2009
Usain Bolt of Jamaica edges American Tyson Gay to win 100m in world record 9.58s at the World Athletics Championships in Berlin
1987
Bon Jovi release their 3rd album “Slippery When Wet” (Billboard’s top selling album of 1987).
1975
Peter Gabriel quits Genesis.
1974
Punk Rock pioneers The Ramones play their first show in a local New York club named CBGB.
1969
First performance of Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young (Auditorium Theater, Chicago).
1962
Ringo Starr replaces Pete Best as Beatles’ drummer, first official concert two days later.
1954
The first issue of Sports Illustrated is published.
1930
The first British Empire Games were held at Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. The event is now called the British Commonwealth Games.
1896
Gold first discovered in Klondike, found at Bonanza Creek, Alaska by George Carmack.
1858
Bank of Canada chartered.
1827
Admiral John Franklin 1786-1847 lays first stone of Rideau Canal locks; on his return down the Ottawa River from the Arctic.