Category: Éphémérides (anglais)

Russian lower house of Parliament passes legislation to allow Vladimir Putin to hold office of President for life.

The PalmPilot, as developed by Jeffrey Hawkins, is released.

The Vatican condemned surrogate parenting as well as test-tube and artificial insemination.

“Bette Davis Eyes” single released by Kim Carnes (Billboard Song of the Year 1981).

“The Incredible Hulk”, starring Bill Bixby as David Banner, premieres on CBS.

Paul Simon and Art Garfunkel record ‘The Sounds Of Silence’ as an acoustic duo.

Military coup led by General Fulgencio Batista in Cuba.

American B-29 bombers attacked Tokyo, Japan, 100,000 were killed.

The Brooklyn Dodgers announced that their players would begin wearing batting helmets during the 1941 season.

Alexander Graham Bell made the first successful call with the telephone. He spoke the words “Mr. Watson, come here, I want to see you.”

Abraham Lincoln applies for a patent (only US President to do so) for a device to lift a boat over shoals and obstructions.

Xi Jinping has been handed an unprecedented third term as president, capping an ascent in which he has become China’s most powerful leader in generations. In a carefully choreographed ceremony in Beijing, Xi held up his right fist and placed his left hand on a red leather copy of China’s constitution.

China and Russia agree to build a research station on or around the Moon and collaborate on lunar missions.

Italy announces it is locking down the whole country due to a spike in COVID-19 cases with 10,040 cases and 630 deaths.

Pittsburgh Penguins begin NHL record 17 game winning streak

Aftermath Entertainment signs then unknown rapper Eminem.

U2 release their fifth album “The Joshua Tree” (Grammy for Best Album 1988).

NASA announces searchers found remains of Challenger astronauts.

Terry Fox 1958-1981 loses right leg above the knee to cancer; fitted with artificial leg; learns to walk, drive a car, play golf.

Production began on the first Ford Mustang.

Mattel introduced Barbie at the annual Toy Fair in New York.

Adolf Hitler publicly announces the creation of a new air force, the Luftwaffe.

Inter Milan was founded on Football Club Internazionale, following a schism from the Milan Cricket and Football Club.

The first documented discovery of gold in California occurs at Rancho San Francisco, six years before the California Gold Rush.

Nicolaus Copernicus’ 1st recorded astronomical observation.

Italy announces it is locking down northern region of Lombardy, including Milan, with 16 million people, as COVID-19 cases reach 5,800 with 233 deaths.

Asia-Pacific trade deal signed in Santiago, Chile by 11 countries including Canada.

Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 with 239 people loses contact and disappears, prompting the most expensive search effort in history and one of the most enduring aviation mysteries.

First flight of the Goodyear blimp.

Joe Frazier of Philadelphia wins decision in Madison Square Gardens over Muhammad Ali for Heavyweight Boxing Championship; Frazier and Ali collect $2,5 million apiece for the bout.

The first stock car race is held in Daytona Beach, Florida.

Edwin Hubble photo shows as many galaxies as Milky Way has stars. He will give his name to a famous space telescope a few decades later.

International Women’s Day is launched in Copenhagen, Denmark, by Clara Zetkin, leader of the Women’s Office for the Social Democratic Party in Germany.

The New York Stock Exchange is founded.

Oprah Winfrey interview with Harry and Meghan, Duke and Duchess of Sussex broadcast on CBS, alleges Meaghan was made suicidal and subject to racist treatment by the palace.

Russian tennis star Maria Sharapova reveals failed drug test for meldonium at Australian Open in January, subsequently suspended for 15 months

Despite only being 17 years old, Brazilian soccer star Neymar makes his professional debut for Santos.

Song We Are the World first played on radio; music by Lionel Richie and Michael Jackson, from the USA for Africa album to aid famine victims produced by Quincy Jones.

Russia appeared for the first time in ice-hockey competition. Russia defeated Canada 7-2 to win the world ice-hockey title in Stockholm, Sweden.

Glamour magazine begins publishing.

Adolf Hitler breaks the Treaty of Versailles by sending troops into the Rhineland.

Université of Montréal chartered.

Alexander Graham Bell received a patent for his telephone.

World’s oldest message in a bottle found in Western Australia, thrown from German ship Paula 132 years ago (12 June 1886).

The last episode of “The Cosby Show” aired. The show had been on since September of 1984.

Future undisputed world heavyweight boxing champion Mike Tyson KOs Hector Mercedes at 1:47 in round 1 of 4 in Albany, NY in his first professional fight.

Hustler publisher Larry Flynt and his lawyer shot by a militant white supremacist sniper in Georgia, leaving Flynt crippled and wheelchair bound.

Boxing legend Cassius Clay joins the Nation of Islam and changes his name to “Muhammad Ali”, calling his former title a “slave name”.

The United States announced that it would send 3,500 troops to Vietnam.

Real Madrid C.F. was foundered.

Aspirin was patented by German researchers Felix Hoffman and Hermann Dreser.

Giuseppe Verdi’s Opera “La Traviata” premieres in Venice.

Louis Hébert signs agreement to become the first colonist of New France; he is a farmer and apothecary, and will provide herbal medicines to the inhabitants.

