in galaxy M87, 6.5 billion times the mass of earth, 55 million light-years away.
1993
Pittsburgh Penguins win their NHL record 17 game winning streak.
1970
Paul McCartney officially announces the split of The Beatles.
1953
Warner Bros. released “House of Wax.” It was the first 3-D movie to be released by a major Hollywood studio.
1937
Act of Parliament creates Trans-Canada Airlines, now Air Canada; company will have two passenger planes and a biplane by September launch.
1925
F. Scott Fitzgerald published “The Great Gatsby” for the first time.
1916
The Professional Golfers Association (PGA) held its first championship tournament.
1912
White Star liner Titanic leaves Queenstown for NY; to pass the coast of Newfoundland in four days.
1815
Mount Tambora in the Dutch East Indies experiences a cataclysmic eruption, one of the most powerful in history, killing around 71,000 people, causes global volcanic winter.