Author: Buzznews

German ex-nurse Niels Högel admits in court to killing over 100 patients, making him one of the world’s worst serial killers.

US Pentagon sends 5,200 troops to Mexican border in advance of migrant caravan from Central America.

Walt Disney purchases Lucasfilm Ltd and its rights for Star Wars and Indiana Jones for $4.05 billion.

Quebec Referendum on sovereignty. The tally: Non 2,361,521 (50.6%), Oui 2,308,028 (49.4%); 93.2% of eligible voters go to the polls.

Muhammad Ali KOs George Foreman in 8th round in Kinshasa Zaire (‘The Rumble in the Jungle’).

The Bosphorus Bridge in Istanbul, Turkey is completed, connecting the continents of Europe and Asia over the Bosporus for the first time.

Frank Sinatra recorded his version of the song My Way.

Film premiere of “One Night in the Tropics” first film for Abbott and Costello Paterson New Jersey.

Orson Welles’ “The War of the Worlds” aired on CBS radio. The belief that the realistic radio dramatization was a live news event about a Martian invasion caused panic among listeners.

Benito Mussolini forms government in Italy.

Founding of the Hôpital Général de Québec.

Rising seas could endanger 150 million people worldwide, three times more than previously thought, according study by Climate Central published in “Nature Communications”

China announces the end of their one-child policy after 35 years.

Arabic news network, Al Jazeera broadcasts an excerpt from a video of Osama bin Laden in which the terrorist leader first admits direct responsibility for the September 11, 2001 attacks.

Robert Bourassa reelected Premier of Quebec, with 102 seats for his Quebec Liberal Party, 6 for the Parti québécois, and 2 Crédit social; no Union nationale members are elected.

The Rolling Stones open their third North American tour with a concert in Montreal.

Muhammad Ali (Cassius Clay) won his first professional fight.

“Asterix” is first published in the French magazine “Pilote” by Rene Goscinny, illustrated by Albert Uderzo.

First ballpoint pen goes on sale, manufactured by Biro.

America’s Great Depression began with the crash of the Wall Street stock market.

The International Committee of the Red Cross was founded.

Opera “Don Giovanni”, music by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, libretto by Lorenzo Da Ponte premieres at the National Theater of Bohemia in Prague.

New coral reef 500m (1,640ft) high, taller than the Empire State Building, discovered north of Australia’s Great Barrier Reef.

NBA announces hiring of Dee Kantner & Violet Palmer as 1st women to officiate a major-league all-male sports league.

Bobby Orr scores his last career NHL goal (vs Detroit Red Wings)

John Lennon and Yoko Ono record “Happy Xmas (War is Over)” in NYC.

Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev informed the U.S. that he had ordered the dismantling of Soviet missile bases in Cuba.

Angelo Giuseppe Roncalli was elected Pope. He took the name John XXIII.

Nobel Prize for Literature is awarded to Ernest Hemingway.

II Summer (Modern) Olympic Games, Paris, France: competition ends after 5 months; no opening or closing ceremonies conducted.

The Statue of Liberty was dedicated in New York Harbor by U.S. President Cleveland.

First classes begin at Montreal Medical Institute, Canada’s first medical school.

Harvard College was founded in Massachusetts. The original name was Court of Massachusetts Bay Colony. It was the first school of higher education in America.

Christopher Columbus sights Cuba and claims it for Spain under the name “Juana”.

Tiger Woods scores a wire-to-wire 3-stroke win over Hideki Matsuyama at the inaugural Zozo Championship at Accordia Golf & Country Club to tie Sam Snead’s record of 82 PGA victories

Taylor Swift releases her 5th studio album “1989” (2015 Billboard Album of the Year, Grammy Award for Album of the Year 2016).

Emmitt Smith (Dallas Cowboys) became the all-time leading rusher in the NFL when he extended his career yardage to 16,743.

China announces its population has reached 1 billion plus people.

Time Rice and Andrew Lloyd Webber présents Jesus Christ Superstar.

Expo 67 world’s fair closes its doors after playing host to more than 50 millions visitors.

The first Walt Disney television show “Disneyland” premiered on ABC.

Albert Camus’ “L’etat de Siege” premieres in Paris.

DuPont announces its new synthetic polyamide fiber will be called “nylon”.

The New York subway system officially opened. It was the first rapid-transit subway system in America.