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Palestine Liberation Organization delegation lead by Yasser Arafat proclaims the State of Palestine, recognizing the existence of the State of Israel for the first time.

“Star Trek: The Motion Picture” first movie of the series premieres directed by Robert Wise, starring William Shatner and Leonard Nimoy.

Paul McCartney & Wings release “Band on the Run” in the UK.

Apollo 17 launched, the final manned lunar landing mission.

Jean Béliveau appointed Captain of the NHL Canadiens.

Imperial Japanese Navy with 353 planes attack the US fleet at Pearl Harbor Naval Base, Hawaii, killing 2,403 people.

Canada the first of the Western allies to declare war on Japan, Finland, Hungary, and Rumania; shortly after Japanese bomb US base at Pearl Harbour, Hawaii. US, Britain and other allied countries follow the next day.

Swimmer Johnny Weissmuller set a world record in the 150-yard freestyle with a time of 1 minute, 25 and 2/5 seconds. He went on to play “Tarzan” in several movies.

Delaware became the first state to ratify the U.S. constitution becoming the first of the United States.

Benediction and opening of the Quebec Seminary.

US President Donald Trump officially recognizes Jerusalem as Israel’s capital, announcing plans to move US embassy there.

NASA reveals photographs taken by Mars Global Surveyor suggesting the presence of liquid water on Mars.

Bruce Firestone heads group awarded new National Hockey League franchise, Ottawa Senators, for 1992-93 season; an original NHL team, the Senators started operating in 1917; but moved to St. Louis as the Eagles in 1934.

The worst mass shooting in Canadian history occurred when Marc Lépine gunned down 14 women at the University of Montreal’s school of engineering. The man then killed himself.

Simone de Beauvoir receives the Prix Goncourt prize in French literature.

Agnes McPhail 1890-1954 is elected to the House of Commons for the United Farmers of Ontario in the first election in which all Canadian women exercise their right to vote.

More than 1,600 people died when two munitions ships collided in the harbor at Halifax, Nova Scotia.

Alphonse Desjardins opens the first credit union in North America, les Caisses populaires Desjardins.

London becomes the world’s first city to host licenced taxicabs.

13th Amendment of the United States Constitution is ratified, abolishing slavery

First recorded appendectomy performed by Claudius Amyand at St George’s Hospital in London.

Arrest of Huawei Financial Officer Meng Wanzhou for possible violation of Iran sanctions in Canada.

Former NFL star O.J. Simpson is sentenced to 33 years in prison for kidnapping and armed robbery.

Quebec police arrest Hell’s Angels motorcycle gang chief Maurice ‘Mom’ Boucher on suspicion of the murder of two prison guards; fail to get a conviction one year later.

Astronauts begin repair of Hubble telescope in space.

Roberta Bondar, Marc Garneau, Steven Maclean, Kenneth Money, Robert Thirsk and Bjarni Tryggvason chosen as Canada’s first six astronauts for Space Shuttle work.

The Stanley Cup, Conn Smythe Trophy and Bill Masterson Trophy are all stolen from the NHL Hall of Fame; later recovered.

Historic bus boycott begins in Montgomery Alabama by Rosa Parks.

Prohibition ends in the US when 21st Amendment to the US Constitution ratified,

Hector Berlioz’s “Symphonique Fantastique” premieres in Paris.

The trial of France’s King Louis XVI began.

Christopher Columbus discovered Hispaniola (now Haiti).

Ownership group Seattle Hockey Partners led by billionaire businessman Davis Bonderman is unanimously granted an NHL license by the Board of Governors; to start play 2020-21 season at KeyArena.

US Supreme Court allows President Trump’s travel ban to come into effect for 6 mostly Muslim countries.

English rock group Led Zeppelin officially disbands, following the death of drummer John Bonham on September 25.

The first Burger King is opened in Miami, Florida.

The University of Toronto beats Toronto Parkdale, 26-6, in the 1st Grey Cup game, before 3,807 fans.

J. Ambrose O’Brien founds the Canadian Athletic Club; in 1917 will be a founding member of the NHL, as the Club de Hockey Canadien (CHC).

Britain’s Observer newspaper was first published.

Jean Racine’s “Alexandre le Grand” premieres in Paris.

Spotify say Drake the most streamed star of the 2010s with 28 billion streams.

Goalie Patrick Roy fired by Montreal Canadiens GM Réjean Houle; traded 3 days later to the Colorado Avalanche for Jocelyn Thibault.

“Do They Know It’s Christmas” single written by Bob Geldof and Midge Ure and sung by Band Aid is released in the UK.

In Bhopal, India, more than 2,000 people were killed after a cloud of poisonous gas escaped from a pesticide plant. The plant was operated by a Union Carbide subsidiary.

Singer Presents…Elvis is a televised concert aired by NBC. It marked Presley’s return to live performance after seven years.

In Cape Town, South Africa, a team of surgeons headed by Dr. Christian Barnard, performed the first human heart transplant on Louis Washkansky. Washkansky only lived 18 days.

The Beatles meet future manager Brian Epstein.

Opening of the Autoroute des Laurentides from Montreal.

First train crosses the new Quebec Bridge.