Bugatti announces the most expensive new car ever made – the La Voiture Noire costing $19 million, only one will be made

Harrison Ford crash-lands his 1942 Ryan Aeronautical ST3KR aeroplane in California

American reality TV program The Osbournes” featuring family of Ozzy Osbourne premieres on MTV.

Sprinter Ben Johnson was banned from racing for life by the Amateur Athletic Association after testing positive for banned performance-enhancing substances for a second time.

Mike Bossy (New York Islanders) became the first National Hockey League player to score 50 goals in eight consecutive seasons.

Cuban photographer Alberto Korda takes his iconic photograph of Marxist revolutionary Ernesto “Che” Guevara.

The Soviets moved the capital of Russia from Petrograd to Moscow.

Stapler patented in England by C H Gould.

Piano company Steinway & Sons founded by Heinrich Steinweg (later Henry Steinway) in New York City

Samuel Colt patents the first production-model revolver, the .34-caliber.

The Papal Conclave begins to select the successor of Pope Benedict XVI.

Canada banned human embryo cloning but permitted government-funded scientists to use embryos left over from fertility treatment or abortions.

The Louvre Pyramid designed by I. M. Pei is inaugurated by French President Francois Mitterrand.

Canadien Guy Lafleur scores his 1000th NHL Point.

John Lennon says the Beatles are more popular than Jesus.

Walt Disney’s “Cinderella” was released across the U.S.

1st vampire film Nosferatu premieres at the Berlin Zoological Garden, Germany, an adaptation of Bram Stoker’s Dracula.

The first case of Spanish flu occurs, the start of a devastating worldwide pandemic.

Iran releases 54,000 people from prison to avoid spread of COVID-19.

The Alberto Giacometti sculpture L’Homme qui marche sold for $103.7 million.

Los Angeles police officers severely beat motorist Rodney King, the beating is famously captured on amateur video and later leads to riots when the police officers are acquitted.

Pierre Trudeau sworn in, for the second time, as the 17th Prime Minister of Canada.

Canadien Jean Beliveau scores one goal in a 5-2 loss to the Detroit Red Wings; second NHL player to score 1,000 career points.

Time magazine publishes 1st issue featuring Joseph G. Cannon (Speaker of US House of Representatives).

University of Toronto doctors Frederick Banting and Charles Best officially announces their team’s discovery of insulin.

In Ottawa, Canada’s original parliament buildings burned down.

American Telephone & Telegraph (AT&T) incorporates.

1st recorded hockey game (Montreal)

Georges Bizet premieres his opera Carmen at the Opéra Comique, Paris France.

Russian President Vladimir Putin proposes constitutional amendment banning gay marriage.

Longest non-stop scheduled commercial flight by distance, Emirates A380 flies 14,200km Dubai to Auckland in 17 hours, 15 minutes.

NFL establishes existence of a bounty program at the New Orleans Saints 2009-11; players given incentives to injure opposition; coach Sean Payton is suspended for 2012 season.

NASA announced that the Mars rover Opportunity had discovered evidence that water had existed on Mars in the past.

Grand jury concludes US President Richard Nixon is involved in Watergate cover-up.

In Toulouse, France, the supersonic transport Concorde made its first test flight.

One of the most popular musical films of all time, “The Sound of Music”, starring Julie Andrews and Christopher Plummer, is released (Academy Awards Best Picture 1966).

Beatles begin filming “A Hard Day’s Night”.

Wilt ‘The Stilt’ Chamberlain scored 100 points against the New York Knicks 169-147. Chamberlain broke several NBA records in the game.

Ho Chi Minh elected President of North Vietnam

Canadian budget introduces unique pay-as-you-earn income tax system.

Eugenio Pacelli chosen as Pope Pius XII.

The motion picture King Kong had its world premiere in New York.

George Hainsworth becomes first NHL goaltender to record 20 shutouts in one season when the Montreal Canadiens beat the visiting Boston Bruins, 3-0; ends season with 22

Former French President Nicholas Sarkozy is sentenced to three years for trying to bribe a judge.

Animated film “Ice Age: The Meltdown” directed by Carlos Saldanha with voices by Ray Romano and John Leguizamo premieres in Belgium.

Titanic became the first film to gross over $1 billion worldwide.

Canadian Elvis Stojko hits the first quad-triple combination jump in the history of figure-skating competition to win the Championship Series final in Hamilton, Ontario

Yahoo! was incorporated.

Quebec Nordiques Peter Stastny (right) becomes just the 2nd player in NHL history to score 100 points in each of his first 6 seasons.

Bank of America adopts the name VISA for its credit cards.

Pink Floyd release their album “Dark Side of the Moon”.

Wilt Chamberlain the first NBA player to score 30,000 points.

Gas explosion kills 28, fifteen children, in apartment complex in La Salle, Quebec.

After an all-night movie and dinner session with his top advisers, Joseph Stalin suffers a stroke and collapses. He dies four days later..

Clarence Decatur C. D. Howe opens first Trans Canada Air Lines transcontinental passenger service from Montreal to Vancouver; Minister of Industry, Trade and Commerce.

Yellowstone becomes the world’s 1st national park.

Samuel de Champlain reclaims his role as commander of New France on behalf of Cardinal Richelieu.