Category: Éphémérides (anglais)

Voyager 1 spacecraft, becomes the 1st spacecraft to enter interstellar space (launched in 1977).

Linus Torvalds announces the first version of what will become Linux.

Elton John’s 1st US appearance (Los Angeles).

Arthur Ashe becomes 1st African American to win the US singles championship.

XVII Summer Olympic Games open in Rome, Italy.

Momofuku Ando markets the first package of precooked instant noodles (Chikin Ramen).

Ben Hogan won the PGA in Portland, OR. It was his first major golf title.

Paris, France, was liberated by Allied forces ending four years of German occupation.

The movie “Wizard of Oz” opened around the United States.

Hundreds of French colonists arrive in Louisiana; New Orleans founded.

Galileo Galilei demonstrates his first telescope to Venetian lawmakers.

First documented case of a person being re-infected with COVID-19 a second time, a Hong Kong man four months after first infection.

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg announces that for the 1st time 1 billion people logged into Facebook.

Steve Jobs resigns as CEO of Apple Inc., and is succeeded by Tim Cook, as a result of his illness.

Microsoft debuts Windows 95.

Hurricane Andrew hits South Florida, making landfall at Elliott Key and later Homestead; 44 die and $25 billion in damage is recorded.

Mikhail Gorbachev resigns as head of USSR Communist Party.

Pete Rose, the manager of the Cincinnati Reds, was banned from baseball for life after being accused of gambling on baseball.

Mark David Chapman is sentenced to 20 yrs to life for John Lennon’s murder.

The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) went into effect.

Workers start pouring concrete for Panama Canal.

Thomas Edison patents motion picture camera.

Cornelius Swarthout patents stove-top waffle iron.

1st potato chips prepared by chef George Crum at Moon’s Lake House, near Saratoga Springs, New York.

The printing of the Gutenberg Bible was completed.

Mount Vesuvius erupted killing approximately 20,000 people. The cities of Pompeii, Stabiae and Herculaneum were buried in volcanic ash.

First documented case of a person being re-infected with COVID-19 a second time, a Hong Kong man four months after first infection.

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg announces that for the 1st time 1 billion people logged into Facebook.

Steve Jobs resigns as CEO of Apple Inc., and is succeeded by Tim Cook, as a result of his illness.

Air Transat Flight 236 runs out of fuel over the Atlantic Ocean (en route to Lisbon from Toronto) and makes an emergency landing in the Azores.

Microsoft debuts Windows 95.

Hurricane Andrew hits South Florida, making landfall at Elliott Key and later Homestead; 44 die and $25 billion in damage is recorded.

Mikhail Gorbachev resigns as head of USSR Communist Party.

Pete Rose, the manager of the Cincinnati Reds, was banned from baseball for life after being accused of gambling on baseball.

Mark David Chapman is sentenced to 20 yrs to life for John Lennon’s murder.

The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) went into effect.

Workers start pouring concrete for Panama Canal.

Thomas Edison patents motion picture camera.

Cornelius Swarthout patents stove-top waffle iron.

1st potato chips prepared by chef George Crum at Moon’s Lake House, near Saratoga Springs, New York.

The printing of the Gutenberg Bible was completed.

Mount Vesuvius erupted killing approximately 20,000 people. The cities of Pompeii, Stabiae and Herculaneum were buried in volcanic ash.

Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi is overthrown after the National Transitional Council forces take control of Bab al-Azizia compound during the 2011 Libyan civil war.

Hashtag invented and first used in a tweet by US product designer Chris Messina.

Trans Canada Airlines starts transatlantic service; now Air Canada.

Hard D. Weed patented the grip-tread tire chain for cars.

British capture Hong Kong from China.

Habitants of New France required to give 1/26 of their harvest to their seigneur (le dîme).

Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi is overthrown after the National Transitional Council forces take control of Bab al-Azizia compound during the 2011 Libyan civil war.

Hashtag invented and first used in a tweet by US product designer Chris Messina.

Fire ignites thousands of litres of oil laced with PCBs at a storage dump in St-Basile-le-Grand, SE of Montreal, forcing 3,000 residents to evacuate for 19 days; local labourer later admits to arson.

Trans Canada Airlines starts transatlantic service; now Air Canada.

Hard D. Weed patented the grip-tread tire chain for cars.

