Category: Éphémérides (anglais)

Guantánamo Bay is the world’s most expensive prison at US$13 million per prisoner according to investigation by “The New York Times”

NHL locks out its players after the expiry of the collective bargaining agreement.

Talk show “Dr. Phil” with Phil McGraw debuts on syndicated US TV.

1st ever season of “Big Brother” reality show begins on the Veronica channel in The Netherlands.

“Frasier” starring Kelsey Grammer and David Hyde Pierce premieres on NBC.

Gary Carter plays his first game as a Montreal Expo; in Jarry Park.

“The Outer Limits” premieres on ABC-TV,

The first successful photocopier, the Xerox 914, is introduced in a demonstration on live television from New York City.

Canada hit by epidemic of Asian flu, killed an estimated 2,000 people.

1st movie in Cinemascope “The Robe”, directed by Henry Koster and starring Richard Burton (picture) and Jean Simmons premieres.

The first escorted ship convoy leaves Halifax for Britain; in formation to protect against German U-Boat attacks.

General Motors was founded by William Crapo “Billy” Durant. The company was formed by merging the Buick and Olds car companies.

Russian boxer Gennady Golovkin (38-1-1, 34 KOs) loses his first pro fight in record 20th title defence as well as undisputed world middleweight crown when outpointed by Mexican Canelo Álvarez (50-1-2, 34 KOs) in Las Vegas.

National Hockey League commissioner Gary Bettman announces lockout of the players union and cessation of operations by the NHL head office.

27th Olympic Games opens at Sydney, Australia.

Google.com is registered as a domain name

1st broadcast of legal drama “L.A. Law” with ensemble cast including Corbin Bersen, Jill Eikenberry and Harry Hamlin on NBC.

1st broadcast of “Columbo” starring Peter Falk on NBC.

Canadiens star Maurice ‘Rocket’ Richard 1921- retires from NHL hockey with a record 544 goals, plus 82 playoff tallies.

Franklin D. Roosevelt and Winston Churchill meet in Quebec as part of the Octagon Conference to discuss strategy.

The Nuremberg Laws were enacted by Nazi Germany. The act stripped all German Jews of their civil rights and the swastika was made the official symbol of Nazi Germany.

Alexander Fleming discovered the antibiotic penicillin in the mold Penicillium notatum.

First use of tanks in warfare, “Little Willies” at Battle of Flers-Courcelette, part of the Battle of the Somme.

Astronomers report possible sign of life on Venus, after detecting phosphine in planets’s atmosphere by telescope.

Nintendo released the GameCube home video game console in Japan.

MLB decides to cancel the Baseball World Series for only the second time in history; continuing labour dispute with Players Association.

The Major League Baseball season is canceled because of a strike.

Calgary Flames become 1st NHL team to play in USSR, win 4-2.

Cal Ripken’s streak of 8,243 consecutive innings (908 games) is broken.

Toronto Blue Jays hit 10 home runs against the Baltimore Orioles to set a major league baseball record for most homers in a 9 inning game. The 11 home runs by both teams also set a record.

1st MTV Video Music Awards: The Cars win with “You Might Think”.

The Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) was founded. The core members were Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, and Venezuela.

Amazon live streams “Thursday Night Football” Cincinnati beats Baltimore 34-23; first all-female broadcast booth in NFL history; Andrea Kremer calls game with Hannah Storm.

33rd Toronto International Film Festival: “Slumdog Millionaire” directed by Danny Boyle wins the People’s Choice Award.

At Dawson College (Montreal), Kimveer Gill kills one student and wounds 19 others before committing suicide..

U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell named Osama bin Laden as the prime suspect in the terror attacks on the United States on September 11, 2001.

35 tonne beam falls from Olympic Stadium when 16 reinforcing rods break; stadium closed for study; falls on public walkway but no one injured.

“Law and Order” created by Dick Wolf first premieres on NBC.

Super Mario Bros game first appears, created by Shigeru Miyamoto at Nintendo.

General Motors introduces 1st US diesel auto (Oldsmobile 88)

The World Hockey Association was formed.

1st NYC Marathon won by Gary Muhrcke in 2:31:38.

“Scooby-Doo Where are You” by Hanna-Barbera debuts on CBS in the US.

Beatles win 1st Grammy, for Best Group of 1964.

Beatles release “Yesterday” in North America.

Buckingham Palace damaged by German bombs.

In El Azizia, Libya, the highest shade temperature was recorded at 136.4 degrees Fahrenheit.

The French were defeated by the British on the Plains of Abraham in the final French and Indian War.

Michelangelo begins work on his statue of David.

Mark Messier announces that he will retire from the NHL

Mae Jemison is the 1st African American woman to go into space (aboard Endeavour STS-47)

“The Smurfs” animated cartoon series by Hanna-Barbera first broadcasts in North America.

South African anti-apartheid activist Stephen Biko died at the age of 30. The student leader died while in police custody which triggered an international outcry.

Pink Floyd releases their ninth album “Wish You Were Here”.

Supersonic airliner Concorde lands for the 1st time at Heathrow airport.

Canada and US form North American Air Defence Command – NORAD – to coordinate air defence of the Continent.

“Lassie” made its television debut on CBS. The last show aired on September 12, 1971.

U.S. Senator John F. Kennedy married Jacqueline Lee Bouvier.

Second Quebec Conference: Franklin D. Roosevelt, Winston Churchill and the Combined Chiefs of Staff meet in Quebec City, Canada.

The Lascaux paintings were discovered in France. The cave paintings were 17,000 years old and were some of the best examples of art from the Paleolithic period.

