Category: Éphémérides (anglais)

After 20 years with the New England Patriots, six-time Super Bowl winning quarterback Tom Brady officially agrees to move to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers on a 2-year $50m guaranteed deal.

Barack Obama becomes the first US President to visit Cuba since 1928, arriving for a 3 day tour.

Stephen Harper wins the leadership of the newly created Conservative Party of Canada, becoming the party’s first leader..

In the early hours of the morning, the United States and three other countries (the UK, Australia and Poland) begin military operations in Iraq.

Joan Jett & Blackhearts’ “I Love Rock ‘n’ Roll” goes #1 for 7 weeks.

Quebec, National Assembly approves wording of referendum question on Sovereignty Association.

Hydro Quebec workers on James Bay project riot; destroy millions of dollars of equipment; project closes down.

Dachau the first Nazi concentration camp, is completed.

American fast food restaurant chain “KFC” [Kentucky Fried Chicken] is founded by Colonel Harland Sanders in North Corbin, Kentucky.

Albert Einstein publishes his general theory of relativity.

The Sherlock Holmes Adventure, “A Scandal in Bohemia,” began.

Icelandic volcano Fagradalsfjall erupts for the first time in 800 years and after more than 50,000 earthquakes.

World’s last male northern white rhino, 45 year old Sudan, dies in Kenya.

Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice, directed by Zack Synder and starring Ben Affleck and Henry Cavill, first premieres in Mexico City.

After the failure of Muammar Gaddafi’s forces to take Benghazi, French Air Force launches Opération Harmattan, beginning foreign military intervention in Libya.

Airstrikes by an American and British-led coalition signal the beginning of the invasion of Iraq, without United Nations support and in defiance of world opinion.

Britain’s Prince Andrew & Sarah, Duchess of York, announce separation.

1st world ice hockey tournament for women held (Ottawa).

Buffalo Sabres beat Toronto Maple Leafs 14-4; score 9 goals in the second period, the most goals in one period by an NHL team; total 31 goals and assists another NHL record.

Quebec brings in free dental care for all children under eight in the province.

Sean Connery’s 1st day of shooting on James Bond film “Goldfinger”.

Over 100 cm of snow falls at Cape Whittle; Quebec’s greatest one-day snowfall.

The 25th Academy Awards aired on television for the first time.

1st stone laid for the Sagrada Familia basilica in Barcelona, designed by Antoni Gaudí.

Boston, Massachusetts incorporated as a city.

US President Donald Trump and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau agree to close the US-Canada border, the world’s longest, to non-essential travel to curb COVID-19.

Russia formally annexes Crimea, previously part of Ukraine. by signing Treaty on Accession.

Michael Jordan announces he is ending his 17 month NBA retirement.

The first free elections took place in East Germany.

Cosmonaut Alexey Leonov, leaving his spacecraft Voskhod 2 for 12 minutes, becomes the first person to walk in space.

The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) was ratified.

Maurice “Rocket” Richard became the first National Hockey League (NHL) player to score 50 goals.

1st electric shavers go on sale in US (Schick).

British magistrates in India sentence Mahatma Gandhi to 6 years imprisonment for disobedience.

Italian operatic tenor Enrico Caruso becomes 1st well-known performer to make a record.

Lord Stanley presents silver challenge cup for hockey (Stanley Cup).

Barnum & Bailey Circus, travelling as “The Greatest Show on Earth”, debuts at (Madison Square Garden, New York City, would last 146 years before closing in 2017

First public bus service begins, promoted by Blaise Pascal, operates in Paris as the “Carosses a Cinq sols” until 1675.

Pre-Trial Chamber II of the International Criminal Court issued warrants of arrest in the context of the situation in Ukraine to Vladimir Putin. The President of the Russian Federation is allegedly responsible for the war crime of unlawful deportation of the population (children) and the illegal transfer of the population (children) from occupied areas of Ukraine to the Russian Federation.

French Open becomes first Grand Slam tennis tournament to be postponed due to COVID-19 pandemic.

UEFA announces the postponement of its flagship national team football competition, UEFA EURO 2020, due to be played in June / July due to the COVID-19 emergency.

A referendum to end apartheid in South Africa is passed 68.7% to 31.2%.

Jaguar head William Lyons debuts the first E-Type model at the Geneva International Motor Show, creating a sensation

One of the first French New Wave films, “Breathless”, directed by Jean-Luc Godard, starring Jean-Paul Belmondo and Jean Seberg is released in France.

The Dalai Lama (Lhama Dhondrub, Tenzin Gyatso) fled Tibet and went to India.

Al Capone was released from jail.

Albert Einstein finishes his scientific paper detailing his Quantum Theory of Light, one of the foundations of modern physics.

Rubber band patented by Stephen Perry of London.

Bishop Patrick, St. Patrick, died in Saul. Ireland celebrates this day in his honor.

Global infections and deaths from COVID-19 overtake those in China for the 1st time, 86,000 vs 80,860 infections, 3,241 vs 3,208 deaths according to John Hopkins Uni.

Montreal Canadien’s 1st game in their new arena (Bell Center).

Chemical attack on Kurdish town of Halabja by Iraqi forces kills 5000 civilians – largest ever chemical weapons attack.

Robert F. Kennedy announces presidential campaign.

General Motors produces its 100 millionth automobile, the Oldsmobile Toronado.

Maurice ‘Rocket’ Richard of the Montreal Canadiens suspended by NHL President Clarence Campbell (l905-); triggers riot next day at Montreal Forum.

Adolf Hitler ordered a German rearmament and violated the Versailles Treaty.

