2005
The new Canadian War Museum opens in Ottawa.
1984
Canadian Army Corporal Denis Lortie 1959- sprays the Quebec National Assembly with sub-machine gun fire, killing 3 and wounding 13; on leave from his base, he tells his captors he wanted to destroy the Parti Quebecois.
1982
Gilles Villeneuve, from Berthierville, Que. dies in a 225 KPH accident while qualifying for the 1982 F1 Belgian Grand Prix.
1970
Beatles release “Let it Be” album.
1967
Muhammad Ali is indicted for refusing induction in US Army
1962
Oskar Schindler and his wife Emilie Schindler are honored for saving 1200 Jews during WWII,.
1945
German General Wilhelm Keitel formally surrenders to the Allies represented by the United States, the UK, France and the Soviet Union in Berlin.
1933
Gandhi began a hunger strike to protest British oppression in India.
1886
Pharmacist Dr. John Styth Pemberton invented what would later be called “Coca-Cola.”
1878
1st unassisted triple play in organized baseball, by Paul Hines.
1847
The rubber tire was patented by Robert W. Thompson.