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Barry Bonds of the San Francisco Giants breaks baseball great Hank Aaron’s record by hitting his 756th home run.
In California, Arnold Schwarzenegger announced that he would run for the office of governor.
The Orlando Magic signs NBA No. 1 draft pick Shaquille O’Neal.
Philippe Petit performs a high wire act between the twin towers of the World Trade Center 417 m in the air.
Germany invaded France.
Ottawa officially becomes capital of the Province of Canada.
NASA’s Curiosity rover lands on the surface of Mars.
Tiger Woods (30) becomes the youngest player to compile 50 PGA Tour wins with a 3 stroke victory over Jim Furyk in the Buick Open at Grand Blanc, Michigan.
NASA announced the discovery of evidence of primitive life on Mars.
Timothy Dalton became the fourth actor to be named “James Bond.”
First NFL exhibition game in Europe; Minnesota Vikings beat St Louis Cardinals 28-10 at London’s Wembley Stadium.
Beatles release “Help” album in UK.
Chubby Checker performs his version of “The Twist” on “The Dick Clark Show” starting a worldwide dance craze.
The American B-29 bomber dropped the first atomic bomb named “Little Boy” over the center of Hiroshima, Japan. An estimated 140,000 people were killed.
1st Venice Film Festival opens, the world’s oldest film festival.
Cy Young achieved his first major league victory. He would accumulate 511 in his career.
XXXI Summer Olympic Games officially open in Maracanã Stadium, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
NASA announced that its Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter had captured photographic evidence of possible liquid water on Mars during warm seasons.
4 officers of the Los Angeles Police Department, acquttied on charges of beating Rodney King, are indicted on civil rights charges.
US President Regan fires 11,500 striking air traffic controllers.
Montreal Expos Dick Williams wins his 1,000th career game as a manager in 11-5 win v Mets.
The Beatles release their “Revolver” album in the UK.
US begins bombing North Vietnam.
Apartheid in South Africa: Nelson Mandela is jailed. He would not be released until 1990.
“From Here to Eternity” directed by Fred Zinnemann and starring Burt Lancaster, Montgomery Clift and Frank Sinatra is released (Academy Awards Best Picture 1954).
Harry Houdini performs his greatest feat, spending 91 minutes underwater in a sealed tank before escaping.
Canada joins the rest of the British Empire in the war on Germany; the day after the German invasion of Belgium.
World’s 1st traveler’s cheques issued (American Express).
1,500 Iroquois attack and burn the village of Lachine; massacre 24 inhabitants and kidnap 90; 42 of 90 never seen again.
Prince’s “Purple Rain” album goes #1 & stays #1 for 24 weeks.
New York Yankee outfielder Dave Winfield threw a baseball during warm-ups and accidentally killed a seagull. After the game, Toronto police arrested him for “causing unnecessary suffering to an animal.”
Molson Brewery acquires Montreal Canadiens hockey team for $20 million.
Nelson Mandela captured by South African police.
Juan Fangio won his final auto race and captured the world auto driving championship. It was his the fifth consecutive year to win.
Elvis Presley releases “Hound Dog”.
Canada decides to send 4,000 soldiers to Korea to assist the UN Force.
Canada officially enters World War I when Britain declares war on Germany and Austria-Hungary. Canada will vote to spend $50 million to raise an army.
Great Peace of Montreal signed between New France and North American Indian nations at urging of Huron chief Kondiaronk.
Camila Cabello releases her single “Havana” (biggest song worldwide 2018, 19 million copies sold).
American super-swimmer Michael Phelps wins the 100m butterfly in London to take his all-time Olympic gold medal tally to a record 17.
The pedestal of the Statue of Liberty reopens after being closed since the September 11 attacks.
“Unforgiven” directed by Clint Eastwood and starring Clint Eastwood, Gene Hackman and Morgan Freeman premieres in Los Angeles (Academy Awards Best Picture 1993).
Sam Snead, at 67 years, 2 months and 7 days sets the record for the oldest player to make the cut in a major – PGA Championship at Oakland Hills CC.
Paul McCartney announces formation of his group Wings.
The National Basketball Association (NBA) was formed. The league was formed by the merger between the Basketball Association of America and the National Basketball League.
The Mickey Mouse Watch was introduced for the price of $2.75.
Germany declared war on France. The next day World War I began when Britain declared war on Germany.
Alexander Graham Bell holds the World’s first definitive telephone tests, and makes the first intelligible telephone call from building to building.
