Category: Éphémérides (anglais)

Global cases of COVID-19 pass 25 million with death toll at 843,000.

Film “Roma” directed and written by Alfonso Cuarón, (Best Director 2019 Academy Awards) starring Yalitza Aparicio and Marina de Tavira premieres at the Venice Film Festival.

“Late Show with David Letterman” debuts on CBS, from the Ed Sullivan Theater in NYC; Bill Murray is his first guest, Billy Joel performs.

150,000,000 millionth visitor to Eiffel Tower.

The space shuttle Challenger blasted off with Guion S. Bluford Jr. aboard. He was the first black American to travel in space.

John Lennon and Yoko Ono played Madison Square Gardens to raise money for the One to One charity. Stevie Wonder, Sha Na Na and Roberta Flack also appeared at the event. Several of the performances were later included on Lennon’s, Live in New York City album.

1st record released on Apple label in UK is The Beatles single “Hey Jude”.

The “Hotline” between Moscow and Washington, DC, went into operation.

End of Montreal streetcar service.

Air France forms from five French airlines.

Ty Cobb made his major league batting debut with the Detroit Tigers.

Hubert Cecil Booth patents vacuum cleaner.

The USADA claims to have stripped Lance Armstrong of his seven Tour de France titles.

Cristiano Ronaldo makes his debut for Real Madrid, scoring a penalty in their 3-2 win over Deportivo La Coruña.

Hurricane Katrina makes 2nd and 3rd landfall as a category 3 hurricane, devastating much of the U.S. Gulf Coast from Louisiana to Florida Panhandle. Kills more than 1,836, causes over $115 billion in damage.

Netflix is founded by Marc Randolph and Reed Hasting in Scotts Valley, California as an online DVD rental business.

Mario Lemieux announced that he would be taking a medical leave of absence due to fatigue, an aftereffect of his 1993 radiation treatments. He would sit out the National Hockey Leagues (NHL) 1994-95 season.

The Beatles’ last public concert (Candlestick Park, San Francisco).

George Harrison joins The Quarrymen (John Lennon-Paul McCartney-Peter Best-Stuart Sutcliffe).

During the continuing celebration of the liberation of France from the Nazis, 15,000 American troops marched down the Champs Elysees in Paris.

South cantilever arm of the Quebec Bridge over the St. Lawrence River collapses during construction; over 65 workers killed, 11 injured in Canada’s worst bridge disaster.

The Goodyear tire company is founded.

First Salvation Army service in Canada held at London, On.

Mohawk Indians win first white-Indian lacrosse game in Montreal.

Climate change activist Greta Thunberg arrives in New York after sailing across the Atlantic in an emissions-free voyage.

Kenya brings in world’s toughest ban on plastic bags with possible US$38,000 fine and four years in jail.

A divorce decree was issued for Britain’s Charles and Princess Diana. This was the official end to the 15-year marriage.

Michel Tremblay premieres ‘Les Belles-soeurs’; one of first artistic uses of Quebecois French slang – ‘joual’.

1st Subway sandwich shop opens in Bridgeport, Connecticut.

Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., gave his “I Have a Dream” speech at a civil rights rally in Washington, DC. More than 200,000 people attended.

“American Messenger Company” was started by two teenagers, Jim Casey and Claude Ryan. The company’s name was later changed to “United Parcel Service.”

Mgr. Bourget announces the building of a Roman Catholic Cathedral de Montréal.

Pharmacists John Lea & William Perrins manufacture Worcestershire Sauce.

Britain’s Prince Andrew served with a US federal lawsuit alleging he sexually abused a teenager 20 years ago.

Former five-weight world boxing champion Floyd Mayweather Jr. defeats MMA fighter Conor McGregor in his debut match in the 10th round in Las Vegas.

“Birdman” directed by Alejandro González Iñárritu and starring Michael Keaton and Zach Galifianakis premieres at the Venice Film Festival (Best Picture 2015).

Stevie Ray Vaughan was killed when the helicopter he was flying in, hit a man-made ski slope while trying to navigate through dense fog. Vaughan had played a show at Alpine Valley Music Theatre, East Troy, Wisconsin.

Rickey Henderson steals 119th base of season breaks Lou Brock’s mark.

Walt Disney’s “Mary Poppins” directed by Robert Stevenson and starring Julie Andrews and Dick van Dyke premieres in Los Angeles.

“Guinness Book of World Records” 1st published.

First flight of the turbojet-powered Heinkel He 178, the world’s first jet aircraft.

The shortest war in world history (09:00 to 09:45), between the United Kingdom and Zanzibar.

Petroleum is discovered in Titusville, Pennsylvania leading to the world’s first commercially successful oil well.

San Francisco 49ers Colin Kaepernick kneels in protest during the US national anthem at San Diego’s Qualcomm Stadium while playing against the San Diego Chargers, objecting to racial injustice and police brutality in the US.

Burger King agrees to purchase Canadian donut chain Tim Hortons for $11.4 billion.

Papal conclave: Pope John Paul I is elected to the Papacy.

Quebec government adopts Bill 101 (La Charte de la langue française); French becomes the official language of Quebec.

XX Summer Olympic Games open in Munich, West Germany.

Bobby Orr signs a five-year contract with the Boston Bruins worth one million dollars, the first million dollar contract in NHL history.

“Hey Jude” single released by the Beatles (Billboard Song of the Year 1968, Billboard 10th biggest song of all time 2013).

The International Hockey Hall of Fame in Toronto opened.

British Motor Corporation introduces the Morris Mini-Minor, designed by Alec Issigonis, it was only 10 ft long but seated 4 passengers.

The Japanese were given surrender instructions on the U.S. battleship Missouri at the end of World War II.

Montreal Maroons hockey team dropped from the NHL due to financial troubles.

Charles Thurber patents a typewriter.

NASA investigates possibly the 1st crime in space over astronaut Anne McClain illegally accessing bank a/c from space.

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.

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.

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.

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)»

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.