Category: Éphémérides (anglais)

Egyptian archaeologists announce their most important find since Tutankhamun’s tomb – discovery of a lost ‘golden city’ the 3,000-years-old ancient city of Aten near Luxor.

WrestleMania XXXIV : Ronda Rousey makes WWE debut, teaming with Kurt Angle to beat Triple H and Stephanie McMahon in a mixed tag team match.

Shedden massacre: The bodies of eight men, all shot to death, are found in a field in Ontario, Canada. The murders are soon linked to the Bandidos motorcycle gang.

Over four million people attend the funeral of Pope John Paul II.

Actor Clint Eastwood elected mayor of Carmel, California.

Frank Robinson debuts as 1st African American baseball manager.

Hammerin’ Hank Aaron hits 715th HR, off of L.A. Dodger Al Downing, breaking Babe Ruth’s record in Atlanta.

Lester B. Pearson throws out the first ball as the Montreal Expos play their first game at Jarry Park, beating the National Baseball League St. Louis Cardinals 8-7; opening game of franchise, first regular-season major league baseball game in Canada, and outside the US.

Milk sold in glass bottles for 1st time

Alfred Paraf patented the first successful oleomargarine.

The Venus de Milo is discovered on the Aegean island of Melos.

William Pigott opens the first inn in Nova Scotia; first in English Canada.

China ends its lockdown of Wuhan, the city at the center of the COVID-19 pandemic after 76 days as the country reports no new deaths for the 1st time.

WrestleMania XXVIII : John Cena defeats The Rock to win his record 11th WWE Championship.

U.S. troops capture Baghdad; Saddam Hussein’s regime falls two days later.

Beginning of the Rwandan Genocide; the Presidential Guard begins killing moderate politicians and public figures in Kigali, including Prime Minister Agathe Uwilingiyimana.

Russia announces it will withdraw its troops from Afghanistan.

The Toronto Blue Jays play their inaugural regular season game in a light snowfall at the CNE Exhibition Stadium; the expansion team beats the Chicago White Sox 9-5.

John Wayne won his first and only Oscar for his role in “True Grit.” He had been in over 200 films.

The Internet’s symbolic birth date: publication of RFC 1

At the age of 23, Jack Nicklaus became the youngest golfer to win the Green Jacket at the Masters Tournament.

The United Nations’ World Health Organization began operations.

English chemist John Walker invents wooden matches.

Canadian Humboldt Broncos junior hockey team involved in a bus crash outside Tisdale, Saskatchewan that kills 16.

“Star Trek” film reboot directed by J.J. Abrams, starring Chris Pine and Zachary Quinto premieres in Austin, Texas.

Argentine soccer star Diego Maradona suspended for 15 month by Italian League for testing positive for cocaine use

Gordie Howe completes record 26th season as a hockey player.

The American League of Major League Baseball begins using the designated hitter.

Pierre Elliott Trudeau chosen as Liberal Party leader on fourth ballot, replacing Lester Pearson.

Teflon invented by Roy J. Plunkett

Charlie Chaplin became the highest-paid film star in the world when he signed a contract with Mutual Film Corporation for $675,000 a year. He was 26 years old.

North Pole reached by Americans Robert Peary (picture) & Matthew Henson.

World’s 1st animated cartoon is released, “Humorous Phases of Funny Faces” by J. Stuart Blackton.

The first modern Olympic Games began in Athens, Greece.

City of Vancouver BC incorporated

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson admitted to hospital suffering from COVID-19

Steve Irwin’s “The Crocodile Hunter” debuts.

Kurt Cobain committed suicide by shooting himself in the head at his home in Seattle.

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (Los Angeles Lakers) became the all-time NBA regular season scoring leader when he broke Wilt Chamberlain’s record of 31,419 career points.

Gentilly nuclear power station starts service near Trois-Rivières; world’s first reactor fueled by natural uranium, cooled by ordinary water.

Winston Churchill resigned as British prime minister.

Elvis Presley records his debut single “That’s All Right”

Firestone Tire and Rubber Company starts producing inflatable tires.

The first international rugby league match is played between England and an Other Nationalities team (Welsh & Scottish players) in Central Park, Wigan, England.

Opening in Saint John, NB, of the first public museum in Canada (New Brunswick Museum).

Saint Patrick returns to Ireland as a missionary bishop.

Former US President Donald Trump sits in a New York courtroom, where he pleaded not guilty to 34 felony criminal charges of falsifying business records. It was the first time a current or former president faced criminal charges in American history.

Finland became the 31st member of NATO, wrapping up its historic strategic shift by depositing its accession documents to the alliance.

Alibaba becomes the world’s largest retailer according to US Securities and Exchange Commission.

Jack Ma founds Chinese internet company Alibaba.

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar’s last NBA game in Seattle.

Wayne Gretzky set an NHL record with his 213th point of the season.

At Cape Canaveral, the space shuttle Challenger took off on its first flight. It was the sixth flight overall for the shuttle program.

Microsoft is founded as a partnership between Bill Gates and Paul Allen to develop and sell BASIC interpreters for the Altair 8800.

Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated at the age of 39.

The Beatles occupy the top five positions on the Billboard Hot 100 pop chart.

Canada and eleven nations signed a treaty to create The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO).

City of Los Angeles incorporated.

Napoleon abdicates for the first time in favour of his son.

Panama Papers published – 11.5 million confidential documents from offshore law firm Mossack Fonseca expose widespread illegal activities including fraud, kleptocracy, tax evasion and the violation of international sanctions by the world’s elite in the world’s largest ever data leak.