The Wanderers F.C. won the first FA Cup, the oldest football competition in the world, beating Royal Engineers A.F.C. 1-0 at The Oval in Kennington, London.

Jesuit priests Jean de Brébeuf 1593-1649 is tortured by Iroquois invaders at St-Louis; Brébeuf dies at 4 pm, his body burned. He was canonized in 1930.

Climate change strikes held by school children take place around the world inspired by Swedish teenager Greta Thunberg.

Justin Timberlake releases his 3rd studio album “The 20/20 Experience” (2013 Billboard Album of the Year).

Beginning of the Syrian civil war.

The first Internet domain name, symbolics.com is registered.

TV comedy “Three’s Company” starring Jack Ritter, Suzanne Somers and Joyce DeWitt premieres on ABC.

“The Godfather”, directed by Francis Ford Coppola and starring Marlon Brando and Al Pacino, premieres in NYC (Academy Awards Best Picture 1973).

Expo ’70 opens in Osaka, Japan.

Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton marry for the first time, in a civil ceremony in the Queen Elizabeth Hotel (Montreal, Quebec); her fifth marriage, his second.

Oil was discovered in Saudi Arabia.

Nicholas II, the last Russian Tsar abdicates and nominates his brother Grand Duke Michael to succeed him.

Pitcher Cy Young retires from baseball with 511 wins.

Britons Rolls, Royce & Johnson form Rolls Royce Ltd

University of Toronto is chartered.

Samuel de Champlain c1570-1635 leaves Honfleur with Gravé du Pont and Pierre de Monts on de Chaste’s ship ‘Bonne Renommé’; his first major voyage to Canada.

NASA twin study finds that Scott Kelly is no longer identical to his twin brother after one year in space, 7% of his genes altered

Xi Jinping is named as the new President of the People’s Republic of China.

Linux kernel version 1.0.0 is released.

Mikhail Gorbachev becomes president of the Soviet Congress.

Quebec to make French the official language of the province.

A jury in Dallas finds Jack Ruby guilty of killing Lee Harvey Oswald, the assumed assassin of John F. Kennedy.

Red Wings Gordie Howe the second NHLer to score 500 goals, after Maurice Richard.

Henry Ford announced the new continuous motion method to assemble cars. The process decreased the time to make a car from 12½ hours to 93 minutes.

German Ferdinand von Zeppelin receives a US patent for a “Navigable Balloon”.

Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates steps down from the company’s board to focus on philanthropic activities.

US grounds all Boeing 737 Max aircraft after bans by others countries following the plane type’s second crash in Ethiopia.

“Captain America: The Winter Soldier”, directed by Joe Johnston, starring Chris Evans and Scarlett Johansson, premieres in Los Angeles.

Pope Francis is elected in the papal conclave to succeed Pope Benedict XVI.

Luciano Pavarotti performs in his last opera at New York Metropolitan Opera’s “Tosca”.

FLQ terrorist Paul Rose given a life sentence for the non-capital murder of Quebec Labour Minister Pierre Laporte during the October Crisis of 1970.

Manitoba the first province to vote for prohibition of alcoholic beverages.

Cambridge College renamed Harvard in honour of clergyman John Harvard.

First meeting of what would become the Academie Francaise in Paris at the house of Valentin Conrart.

NHL announces the pausing of the 2019-20 season due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

“The Hunger Games” directed by Francis Lawrence and starring Jennifer Lawrence premieres in Los Angeles.

A reactor at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant melts and explodes and releases radioactivity into the atmosphere a day after Japan’s earthquake.

Financier Bernard Madoff pleads guilty in New York to scamming $18 billion, the largest in Wall Street history.

Animated film “Ice Age” directed by Chris Wedge and Carlos Saldanha, with voices by Denis Leary and John Leguizamo premieres.

“Wonder Woman” debuted on ABC-TV. The show later went to CBS-TV.

The comic strip “Dennis the Menace” appeared for the first time in newspapers across the country.

Ghandi began his 300 km march to the sea that symbolized his defiance of British rule over India.

Moscow becomes capital of revolutionary Russia.

Coca-Cola was sold in bottles for the first time in Vicksburg, Mississippi.

Harvey Weinstein is sentenced to 23 years in prison for a criminal sex act and rape in New York.

COVID-19 declared a pandemic by the head of the World Health Organization Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, with 121,564 cases worldwide and 4,373 deaths

9.0 magnitude earthquake strikes 130 km (80 miles) east of Sendai, Japan, triggering a tsunami killing 18 079 people and causing the second worst nuclear accident in history at Fukushima nuclear plant.

NHL Canadiens beat Dallas Stars 4-1 in the last game played in the 72-year-old Montreal Forum.

Islander Mike Bossy, 1st NHLer to score 50 goals in 9 straight seasons.

Mikhail Gorbachev replaces Konstantin Chernenko as Soviet leader.

Bobby Hull of the WHL Winnipeg Jets joins Gordie Howe by getting career point number 1,000 in a game against the Quebec Nordiques.

Pink Floyd releases 1st single “Arnold Layne”.

Bank of Canada first opens on Wellington Street, Ottawa.

Giuseppe Verdi’s opera “Don Carlos” premieres in Paris.

Assembly of Canada votes 91-33 to proceed with Confederation.

Giuseppe Verdi’s opera “Rigoletto” premieres in Venice.

Louis-Hippolyte Lafontaine and Robert Baldwin become the first Prime Ministers of the Province of Canada to be democratically elected under a system of responsible government.

Mt Etna in Sicily erupts in its largest recorded eruption, killing 15,000.