Category: Éphémérides (anglais)

1st all-female spacewalk by NASA astronauts Christina Koch and Jessica Meir outside the International Space Station.

QB Tom Brady throws five second quarter touchdowns against the Tennessee Titans, an NFL record for touchdown passes in one quarter.

NHL Winnipeg Jets sold to Americans who plan to move them to Phoenix.

“Roseanne” TV comedy starring Roseanne Barr, John Goodman and Laurie Metcalf premieres in the US on ABC.

Police open the trunk of a suspicious car parked beside a hangar at St-Hubert Airport; discover a body, positively identified as that of Quebec Labour Minister Pierre Laporte, kidnapped by FLQ terrorists Oct. 10.

Two black athletes, Tommie Smith and John Carlos, were suspended by the U.S. Olympic Committee for giving a “black power” salute during a ceremony in Mexico City.

Walt Disney’s “Jungle Book” film is released.

The Jimi Hendrix Experience played their first gig as a band.

“West Side Story”, directed by Robert Wise and Jerome Robbins, starring Natalie Wood, is released (Academy Awards Best Picture 1962).

Montreal Herald stops publication after 146 years; Montreal’s oldest daily newspaper.

Texas Instruments Inc. announces the first transistor radio.

American gangster Al Capone convicted of tax evasion

British Broadcasting Company (BBC) founded, later called British Broadcasting Corporation.

NHL’s Quebec Bulldogs sold to a Toronto businessman P. J. Quinn.

Alaska Purchase: US takes formal possession of Alaska from Russia, having paid $7.2 million.

Canada legalizes the sale of recreational cannabis, the second country after Uruguay.

Patrick Roy (Colorado Avalanche) achieved his 448th victory as a goalie in the NHL. Roy passed Terry Sawchuck to become the record holder for career victories.

Mother Teresa of India was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize.

Musical “Hair” premieres on Broadway, NYC.

Jailhouse Rock starring Elvis Presley premieres in Memphis, Tennessee.

French author Albert Camus awarded Nobel Prize in Literature.

Albert Einstein arrives in US as a refugee from Nazi Germany.

Al Capone was convicted on income tax evasion and was sentenced to 11 years in prison. He was released in 1939.

The first issue of “National Geographic Magazine” was released at newsstands.

Lionel Messi, aged 17, makes his league debut for Barcelona against Espanyol.

Culture Club appeared on UK TV’s Top Of The Pops performing ‘Do You Really Want To Hurt Me’.

Polish Cardinal Karol Wojtyla elected Pope John Paul II.

Maple Leaf Lanny McDonald scores a hat trick in 2 minutes 54 seconds.

Americans Tommie Smith (gold 19.83 WR) and John Carlos (bronze) famously give the Black Power salute on the 200m medal podium during the Mexico City Olympics to protest racism and injustice against African-Americans.

Cuban Missile Crisis begins as JFK is shown photos confirming the presence of Soviet missiles in Cuba.

Walt Disney contracted with M.J. Winkler to distribute the Alice Comedies. This event is recognized as the start of the Disney Company.

Inauguration of the Victoria Bridge.

In Boston, MA, the first modern hotel in America opened. The Tremont Hotel had 170 rooms that rented for $2 a day and included four meals.

The Minecraft video game, owned by the American giant Microsoft, passed the 300 million copies sold mark, reinforcing its status as the best-selling game in history.

American retailer Sears files for bankruptcy.

Actress Alyssa Milano’s tweet “If you’ve been sexually harassed or assaulted write ‘me too’” prompts flood of replies across Facebook, Instagram and Twitter.

South Africa’s President F.W. de Klerk and African National Congress President Nelson Mandela were named winners of the Nobel Peace Prize for their efforts to end the apartheid system in South Africa.

Los Angeles Kings star Wayne Gretzky gets two goals and one assist against his former Oiler teammates to pass Gordie Howe as the National Hockey League’s all time scoring leader, with 1,851 career points.

Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau proclaims the War Measures Act and sends the Canadian Army into Montreal at the request of the Quebec government.

“The Great Dictator”, a satiric social commentary film by and starring Charlie Chaplin released.

Dutch exotic dancer Mata Hari is executed by firing squad for spying for Germany during WWI at Vincennes near Paris.

Great fire in Quebec destroys 2,500 houses.

Napoleon Bonaparte arrives on island of St Helena to begin his exile.

Samuel de Champlain made Lieutenant General of New France.

“Keeping Up with the Kardashians” featuring Kim, Khloé, and Kourtney Kardashian premieres on the E! cable network in the US

Philadelphia Flyers start 35 game unbeaten streak beating Toronto 4-3

Edmonton Oiler Wayne Gretzky scores his first NHL goal; will eventually become the League’s greatest scorer.

Montreal’s new Metro subway goes into operation; 26 stations operated by la Société de Transport de la Communauté Urbaine de Montréal (STCUM).

Martin Luther King Jr. announced as winner of the Nobel Peace Prize.

The Cuban Missile Crisis began when U.S. U-2 reconnaissance aircrafts photographed Soviet construction of intermediate-range missile sites in Cuba.

Queen Elizabeth II becomes the first Canadian monarch to open the Parliament of Canada with the Speech from the Throne..

The book “Winnie-the-Pooh,” by A.A. Milne, made its debut.

1st PGA Championship Men’s Golf, Siwanoy CC, Bronxville, NY: Englishman Jim Barnes defeats Jock Hutchison by 1 hole in the 36-hole final.

