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Unesco says Australia’s Great Barrier Reef should be put on list of World Heritage Sites that are “in danger”.

NHL owners meeting unanimously approves the Las Vegas expansion bid to start play in the 2017-18 season.

Eastman Kodak Company announces that it will discontinue sales of the Kodachrome Color Film, concluding its 74-year run as a photography icon.

NHL Draft: Oshawa Generals center Eric Lindros first pick by Quebec Nordiques.

“Little” Stevie Wonder aged 13 releases his first single “Fingertips”.

Jean Lesage and his Liberal Party defeat Maurice Duplessis’ Union Nationale Party to win their first election in 16 years; beginning of the ‘Quiet Revolution.’

Joe Louis KOs James J Braddock in 8 for his first heavyweight boxing title in significant moment in African American sporting history.

Diving operations start to sunken Empress of Ireland to recover bodies and valuables from the wreck.

King George V crowned King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, Canada, Australia, South Africa, New Zealand, and all his realms and territories beyond the sea.

Napoleon Bonaparte abdicated a second time.

Samuel de Champlain lands at site of Quebec; no sign of Jacques Cartier’s Iroquois village of Stadacona.

Carl Nassib (Las Vegas Raiders) becomes the first openly gay player in the NFL in a post on Instagram.

US Open Men’s Golf, Chambers Bay GC: Jordan Spieth (21) becomes youngest winner since 1923.

SpaceShipOne becomes the first privately funded spaceplane to achieve spaceflight.

“Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix,” was published by J.K. Rowling. The book set sales records around the world with an estimated 5 million copies were sold on the first day.

FIFA World Cup Final, Estadio Azteca, Mexico City: Brazil and Pelé become first team and player to win World Cup 3 times, beating Italy, 4-1 in front of 107,412.

Pope Paul VI (Giovanni Battista Montini) succeeds John XXIII.

John Diefenbaker (C) takes office as Prime Minister of Canada.

Louis St. Laurent resigns as Prime Minister of Canada, ending the longest uninterrupted run at the federal level in Canadian history.

Columbia Records introduces the long-playing record album in a public demonstration at the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel in New York, New York.

Lou Gehrig quit baseball due to illness. He was stricken with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), a disorder now commonly referred to as Lou Gehrig’s Disease in North America

1st Ferris wheel opens at Columbian Exposition in Chicago, Illinois.

Town of Halifax, Nova Scotia, is founded by the British – sparks Father Le Loutre’s War.

Carl Nassib (Las Vegas Raiders) becomes the first openly gay player in the NFL in a post on Instagram.

US Open Men’s Golf, Chambers Bay GC: Jordan Spieth (21) becomes youngest winner since 1923.

SpaceShipOne becomes the first privately funded spaceplane to achieve spaceflight.

“Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix,” was published by J.K. Rowling. The book set sales records around the world with an estimated 5 million copies were sold on the first day.

FIFA World Cup Final, Estadio Azteca, Mexico City: Brazil and Pelé become first team and player to win World Cup 3 times, beating Italy, 4-1 in front of 107,412.

Pope Paul VI (Giovanni Battista Montini) succeeds John XXIII.

John Diefenbaker (C) takes office as Prime Minister of Canada.

Louis St. Laurent resigns as Prime Minister of Canada, ending the longest uninterrupted run at the federal level in Canadian history.

Columbia Records introduces the long-playing record album in a public demonstration at the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel in New York, New York.

Lou Gehrig quit baseball due to illness. He was stricken with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), a disorder now commonly referred to as Lou Gehrig’s Disease in North America

1st Ferris wheel opens at Columbian Exposition in Chicago, Illinois.

Town of Halifax, Nova Scotia, is founded by the British – sparks Father Le Loutre’s War.

First of 24 companies of the Le Régiment de Carignan-Salières start arriving in New France; the first duty of the 1300 soldiers is to invade the Iroquois territories; 400 will stay to colonize New France after their three year service.

Chinese President Xi Jinping meets Kim Jong-un in Pyongyang, the first Chinese president to visit North Korea in 14 years

The Wikimedia Foundation is founded in St. Petersburg, Florida.

Former NFL running back, broadcaster and actor O.J. Simpson arraigned on murder of Nicole Simpson & Ronald Goldman.

Premier René Lévesque announces he will resign as leader of the Parti Quebecois

Panamanian boxer Roberto Durán takes WBC welterweight title from Sugar Ray Leonard at Olympic Stadium in Montreal by unanimous points decision.

“Jaws”, directed by Steven Spielberg and starring Roy Scheider is released.

The United States and Soviet Union signed an agreement to set up a hot line communication link between the two countries.

Nazis begin mass extermination of Jews at Auschwitz.

Samuel Morse patents his telegraph.

Queen Victoria succeeds to the British throne.

The University of Oxford, England, receives its charter.