Carlos Alcaraz, 19, of Spain, wins the US Open tennis final on September 11. This is his first Grand Slam title. He becomes the youngest world number 1 since the creation of the ATP ranking in 1973.

One million march on this state’s national day in Barcelona in support of independence for Catalonia

In the U.S., four airliners were hijacked and were intentionally crashed. Two airliners hit the World Trade Center, which collapsed shortly after, in New York City, NY. One airliner hit the Pentagon in Arlington, VA. Another airliner crashed into a field in Pennsylvania. About 3,000 people were killed.

Pete Rose (Cincinnati Reds) achieved hit number 4,192 to break the record held by Ty Cobb.

Pope John Paul II arrives in Montreal; visits St-Joseph Oratory, beatifies Marie-Léonie Paradis; celebrates mass at Olympic Stadium before 65,000 people, then in the evening at Jarry Park.

The Atari 2600, originally known as the Atari Video Computer System (Atari VCS) is released in North America, revolutionizing the video game industry.

“Little House On The Prairie” made its television debut.

XX Summer Olympic Games close in Munich, German.

The Ford Pinto is introduced.

Beatles’ “Help!,” album goes #1 & stays #1 for 9 weeks.

Enid Blyton publishes “Five on a Treasure Island” first of her “Famous Five” children’s novels, start of one of the best-selling children’s series ever with over 100 million sold.

Centre span of the second Quebec Bridge collapses, killing 13 workers; had been rebuilt in 1907.

German astronomer Max Wolf rediscovers Halley’s comet.

The musical Cats closes on Broadway.

Jacques Villeneuve of Iberville wins the Indy Car racing title.

“The X-Files”, created by Chris Carter and starring David Duchovny and Gillian Anderson debuts on Fox.

Rock band Nirvana release their single “Smells like Teen Spirit”, often dubbed the anthem of Generation X.

Expo Bill Gullickson fans 18 batters, beating the Chicago White Sox 4-2; sets a major-league strikeout record for a rookie pitcher in a single game.

Radio-Canada broadcasts first TV shows, with Jean Cocteau’s play Oedipe-Roi.

Canada declared war on Germany.

Elias Howe received a patent for his sewing machine.

Tom Brady becomes first player in NFL history to start 300 regular season games as he guides Tampa Bay Buccaneers to an opening day 31-29 win at home to Dallas Cowboys.

Australia experiences its earliest and most severe start to the fire season after fighting dozens of bushfires in Queensland and New South Wales.

Queen Elizabeth II becomes Great Britain’s longest-reigning monarch at 63 years and seven months, beating the previous record set by her great-great-grandmother, Queen Victoria.

Sega releases the first 128 bit video game console the Dreamcast.

Pope John Paul II arrives in Quebec City to begin 12 day tour of Canada. His itinerary is – Trois-Rivières, Montreal, St. John’s, Moncton, Halifax, Toronto, Winnipeg, Edmonton, Vancouver and Ottawa-Hull.

John Lennon releases his “Imagine” album.

Gordie Howe of the Detroit Red Wings retired from the National Hockey League (NHL).

In Canada, the Official Languages Act comes into force, making the French language equal to the English language throughout the Federal government.

Elvis Presley appears on The Ed Sullivan Show for the first time.

A member of the Royal Household staff posts a notice on the gates of Buckingham Palace announcing the death of Queen Elizabeth II on September 8 at the age of 96. The monarch reigned for 70 years, 7 months and 2 days over the United Kingdom and some Commonwealth countries.

75th Venice International Film Festival: a Netflix film wins the Golden Lion for the first time with “Roma”.

Comedian Stephen Colbert debuts as the new host of CBS’s “The Late Show”.

“The Oprah Winfrey Show” is first broadcast nationally.

“Star Trek – Animated Series” premieres on TV

NBC-TV aired the first episode of “Star Trek” entitled “The Man Trap”. The show was canceled on September 2, 1969.

Beatles give two concerts at the Montreal Forum.

Nationwide release (US) of Alfred Hitchcock’s “Psycho” starring Anthony Perkins and Janet Leigh.

The Ernest Hemingway novel “The Old Man and the Sea” was published.

Richard Drew creates Scotch tape.

Philippe de Rigaud de Vaudreuil signs letters of capitulation surrendering Montreal and New France to Sir Jeffrey Amherst (picture) and Sir William Johnson.

Michelangelo’s David is unveiled in Florence.

El Salvador becomes the first country to adopt Bitcoin as legal tender.

US Open Women’s Tennis: Bianca Andreescu becomes first Canadian to win a Grand Slam singles title; stuns Serena Williams 6-2, 7-5.

Sacha Baron Cohen’s mockumentary “Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan” premieres at the Toronto Film Festival.

Rap artist Tupac Shakur shot multiple times in a drive by shooting in Las Vegas, dies 6 days later.

Guy Lafleur, Tony Esposito & Brad Park inducted in NHL Hall of Fame.

Desmond Tutu was the first black to be installed to lead the Anglican Church in southern Africa.

The Entertainment and Sports Programming Network (ESPN) makes its debut.

Two-building Pro Football Hall of Fame in Canton, Ohio is officially opened.

Maurice Duplessis dies of a heart attack.

London received its initial rain of bombs from Nazi Germany during World War II.

Interpol forms in Vienna.

In Atlantic City, New Jersey, the first Miss America Pageant, a two-day event, is held.

The nickname “Uncle Sam” was first used as a symbolic reference to the United States. The reference appeared in an editorial in the New York’s Troy Post.

Marguerite Bourgeoys arrives back in Montreal from France with Jeanne Mance and 62 men and 47 women settlers to found the Congregation of Notre Dame, the first religious order originating in Canada.