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FC Barcelona’s Argentine soccer superstar Lionel Messi scores his 700th career goal in a 2-2 draw against Atlético Madrid.

President Donald Trump becomes first sitting US president to set foot in North Korea in the Korean Demilitarized Zone meeting Kim Jong Un.

NHL Draft: Halifax Mooseheads (QMJHL) center Nathan MacKinnon #1 pick by Colorado Avalanche.

“Spider-Man 2” directed by Sam Raimi and starring Toby Maguire and Kirsten Dunst is released.

The United Kingdom transfers sovereignty over Hong Kong to the People’s Republic of China.

Bank of Canada stops issuing one-dollar bills, and starts replacing them with the dollar coins that come to be known as loonies.

Pierre Trudeau officially steps down as Prime Minister of Canada after serving two separate terms for a total of 15 years.

The July 4th scene from the Steven Spielberg movie “Jaws” was filmed.

Cardinal Montini elected Pope Paul VI, 262nd head of Roman Catholic Church.

“Johnny Carson Show” debuts on CBS-TV.

The first Corvette rolled off the Chevrolet assembly line in Flint, MI. It sold for $3,250.

Superman 1st appears in DC Comics’ Action Comics Series issue #1.

Adolf Hitler purged the Nazi Party by destroying the SA and bringing to power the SS in the “Night of the Long Knives.”

Lytton, British Columbia, records Canada’s highest-ever temperature of 49.6C (121.3F), before being destroyed by a wildfire the next day.

Beijing Times reports 30% of the Great Wall of China has disappeared due to natural forces and stealing of bricks.

Financier Bernard Madoff sentenced to 150 years in prison, US maximum, for conducting massive Ponzi scheme.

Thomas Beatie, the world’s first pregnant man, gives birth to a daughter.

Apple Inc. releases its first mobile phone, the iPhone.

Soviet ballet dancer Mikhail Baryshnikov defects from Soviet Union while on tour in Canada with the Bolshoi Ballet.

Beatles’ 1st song “From Me to You” hits UK charts.

Joseph-Armand Bombardier patents his Bombardier B-7 Snow Tractor.

Pope Pius XI canonizes Jean de Brébeuf and 7 other Jesuits martyred in the 1600s; the first North American saints.

France grants 1 km² at Vimy Ridge “freely, and for all time, to the Government of Canada, the free use of the land exempt from all taxes ».

Jacques Cartier discovers Prince Edward Islands Canada.

AirCar, prototype flying car capable of flying 1,000km (600 miles), at height of 8,200ft (2,500m), completes 35 min test flight between Nitra and Bratislava airports in Slovakia.

Christine Lagarde becomes the 1st women to be elected head of the International Monetary Fund (IMF).

“Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl”, directed by Gore Verbinski, starring Johnny Depp, Keira Knightley and Orlando Bloom, premieres at Disneyland.

Canadian Parliament passes law banning tobacco advertising.

Prince Charles and Diana, Princess of Wales, name their baby “William”.

Terry Fox dies at age 22; one-legged runner of Marathon of Hope loses battle to lung cancer in a Vancouver hospital;

Malcolm X founded the Organization for Afro American Unity to seek independence for blacks in the Western Hemisphere.

Mercedes-Benz is formed by Gottlieb Daimler and Karl Benz merging their two companies.

The Treaty of Versailles was signed ending World War I exactly five years after it began. The treaty also established the League of Nations.

Coronation of Queen Victoria in Westminster Abbey, London.

Hottest temperature ever recorded in Canada at 46.6 C (116 F) in Lytton, British Columbia (breaks record 2 days later with 49.6 C).

Facebook has reached 2 billion monthly users.

Aerosmith become first major band to let fans download a full new track free from the internet.

Oilers’ Wayne Gretzky wins the Hart Trophy as the NHL’s Most Valuable Player (MVP) for the 7th consecutive year.

“Live & Let Die”, 8th James Bond Film, 1st to star Roger Moore, 1st released in the US.

Bobby Hull signed a 10-year hockey contract for $2,500,000. He became a player and coach of the Winnipeg Jets of the World Hockey Association.

The world’s first cash dispenser was installed at Barclays Bank in Enfield, England.

The Lumière Brothers from Paris hold the first cinema projection in Montreal at the Palace Theatre, on Boulevard St-Laurent.

General James Wolfe begins the siege of Quebec.