2012
Barack Obama is re-elected as US President, defeating Republican candidate Mitt Romney.
2005
“Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire”, the 4th film based on the books by J. K. Rowling, premieres in London.
2001
TV drama series “24” starring Kiefer Sutherland premieres on Fox.
1995
Mark Messier scored his 500th NHL goal.
1994
Pierre Bourque elected Mayor of Montreal with 46.4% of the vote.
1970
Inauguration of the Pont Pierre-Laporte in Quebec City.
FLQ member Bernard Lortie arrested for the kidnapping of Quebec labour Minister Pierre Laporte.
1946
Karol Wojtyla (future Pope John Paul II) holds his first Mass as newly ordained Catholic priest in Wawel Cathedral’s crypt
1917
Bolshevik revolution begins with bombardment of the Winter Palace in Petrograd during the Russian October Revolution.
1860
Abraham Lincoln was elected to be the sixteenth president of the United States.
