2018
Physicist Stephen Hawking’s ashes are interred in Westminster Abbey, London, between the remains of Isaac Newton and Charles Darwin.
2012
Nik Wallenda becomes the first person to successfully tightrope walk over Niagara Falls.
2003
NBA Draft: St. Vincent–St. Mary HS (Akron, Ohio) small forward LeBron James first pick by Cleveland Cavaliers
1991
Birth of the first federal political party in Canada that supports Quebec nationalism, le Bloc Québécois.
1965
Bob Dylan records single “Like a Rolling Stone”.
1951
Fire kills 35 elderly persons at l’Hospice Ste-Cunégond.
1902
Canada’s Maritime Provinces switch from Eastern to Atlantic time.
1878
World’s first moving pictures caught on camera (used 12 cameras, each taking 1 picture) done to see if all 4 of a horse’s hooves leave the ground.
1844
Charles Goodyear receives a patent for vulcanization, a process to strengthen rubber.
1667
The first human blood transfusion is administered by Dr. Jean-Baptiste Denys.
1607
Colonists in North America completed James Fort in Jamestown, VA.
1219
Dannebrog is the flag of Denmark and the oldest national flag in the world. .