Arthur Conan Doyle publishes “The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes” collection of 12 stories originally published serially in “The Strand Magazine”.

George Eastman patents paper-strip photographic film.

First presentation of a Moliere play, ‘Les Fourberies de Scapin’ in Montreal.

Simone Biles becomes the most decorated gymnast in history when she wins record 25th medal at the World Championships in Stuttgart, Germany.

American singer-songwriter Bob Dylan is awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature.

Copiapó mining accident in Chile comes to a happy end as all 33 miners arrive at the surface after surviving a record 69 days underground.

The National Basketball Association (NBA) canceled regular season games, due to work stoppage, for first time in its 51-year history.

Andy Green’s Jet-powered car reaches record 763.035 mph – 1227.985 km/h.

Bus carrying elderly daytrippers crashes into ravine in Les Eboulements, Quebec, killing 44.

The Who recorded ‘My Generation’, at Pye studios, London.

Jean Béliveau named Captain of the Montreal Canadiens hockey team.

Gratien Gélinas premieres a film version of his ‘Ti-Coq’ stage character.

Greenwich in London established as the universal time meridian of longitude.

Auston Matthews becomes 1st player to score 4 goals in his NHL debut for the Toronto Maple Leafs at Ottawa.

Future Basketball Hall of Fame forward Magic Johnson makes his debut for Los Angeles Lakers at the San Diego Clippers; Lakers win, 103-102.

“Jesus Christ Superstar” opens at Mark Hellinger NYC for 711 performances.

Canadian Army troops leave Camp Petawawa and mobilize in Ottawa to meet terrorist threats, guard government buildings and officials, and protect the diplomatic community.

Opening of the 19th Summer Olympic games in Mexico; first Olympiad ever held in Latin America.

Jimi Hendrix Experience forms with Jimi Hendrix, Noel Redding & Mitch Mitchell.

Lester B. Pearson awarded Nobel Peace Prize for his establishment of a United Nations Emergency Force in Egypt to solve the Suez Crisis and halt the Israeli-British-French invasion.

Filming began on “The Wizard of Oz.”

The U.S. Department of Justice acquired Alcatraz Island from the U.S. Army.

Christ the Redeemer statue opens standing 30 meters high (98 ft) on top of Mount Corcovado overlooking Rio de Janeiro, built by engineer Heitor da Silva Costa.

Theodore Roosevelt renames the “Executive Mansion” as “The White House”.

South Korean firm Samsung announces it will permanently stop production of Note 7 phones after complaints devices caught fire.

US sitcom “30 Rock” created by and starring Tina Fey alongside Alec Baldwin and Tracy Morgan first premieres on NBC in the US.

Apple Computers settled a lawsuit launched by The Beatles’ record company, Apple Corporation, over name and logo rights.

Penguin rookie Mario Lemieux scores on his first shift of his first NHL game, putting his first shot behind Bruins goaltender Pete Peeters.

“Saturday Night Live” was broadcast for the first time. George Carlin was the guest host.

The Quebec Nordiques play their first NHL game in the Colisée arena.

CBFT Television in Montreal carries the first hockey telecast in Canada, Montreal Canadiens vs. Detroit Red Wings, in French; origin of Radio-Canada’s ‘la Soirée du Hockey’.

Albert Einstein informs Franklin D. Roosevelt of the possibilities of an atomic bomb.

Toronto Argonaut Football Club 1st game losing to U of Toronto

Malala Yousafzai & Kailash Satyarthi win the 2014 Nobel Peace Prize

Hartford center Doug Jarvis ends his career having played an NHL record 964 consecutive games as the Whalers lose 6-2 to the New York Rangers.

Nordiques’ Réal Cloutier scores three goals in his first NHL game; first game hat trick sets NHL record.

Quebec Labour Minister Pierre Laporte kidnapped by FLQ cell while playing football with his son outside his suburban home in St-Hubert.

The Beach Boys release their influential single “Good Vibrations”.

XVIII Summer Olympic Games open in Tokyo, Japan.

Queen Elizabeth II’s visit to Quebec marred by demonstrations; police wield nightsticks to break up crowds; called ‘le Samedi de la Matraque’.

Pan Am begins regular flights around the world.

Inauguration of the Autoroute des Laurentides.

“Giant”, directed by George Stevens, starring Elizabeth Taylor, Rock Hudson and James Dean in his last role, premieres in NYC.

The billiard ball was patented by John Wesley Hyatt.

Producer Harvey Weinstein is fired from The Weinstein Company after allegations of sexual abuse

Women’s rights and education activist Malala Yousafzai is shot three times by a Taliban gunman as she tried to board her school bus in Swat district of northwest Pakistan.

North Korea conducts its first nuclear test.

The U.S. sent troops and warships to the Persian Gulf in response to Saddam Hussein sending thousands of troops and hundreds of tanks toward the Kuwaiti border.

Casino de Montréal opens in the former French Pavilion on the Expo 67 site.

“Phantom of the Opera” premieres in London, written by Andrew Lloyd Webber and starring Michael Crawford and Sarah Brightman.

Oskar Schindler, died in Hildesheim, West Germany. He is credited with saving the lives of 1,200 Jews during the Holocaust.

Elvis Presley and Priscilla divorced after six years of marriage.

A day after being captured, Marxist revolutionary Ernesto “Che” Guevara is executed for attempting to incite a revolution in Bolivia.

Rolling Stones 1st LP recorded “Got Live if you Want It”.

American inventor Isaac Singer patents sewing machine motor.