Category: Éphémérides (anglais)

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.

Apple becomes the 1st US company to be valued at $2 trillion, just 2 years after it reached $1 trillion valuation.

US Food and Drug administration approves Female Viagra libido pill Addyi.

“The Fame”, debut album by Lady Gaga, is released (Grammy Award Album of the Year, Best Electronic/Dance Album 2009).

German Ferrari driver Michael Schumacher wins the Hungarian Grand prix at the Hungaroring to clinch his 4th F1 World Drivers Championship and equal Alain Prost’s record of 51 Grand Prix victories.

Former Canadiens star Guy Lafleur signs with the New York Rangers.

Sputnik program: Korabl-Sputnik 2 – the Soviet Union launches the satellite with the dogs Belka and Strelka, 40 mice, 2 rats and a variety of plants.

About 6,000 Canadian and British soldiers launched a raid against the Germans at Dieppe, France. They suffered about 50 percent casualties.

Adolf Hitler was approved for sole executive power in Germany as Fuehrer.

The first car race to be run on brick occurred at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway.

Apple becomes the 1st US company to be valued at $2 trillion, just 2 years after it reached $1 trillion valuation.

US Food and Drug administration approves Female Viagra libido pill Addyi.

“The Fame”, debut album by Lady Gaga, is released (Grammy Award Album of the Year, Best Electronic/Dance Album 2009).

German Ferrari driver Michael Schumacher wins the Hungarian Grand prix at the Hungaroring to clinch his 4th F1 World Drivers Championship and equal Alain Prost’s record of 51 Grand Prix victories.

Former Canadiens star Guy Lafleur signs with the New York Rangers.

All-star Baseball pitcher Claude ‘Frenchy’ Raymond, native of St-Jean-sur-Richelieu, joins Montreal Expos after playing for the Atlanta Braves, Milwaukee Braves, Houston Astros and Chicago White Sox.

Sputnik program: Korabl-Sputnik 2 – the Soviet Union launches the satellite with the dogs Belka and Strelka, 40 mice, 2 rats and a variety of plants.

About 6,000 Canadian and British soldiers launched a raid against the Germans at Dieppe, France. They suffered about 50 percent casualties.

Adolf Hitler was approved for sole executive power in Germany as Fuehrer.

The first car race to be run on brick occurred at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway.

Civilian researchers re-discover the USS Indianapolis 18,000 feet below the Pacific surface, 72 years after it was sunk by Japanese torpedoes.

Larry Bird, after 13 years with the Boston Celtics, announced his retirement.

Pete Rose sets record with his 13,941st plate appearance. He holds the record with 15,890 career plate appearances.

Woodstock Music & Art Fair closes with Jimi Hendrix / Band of Gypsys as the final act.

The first pictures of earth taken from moon orbit were sent back to the U.S.

South Africa banned from Olympic Games because of apartheid policies.

French astronomer Pierre Janssen discovers helium.

Civilian researchers re-discover the USS Indianapolis 18,000 feet below the Pacific surface, 72 years after it was sunk by Japanese torpedoes.

Larry Bird, after 13 years with the Boston Celtics, announced his retirement.

Pete Rose sets record with his 13,941st plate appearance. He holds the record with 15,890 career plate appearances.

Woodstock Music & Art Fair closes with Jimi Hendrix / Band of Gypsys as the final act.

The first pictures of earth taken from moon orbit were sent back to the U.S.

South Africa banned from Olympic Games because of apartheid policies.

French astronomer Pierre Janssen discovers helium.

Gay pride events are banned for a century in Moscow.

A 7.4-magnitude earthquake strikes İzmit, Turkey, killing more than 17,000 and injuring 44,000..

U.S. President Clinton admitted to having an improper relationship with Monica Lewinsky, a White House intern.

The first Compact Discs (CDs) are released to the public in Germany.

Korea is divided into North and South Korea along the 38th parallel.

Fantasmagorie, the first animated cartoon, created by Émile Cohl, is shown in Paris, France.

Electric self-starter for automobile patented.

Solymon Merrick patents wrench.

Gay pride events are banned for a century in Moscow.

A 7.4-magnitude earthquake strikes İzmit, Turkey, killing more than 17,000 and injuring 44,000..

U.S. President Clinton admitted to having an improper relationship with Monica Lewinsky, a White House intern.

The first Compact Discs (CDs) are released to the public in Germany.

Montreal catcher Gary Carter the first Expo to reach the 1,000 hit mark, as he hits an infield single against the Atlanta Braves.

Korea is divided into North and South Korea along the 38th parallel.

Fantasmagorie, the first animated cartoon, created by Émile Cohl, is shown in Paris, France.

Electric self-starter for automobile patented.

Solymon Merrick patents wrench.

Usain Bolt of Jamaica edges American Tyson Gay to win 100m in world record 9.58s at the World Athletics Championships in Berlin

Bon Jovi release their 3rd album “Slippery When Wet” (Billboard’s top selling album of 1987).

Peter Gabriel quits Genesis.

Punk Rock pioneers The Ramones play their first show in a local New York club named CBGB.

First performance of Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young (Auditorium Theater, Chicago).

Ringo Starr replaces Pete Best as Beatles’ drummer, first official concert two days later.

The first issue of Sports Illustrated is published.

The first British Empire Games were held at Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. The event is now called the British Commonwealth Games.

Gold first discovered in Klondike, found at Bonanza Creek, Alaska by George Carmack.

Bank of Canada chartered.

Admiral John Franklin 1786-1847 lays first stone of Rideau Canal locks; on his return down the Ottawa River from the Arctic.

Usain Bolt of Jamaica edges American Tyson Gay to win 100m in world record 9.58s at the World Athletics Championships in Berlin

Bon Jovi release their 3rd album “Slippery When Wet” (Billboard’s top selling album of 1987).

Peter Gabriel quits Genesis.

Punk Rock pioneers The Ramones play their first show in a local New York club named CBGB.

First performance of Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young (Auditorium Theater, Chicago).

Ringo Starr replaces Pete Best as Beatles’ drummer, first official concert two days later.

The first issue of Sports Illustrated is published.

The first British Empire Games were held at Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. The event is now called the British Commonwealth Games.

Gold first discovered in Klondike, found at Bonanza Creek, Alaska by George Carmack.

Bank of Canada chartered.

Admiral John Franklin 1786-1847 lays first stone of Rideau Canal locks; on his return down the Ottawa River from the Arctic.

Disney Studios is the first studio to have five films earn over $1 billion each in one year with “Toy Story 4”, “Avengers: Engame”, “Captain Marvel”, “Aladdin” and “The Lion King”.

Scientists genetic study of the apple reveal its origin was in Kazakhstan, published in “Nature Communications”.

“Macarena” single is released by Los del Rio.

750,000 attend Paul Simon’s free concert in Central Park.

“Apocalypse Now”, directed by Francis Ford Coppola and starring Marlon Brando, Robert Duvall, and Martin Sheen, is released (Palme d’Or 1979).

Woodstock rock and roll concert opens.

East German workers began construction of the Berlin Wall.

“The Wizard of Oz” premiered in Hollywood, CA. Judy Garland became famous for the movie’s song “Somewhere Over the Rainbow.”

The Panama Canal was officially opened to commercial traffic as an American ship sailed from the Atlantic to the Pacific Ocean.

Procter & Gamble unveils its Crisco shortening.

The dental chair was patented by M. Waldo Hanchett.