Pope Francis canonizes François de Laval, first bishop of Quebec, as a Catholic saint.

Penguin Mario Lemieux wins NHL scoring title, stopping Wayne Gretzky’s 7 year streak.

“Planet of the Apes” United States wide premiere.

During recording sessions at RCA studios in Nashville, Tennessee, Elvis Presley recorded ‘It’s Now Or Never’, ‘Fever’ and ‘Are You Lonesome Tonight’.

US President Harry Truman signs Marshall Plan ($5B aid to 16 European countries)

1st airplane flight over Mt Everest.

Montreal Canadiens win the Stanley Cup for the first time in the new Montreal Forum, beating Boston Bruins 4-3 in game 2 of a two-game series sweep.

American outlaw Jesse James is killed by Robert Ford at home in St Joseph

James Carrington patented the coffee mill.

Number of COVID-19 cases worldwide passes 1 million, with 1,002,159 cases and 51,485 deaths reported, according to Johns Hopkins University

Canada is warming at twice the speed of the rest of the world, according to a federal report, increasing 2.3% in northern Canada.

NASA states it wants to send astronauts to Mars by 2033, and land on the Moon again in 2024.

Rita Johnston becomes the first female Premier of a Canadian province as Premier of British Columbia.

Argentina invades the Falkland Islands.

In his first full season in the NHL, Wayne Gretzky become the youngest player to reach 50 goals at 19 years and 2 months of age.

The first episode of “Dallas” aired on CBS.

Fleetwood Mac’s “Rumours” album goes #1 & stays #1 for 31 weeks.

Montreal Canadiens win 34th straight home game without a loss, for an NHL record.

“2001 A Space Odyssey” directed by Stanley Kubrick and starring Keir Dullea and Gary Lockwood, premieres at the Uptown Theater in Washington, D.C.

Ludwig van Beethoven leads the premiere of his First Symphony in Vienna.

Bob Dylan receives his Nobel Prize for Literature at a private ceremony in Stockholm.

Google Inc. announced that it would be introducing a free e-mail service called Gmail.

The Canadian territory of Nunavut was created. It was carved from the eastern part of the Northwest Territories and covered about 772,000 square miles.

New York Islander Mike Bossy became the first NHL player to score 60 goals in 3 consecutive seasons.

New York Islanders right wing Mike Bossy becomes first NHL rookie to score 50 goals in a season.

Apple Computer began operations.

Quebec legalizes civil marriages.

Nescafé introduces their flagship brand in Switzerland

The Baseball Hall of Fame opened in Cooperstown, NY.

“The Blue Angel” starring Marlene Dietrich in her breakthrough role premieres in Germany.

The Royal Canadian Air Force is formed.

“SOS” first adopted as a morse distress signal (· · · – – – · · ·) by German government

French painter Paul Gauguin leaves Marseille for Tahiti.

British White Star steamship Atlantic sinks off Nova Scotia, 547 die.

Ruins of Pompeii rediscovered by Spaniard Rocque Joaquin de Alcubierre.

“Boom Boom Pow” single released by The Black Eyed Peas (Grammy Award for Best Music Video 2010, Billboard Song of the Year 2009).

Funeral of Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother at Westminster Abbey UK. More than a million people line the streets

German brothers Michael and Ralf Schumacher become first siblings to share front row of the grid in a Formula 1 World Championship event; qualify 1st and 2nd respectively for Brazilian GP in São Paulo.

20-year old Quebec Nordiques’ center Joe Sakic scores a goal in a 3-2 loss to Hartford to become the youngest player in NHL history to score 100 points in a season.

CN Tower reaches 555.35 metres in height, becoming the world’s tallest free-standing structure; the giant communications mast cost $44 million, uses 145,000 tonnes of concrete and steel.

1st time Jimi Hendrix burns his guitar (London)

USSR launches Luna 10, 1st lunar orbiter.

The Dalai Lama (Lhama Dhondrub, Tenzin Gyatso) began exile by crossing the border into India where he was granted political asylum. Gyatso was the 14th Daila Lama.

Newfoundland becomes Canada’s 10th province

“The Hound of Baskervilles” first of 14 films starring Basil Rathbone as Sherlock Holmes and Nigel Bruce as Dr. Watson is released.

In Paris, the Eiffel Tower officially opened.

Quebec and Montreal were incorporated as cities.

International Olympic Committee announces postponed 2020 Summer Olympic Games will be held July 23-August 8 in 2021 because of the COVID-19 pandemic

At 15 years, 9 months American swimmer Michael Phelps breaks 200m butterfly world record; becomes youngest male to set a world mark

Jack Nicklaus makes his debut on the Senior PGA Tour with a 71 (-1) in the first round of The Tradition at Desert Mountain.

“Chariots of Fire” directed by Hugh Hudson and starring Ben Cross and Ian Charleson premieres at a Royal Command Film Performance (Best Picture 1982).

President Ronald Reagan is shot in the chest outside a Washington, D.C., hotel by John Hinckley, Jr. Another 2 people are wounded at the same time.

Miles Davis’s influential double album “Bitches Brew” released.

Toronto Transit Commission opens Yonge Street subway; first line in Canada.

Alaska is purchased from Russia for $7.2 million, about 2-cent/acre ($4.19/km²), by United States Secretary of State William H. Seward.

Hyman L. Lipman of Philadelphia patented the pencil.