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Last segment of “Coach’s Corner with Don Cherry and Ron MacLean airs after 37 years in Canada

Evander Holyfield upsets Mike Tyson in 11th-round knockout in Las Vegas to regain WBA heavyweight boxing title; second boxer, after Muhammad Ali, to win a heavyweight title 3 times.

Conference of first ministers fails to resolve opposition to Meech Lake raised by Manitoba and Newfoundland, threatens to rescind his province’s ratification unless the accord is altered to protect Newfoundland’s ability to get transfer payments.

Jean Doré elected Mayor of Montreal with 68% of the votes counted.

Garry Kasparov becomes the youngest ever world chess champion (22), with a 13-11 win over fellow Russian Anatoly Karpov.

Iraqi President Saddam Hussein declares holy war against Iran.

The first issue of Rolling Stone Magazine was published in San Francisco. It featured a photo of John Lennon on the cover.

PGA eliminates caucasians only rule

Brian Epstein saw The Beatles playing live for the first time during a lunchtime session at The Cavern Liverpool. Epstein went on to be the group’s manager.

Partito Nazionalista Fascista formed in Italy by Mussolini.

The Cullinan Diamond, the largest ever discovered, is presented to King Edward VII on his birthday.

First documented Canadian football game played, at the University of Toronto.

Kamala Harris makes US history as the 1st woman and 1st woman of color to be elected to the vice presidency (date election called)

CNN correspondent Jim Acosta’s White House clearance revoked after continuing to question President Donald Trump.

Louvre Abu Dhabi is inaugurated, largest art museum on Arabian peninsula.

Republican Donald Trump is elected President of the United States of America, defeating democrat Hillary Clinton, who received 2.9 million more votes

Tenor Andrea Bocelli releases his “Sacred Arias” album, the world’s best-selling classical album by a single artist.

Céline Dion announces her engagement to René Angélil, who had managed her career since January, 1981.

George H. W. Bush is elected President of the United States, defeating Democrat candidate Michael Dukakis.

“Days of Our Lives” premieres on TV.

John F. Kennedy is elected President of the United States, defeating Republican candidate Richard Nixon who was the incumbent Vice President.

Canadiens’ Maurice Richard scores his first goal in his 3rd NHL game.

“Mutiny on the Bounty” directed by Frank Lloyd and starring Charles Laughton and Clark Gable premieres in New York (Best Production/Picture 1936).

Adolf Hitler made his first attempt at seizing power in Germany with a failed coup in Munich that came to be known as the “Beer-Hall Putsch.”

Canada’s daily newspapers found a co-operative cross-Canada news gathering service called the Canadian Press – CP.

German physicist Wilhelm Röntgen produces and detects electromagnetic radiation in a wavelength range today known as X-rays or Röntgen rays.

Abraham Lincoln (R) elected to his 2nd term as American President.

Victor Hugo’s “Ruy Blas” premieres in Paris

The Louvre Museum, in Paris, opened to the public for the first time.

In Philadelphia, Benjamin Franklin opens 1st library in the north American colonies.

Former Vice-President Joe Biden declared the winner of the US Presidential race, four days after the US election, defeating sitting President Donald Trump.

Queen Elizabeth II confirms she is no longer buying clothes made with real fur.

South Korean golfer Park Sung-hyun becomes the first LPGA rookie to be ranked no. 1.

Hillary Clinton is elected to the US Senate, becoming first US First Lady to win public office and while still the First Lady.

Tiger Woods became the first golfer since Ben Hogan in 1953 to win four straight tournaments.

Arrival of first contingent of Canadian troops to join the United Nations force in Korea.

Franklin D. Roosevelt is re-elected President of the United States for a record fourth term.

The Museum of Modern Art in New York City opened to the public.

Russia’s Bolshevik Revolution took place. The provisional government of Alexander Kerensky was overthrown by forces led by Vladimir Ilyich Lenin.

1st cartoon depicting elephant as Republican Party symbol, by Thomas Nast.

Alexander Mackenzie succeeds John A. Macdonald as Canada’s 2nd Prime Minister.

Barack Obama is re-elected as US President, defeating Republican candidate Mitt Romney.

“Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire”, the 4th film based on the books by J. K. Rowling, premieres in London.

TV drama series “24” starring Kiefer Sutherland premieres on Fox.

Mark Messier scored his 500th NHL goal.

Pierre Bourque elected Mayor of Montreal with 46.4% of the vote.

Inauguration of the Pont Pierre-Laporte in Quebec City.

FLQ member Bernard Lortie arrested for the kidnapping of Quebec labour Minister Pierre Laporte.

Karol Wojtyla (future Pope John Paul II) holds his first Mass as newly ordained Catholic priest in Wawel Cathedral’s crypt

Bolshevik revolution begins with bombardment of the Winter Palace in Petrograd during the Russian October Revolution.

Abraham Lincoln was elected to be the sixteenth president of the United States.