2018
World Cup: Video Assistant Referee (VAR) technology is used for the first time, awarding France a penalty in 2-1 win over Australia in Kazan
2010
Bhutan becomes the first country to institute a total ban on tobacco.
1980
Musical comedy film “The Blues Brothers” starring Dan Aykroyd and John Belushi, and directed by John Landis, premieres in Chicago
1978
The film adaptation of “Grease” premiered in New York City.
1963
Soviet space mission Vostok 6 is launched with Valentina Tereshkova onboard, who becomes the 1st woman in space.
1960
“Psycho”, psychological horror film directed by Alfred Hitchcock, starring Janet Leigh, Anthony Perkins, and Vera Miles, opens in New York City.
1911
IBM founded as the Computing-Tabulating-Recording Company in Endicott, New York.
1903
Pepsi Cola company forms
Ford Motor Company was incorporated.
1659
François de Laval 1623-1688 arrives in Canada as Vicar Apostolic of New France; becomes first Bishop of Quebec in 1674.