British capture Hong Kong from China.

Habitants of New France required to give 1/26 of their harvest to their seigneur (le dîme).

Russia launches Fedor, the first life-sized robot, into space to the International Space Station on a Soyuz rocket from Baikonur cosmodrome, Kazakhstan

“The Scream” (1910 painted version) and “Madonna”, two paintings by Edvard Munch, are stolen at gunpoint from the Munch Museum in Oslo, Norway.

DNA testing links O.J. Simpson to murder of Nicole Simpson & Ron Goldman.

Beatles give their first Canadian concert in Empire Stadium before 20,000 fans.

Vietnam conflict begins as Ho Chi Minh leads a successful coup.

Cadillac Motor Company is founded.

The American colonies were proclaimed to be in a state of open rebellion by England’s King George III.

St Columba reports seeing monster in Loch Ness.

Russia launches Fedor, the first life-sized robot, into space to the International Space Station on a Soyuz rocket from Baikonur cosmodrome, Kazakhstan

“The Scream” (1910 painted version) and “Madonna”, two paintings by Edvard Munch, are stolen at gunpoint from the Munch Museum in Oslo, Norway.

DNA testing links O.J. Simpson to murder of Nicole Simpson & Ron Goldman.

Beatles give their first Canadian concert in Empire Stadium before 20,000 fans.

Vietnam conflict begins as Ho Chi Minh leads a successful coup.

Cadillac Motor Company is founded.

Alfred Bessette takes vows; becomes Frère André.

A patent for liquid soap was received by William Sheppard.

The American colonies were proclaimed to be in a state of open rebellion by England’s King George III.

St Columba reports seeing monster in Loch Ness.

Hundreds of people are reported killed by chemical attacks in the Ghouta region of Syria.

“How You Remind Me” single released by Nickelback (Billboard Song of the Year 2002)»

“Dirty Dancing” film directed by Emile Ardolino, starring Patrick Swayze and Jennifer Grey opens in the US.

First Gap clothing store opens in Ocean Avenue, San Francisco.

Motown releases what would be its first #1 hit, “Please Mr. Postman” by The Marvelettes.

Walt Disney’s animated movie “Bambi”, based on the book by Felix Salten, is released.

“Mona Lisa” stolen from the Louvre by Vincenzo Perugia (Recovered in 1913).

Oldsmobile, a brand of American automobiles was founded.

The adding machine was patented by William Burroughs.

Hundreds of people are reported killed by chemical attacks in the Ghouta region of Syria.

“How You Remind Me” single released by Nickelback (Billboard Song of the Year 2002)»

Forest fire forces evacuation of the village of Parent.

“Dirty Dancing” film directed by Emile Ardolino, starring Patrick Swayze and Jennifer Grey opens in the US.

First Gap clothing store opens in Ocean Avenue, San Francisco.

Motown releases what would be its first #1 hit, “Please Mr. Postman” by The Marvelettes.

Walt Disney’s animated movie “Bambi”, based on the book by Felix Salten, is released.

“Mona Lisa” stolen from the Louvre by Vincenzo Perugia (Recovered in 1913).

Oldsmobile, a brand of American automobiles was founded.

The adding machine was patented by William Burroughs.

Pope Francis releases letter to all Catholics condemning sexual abuse atrocities and clerical cover-ups “We showed no care for the little ones; we abandoned them”.

12th Athletics World Championships: Usain Bolt wins 200m with a new world record 19.19.

PGA Championship Men’s Golf, Valhalla GC: Tiger Woods becomes first since Ben Hogan (1953) to win 3 majors in a calendar year; wins back-to-back PGA titles in 3-hole playoff with Bob May.

Canada’s Supreme Court announced that Quebec could not secede without the federal government’s consent.

Federal government slaps a total ban on smoking in public service offices.

During the night 250,000 Soviet and Warsaw Pact troops invade Czechoslovakia in response to the Prague Spring.

Rolling Stones release their single “(I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction” (their 1st #1 US hit) in the UK.

France fell to the Germans during World War II.

American Professional Football Association forms, which would later become the National Football League (NFL).

German forces occupied Brussels, Belgium, during World War I.

Dial telephone patented.

Charles Darwin first publishes his theory of evolution through natural selection in The Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society of London.