Category: Éphémérides (anglais)

“Guardians of the Galaxy”, directed by James Gunn, starring Chris Pratt and Zoe Saldana, premieres in Hollywood, Los Angeles.

Space Shuttle Atlantis landed at Kennedy Space Center in Florida. It was the last flight of NASA’s space shuttle program.

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, the final book in the series by J. K. Rowling is published worldwide. 11 million copies sell in 24 hrs.

Pink Floyd’s “The Wall” is performed where the Berlin Wall once stood.

Guns N’ Roses debut album “Appetite for Destruction” is released, and becomes the best-selling debut album of all time with more than 30 million copies sold.

The world’s lowest temperature in an inhabited location is recorded at Vostok Station, Antarctica at -89.2 °C.

Apollo 11: Neil Armstrong becomes the first person to step on the Moon at 2:56:15 AM (GMT).

Arnold Palmer became the first golfer to make a million dollars in career earnings after he tied for second place at the PGA Championship.

Central Park in New York created when New York State Legislature puts aside more than 750 acres of land on Manhattan Island.

Canada becomes the fourth country in the world to legalize same-sex marriage, after the bill C-38 receives its Royal Assent.

US Viking 1 lands on Mars at Chryse Planitia, 1st Martian landing.

Apollo 11 astronauts Neil Armstrong and Edwin E. Aldrin, Jr. became the first men to walk on the moon.

The first International Special Olympics Summer Games are held at Soldier Field in Chicago, Ill, with about 1,000 athletes with intellectual disabilities.

The Ford Motor Company ships its first car.

British Columbia joins the confederation of Canada.

Laying of first stone of the Victoria Railway Bridge from Montreal to the south shore of the St. Lawrence.

Samuel de Champlain starts building Fort St. Louis on Cap Diamant; first fort built on the cliff at Quebec.

Cristiano Ronaldo becomes first man to score 50 goals in Serie A, La Liga and the Premier League with a double in Juventus’ 2-1 win over Lazio.

Canada becomes the fourth country in the world to legalize same-sex marriage, after the bill C-38 receives its Royal Assent.

US Viking 1 lands on Mars at Chryse Planitia, 1st Martian landing.

Apollo 11 astronauts Neil Armstrong and Edwin E. Aldrin, Jr. became the first men to walk on the moon.

The first International Special Olympics Summer Games are held at Soldier Field in Chicago, Ill, with about 1,000 athletes with intellectual disabilities.

The Ford Motor Company ships its first car.

British Columbia joins the confederation of Canada.

Laying of first stone of the Victoria Railway Bridge from Montreal to the south shore of the St. Lawrence.

Samuel de Champlain starts building Fort St. Louis on Cap Diamant; first fort built on the cliff at Quebec.

Airbus Beluga XL, painted to look like the whale, makes its first flight, landing in Toulouse-Blagnac, France.

“Depacito” by Luis Fonsi ft. Daddy Yankee becomes the most streamed song ever, played 4.6 billion times.

Selena Gomez releases her debut solo studio album “Stars Dance”.

TV drama “Mad Men” debuts starring Jon Hamm, Elisabeth Moss and Vincent Kartheiser on cable network AMC.

26th Olympic Games open in Atlanta, Georgia.

Cincinnati Red Pete Rose is sentence to 5 months for tax evasion.

Canada joins the USA and other nations in protesting the invasion of Afganistan, by boycotting the 22nd Olympiad, opening today in Moscow; 81 other nations and 5,326 competitors attend; until August 3.

XV Summer Olympic Games open in Helsinki, Finland.

Marilyn Monroe acted in her first screen test.

Tom and Jerry first appear under their own names in cartoon “The Midnight Snack” by William Hanna and Joseph Barbera.

Start of Spanish flu epidemic that will kill over 30,000 people in Canada.

Maurice Garin wins the first Tour de France.

Louis Riel speaks at a meeting of Metis residents about rights, setting in motion the events now referred to as the Red River Rebellion.

Start of excavation of the Lachine Canal.

Airbus Beluga XL, painted to look like the whale, makes its first flight, landing in Toulouse-Blagnac, France.

“Depacito” by Luis Fonsi ft. Daddy Yankee becomes the most streamed song ever, played 4.6 billion times.

Selena Gomez releases her debut solo studio album “Stars Dance”.

TV drama “Mad Men” debuts starring Jon Hamm, Elisabeth Moss and Vincent Kartheiser on cable network AMC.

26th Olympic Games open in Atlanta, Georgia.

Cincinnati Red Pete Rose is sentence to 5 months for tax evasion.

Canada joins the USA and other nations in protesting the invasion of Afganistan, by boycotting the 22nd Olympiad, opening today in Moscow; 81 other nations and 5,326 competitors attend; until August 3.