Singer songwriter Ed Sheeran’s Divide tour becomes the most attended and highest grossing tour of all time overtaking U2 after 893 days on the road.
Apple becomes the first American public listed company to reach $1 trillion in value
New crypto-currency Bitcoin Cash is created via a hard-fork of Bitcoin’s blockchain technology and brand.
“Breaking Dawn”, 4th book in Stephenie Meyer’s “Twilight Saga” is published by Little Brown at midnight with a print run of 3.7 million copies.
Iraq invades Kuwait, eventually leading to the Gulf War.
The Beatles 1st gig as house band of Liverpool’s Cavern Club.
Albert Einstein and Leó Szilárd write a letter to Franklin D. Roosevelt, urging him to begin the Manhattan Project to develop a nuclear weapon.
Adolf Hitler becomes commander-in-chief of German armed forces.
The first general strike in Canadian history takes place in Vancouver.
Charles A. Wheeler patented the first escalator.
Tower Subway, the world’s first underground tube railway, opens in London, England, United Kingdom.
George R.R. Martin publishes the epic fantasy novel “A Game of Thrones”, the first in his series “A Song of Ice and Fire”.
Mike Tyson outpoints Tony Tucker in 12 in a heavyweight boxing unification matchup in Las Vegas, first to own all 3 major belts WBA, WBC and IBF at the same time.
MTV begins broadcasting in the United States and airs its first video, “Video Killed the Radio Star” by The Buggles.
XXI Summer Olympic Games, Montreal, Canada: Officially close.
Aretha Franklins 1st recording session
US and Canada create North American Air Defense Command (NORAD).
The first Jeep is produced.
Adolf Hitler presided over the Olympic games as they opened in Berlin.
The 1st Michelin Guide is published by the brothers Édouard and André Michelin as a hotel and restaurant reference guide to encourage more road travel and thus boost tire sales (exact date beyond Aug 1900 unknown).
London Bridge opens to traffic.
France becomes 1st country to use the metric system.
First issue of The Quebec Magazine; first in Canada.
English chemist Joseph Priestley discovers oxygen.
Marie de l’Incarnation Guyart arrives in Quebec to found a convent and hospital of Ursuline nuns (Sisters of the Hôtel-Dieu) in the Lower Town of Quebec; first hospital in North America.
The first black Americans (20) arrived at Jamestown, VA.
Christopher Columbus lands on “Isla Santa” (Venezuela).
Facebook discloses and removes Russian-linked network of sites attempting to interfere in American politics.
Michael Phelps breaks the record set in 1964 by Larisa Latynina for the greatest number of medals won at the Olympics. As of February 2014, Michael Phelps has won the most Olympic medals with 22 (18 gold, 2 silver, 2 bronze).
Fidel Castro hands over power to brother Raúl Castro.
Men rode in a vehicle on the moon for the first time in a lunar rover vehicle (LRV).
Rolling Stone Mick Jagger and Keith Richards end 1 month jail sentence.
Opening of Quebec-Labrador iron ore project.
Enzo Ferrari retired from racing. In 1950 he launched a series of cars under his name.
In Mexico, the last ‘old style’ Volkswagon Beetle rolled off an assembly line.
Quebec National Assembly passes Bill 22, making French the province’s official language, and setting up la Régie de la Langue Française.
The Trans-Canada Highway, the largest national highway in the world, is officially opened.
X Summer Olympic Games open in Los Angeles, USA.
Walt Disney’s “Flowers and Trees” premiered. It was the first Academy Award winning cartoon and first cartoon short to use Technicolor.
In Montevideo, Uruguay wins the first FIFA World Cup.
French chemist Eugène Schueller founds L’Oréal with his new range of hair dyes.
Record for longest run at the top of US singles chart made by country rap single “Old Town Road” by Lil Nas X remixed with Billy Ray Cyrus, No. 1 for 17 weeks.
?103 million of diamonds is stolen from the Carton Intercontinental Hotel, Cannes, France.
Jacques Lemaire resigns as coach of the Montreal Canadiens.
England’s Prince Charles and Lady Diana Spencer were married.
Pioneer 11 transmits images of Saturn and its rings.
The Beatles second feature film ‘Help!’ had its UK premiere at The Pavilion in London.
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) was authorized by the U.S. Congress.
King George VI opens 14th modern Olympic Games in London.
Adolf Hitler becomes leader of the National Socialist German Workers Party.
The first international boxing match was held. The 25-minute match was won when Jack Slack of Britain knocked out Jean Petit from France.