Gillette patented the KC Gillette Razor. It was first razor to feature a permanent handle and disposable double-edge razor blades.

Patrick Roy resigns from the Montreal Canadiens; suspended the following day by General Manager Réjean Houle; later traded to Colorado Avalanche.

Robert Bourassa, with the slogan ‘la force de l’expérience’, leads the Liberals back to power in Quebec after 9 years of PQ rule.

Fidel Castro becomes President of Cuba, replacing Osvaldo Dorticós Torrado.

The Boeing 747 jumbo jet got its first public preview from Seattle, WA, to New York City, NY.

Japanese Marshal Admiral Yamamoto sends his fleet to Pearl Harbor.

Fred Astaire’s 1st film, “Dancing Lady”, released.

1st Model A Ford sold, for $385.

Napoleon was crowned emperor of France at the Cathedral of Notre Dame in Paris.

Earliest traceable patient, a 55-year-old man, develops symptoms of a novel coronavirus (Covid-19) in Wuhan, China.

Lucien Bouchard struck by flesh-eating bacteria; doctors will be forced to amputate his left leg.

Benazir Bhutto named 1st female Prime Minister of a Muslim country (Pakistan).

“Beverly Hills Cop” directed by Martin Brest and starring Eddie Murphy and Judge Reinhold premieres in Los Angeles.

“Tootsie” directed by Sydney Pollack and starring Dustin Hoffman and Jessica Lange premieres in Hollywood.

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

American tennis icon Chris Evert wins her 1,000th career professional match.

Rosa Parks, a black seamstress in Montgomery, AL, refused to give up her seat to a white man. Mrs. Parks was arrested marking a milestone in the civil rights movement in the U.S.

Hugh Hefner publishes 1st edition of Playboy magazine, featuring Marilyn Monroe as the magazine’s 1st centerfold.

In Denmark, it was announced that the first successful sex-change operation had been performed.

Leningrad mayor Sergey Kirov is assassinated and Joseph Stalin uses it as an excuse to begin his Great Purge of 1934-38.

Game of Bingo invented by Edwin S Lowe.

The Boston Bruins beat fellow expansion Montreal Maroons, 2-1 at Boston Arena; first NHL game to be played in the United States

Ford Motor Co. began using a new movable assembly line that ushered in the era of mass production.

The first drive-in automobile service station opened, in Pittsburgh, PA.

1st Israeli kibbutz founded, Deganya Alef.

Cinema Omnia Pathe, world’s 1st cinema, opens (Paris)

“The Great Train Robbery”, the 1st Western film, released.

Sherlock Holmes first appears in print in “Study in Scarlet” by Arthur Conan Doyle.

Exxon and Mobil sign a USD$73.7 billion agreement to merge, thus creating ExxonMobil, the world’s largest company.

“Schindler’s List”, directed by Steven Spielberg and starring Liam Neeson, Ben Kingsley, and Ralph Fiennes, premieres in Washington, D.C. (Academy Awards Best Picture 1994).

Czech tennis star Ivan Lendl is first player to make over $10 million in career earnings.

“Thriller”, 6th studio album by Michael Jackson is released (Grammy Award Album of the Year 1984, best-selling album of all time, Billboard Album of the Year 1983).

The motion picture “Ghandi” had its world premiere in New Delhi.

The Folies Bergère stages its first revue in Paris.

The first-ever international football match takes place at Hamilton Crescent, Glasgow, between Scotland and England.

“Rolling in the Deep” single is released by Adele (Billboard Song of the Year 2011, Grammy Award for Record of the Year and Song of the Year 2012).

Expos pres Claude Brochu agrees to buy club from Charles Bronfman.

Bill Gates adopted the name Microsoft for the company he and Paul Allen had formed to write the BASIC computer language for the Altair.

Atari announces the release of Pong, the first commercially successful video game.

Trans-Canada Airlines DC-8F with 111 passengers and 7 crew crashes in woods north of Montreal 4 minutes after takeoff from Dorval Airport; there are no survivors; no satisfactory explanation to Canada’s worst air disaster.

Great Britain & France decide to jointly build the Concorde supersonic airliner.

The U.N. General Assembly passed a resolution that called for the division of Palestine between Arabs and Jews.

Montreal Canadiens beat Toronto 7-1 in the first hockey game played in the new (old) Montreal Forum.

Sir James Jay invents invisible ink.

“The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey” 1st of the Hobbit film series, directed by Peter Jackson, starring Martin Freeman and Ian McKellen, premieres in Wellington, New Zealand.

WikiLeaks released to the public more than 250,000 U.S. diplomatic cables. About 100,000 were marked “secret” or “confidential.”

Margaret Thatcher resigned as prime minister of Britain.

Romanian gymnast Nadia Comaneci arrived in New York after escaping her homeland through Hungary.

Bobby Orr plays his last game for the Boston Bruins.

Montreal Symphony Orchestra gives first performance.

NHL goalie Georges Vézina collapses in a game; dies of tuberculosis 4 months later; tended goal for the Canadiens 1910-25 without missing a game; Canadiens donated the Vézina Trophy to the NHL in his honour.

Pierre Corneille’s “Tite et Berenice” premieres in Paris.