XV Summer Olympic Games open in Helsinki, Finland.

Marilyn Monroe acted in her first screen test.

Tom and Jerry first appear under their own names in cartoon “The Midnight Snack” by William Hanna and Joseph Barbera.

Start of Spanish flu epidemic that will kill over 30,000 people in Canada.

Maurice Garin wins the first Tour de France.

Louis Riel speaks at a meeting of Metis residents about rights, setting in motion the events now referred to as the Red River Rebellion.

The Government of Detroit, with up to $20 billion in debt, files for the largest municipal bankruptcy in U.S. history.

Kim Jong-un is officially appointed Supreme Leader of North Korea and given the rank of Marshal in the Korean People’s Army.

Storms provoke severe flooding on the Saguenay River, beginning one of Quebec’s costliest natural disasters ever: the Saguenay Flood.

Romania’s 14-year-old star gymnast Nadia Comaneci, performing on the uneven parallel bars, scores the first perfect 10 in Olympic gymnastics history.

Intel is founded in Mountain View, California.

The U.S. and Canada signed a treaty to develop the St. Lawrence Seaway.

Adolf Hitler publishes Mein Kampf (original title was the catchy “Four and a Half Years (of Struggle) Against Lies, Stupidity and Cowardice”).

First human test of a vaccine against cholera; Ukrainian bacteriologist Waldemar Huffkine risks his life by testing it on himself.

“The Sun” newspaper in Britain controversially publishes old picture and video of Queen Elizabeth giving Nazi salute in 1933.

The Government of Detroit, with up to $20 billion in debt, files for the largest municipal bankruptcy in U.S. history.

Kim Jong-un is officially appointed Supreme Leader of North Korea and given the rank of Marshal in the Korean People’s Army.

Romania’s 14-year-old star gymnast Nadia Comaneci, performing on the uneven parallel bars, scores the first perfect 10 in Olympic gymnastics history.

Intel is founded in Mountain View, California.

The U.S. and Canada signed a treaty to develop the St. Lawrence Seaway.

Adolf Hitler publishes Mein Kampf (original title was the catchy “Four and a Half Years (of Struggle) Against Lies, Stupidity and Cowardice”).

First human test of a vaccine against cholera; Ukrainian bacteriologist Waldemar Huffkine risks his life by testing it on himself.

Mexican drug cartel head Joaquín “El Chapo” Guzmán sentenced to life in prison plus 30 years in New York.

Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 is shot down over Eastern Ukraine by a Buk surface-to-air missile launched from pro-Russian separatist-controlled territory, killing all 283 passengers and 15 crew on board.

Queen Elizabeth II officially opens the Montreal Summer Olympic Games in the afternoon, before an enthusiastic crowd of 73,000 at Olympic Stadium.

An Apollo spaceship docked with a Soyuz spacecraft in orbit. It was the first link up between the U.S. and Soviet Union.

Bomb placed under a ramp at the Montreal Forum explodes, blowing up an equipment truck and destroying 30 speakers belonging to the Rolling Stones.

The Beatles’ animated film “Yellow Submarine” premieres in London.

Disneyland opened in Anaheim, CA.

The British royal family adopted the Windsor name.

Mexican drug cartel head Joaquín “El Chapo” Guzmán sentenced to life in prison plus 30 years in New York.

Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 is shot down over Eastern Ukraine by a Buk surface-to-air missile launched from pro-Russian separatist-controlled territory, killing all 283 passengers and 15 crew on board.

Queen Elizabeth II officially opens the Montreal Summer Olympic Games in the afternoon, before an enthusiastic crowd of 73,000 at Olympic Stadium.

An Apollo spaceship docked with a Soyuz spacecraft in orbit. It was the first link up between the U.S. and Soviet Union.

Bomb placed under a ramp at the Montreal Forum explodes, blowing up an equipment truck and destroying 30 speakers belonging to the Rolling Stones.

The Beatles’ animated film “Yellow Submarine” premieres in London.

Disneyland opened in Anaheim, CA.

The British royal family adopted the Windsor name.

Premier/pres Ahmad Hassan al-Bakr of Iraq is succeeded by Saddam Hussein.

Apollo 11 launched, carrying 1st men to land on Moon.

Mont Blanc Road tunnel between France & Italy opens.

The largest crowd in sporting history was 199,854. They watched the Uruguay defeat Brazil in the World Cup soccer finals in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

The United States detonated the first atomic bomb in a test at Alamogordo, NM.

Dr. Emily Howard Stowe the first woman licensed to practice medicine in Canada.

The District of Columbia, or Washington, DC, was established as the permanent seat of the United States Government.

Jean de Quen discovers Lac St-Jean and route leading into interior; later founds Saguenay missions.