Category: BuzzNews (anglais)

SpaceX Dragon capsule carrying NASA astronauts Doug Hurley and Bob Behnken splashes down in the Gulf of Mexico, 1st commercial crewed mission.

Singer songwriter Ed Sheeran’s Divide tour becomes the most attended and highest grossing tour of all time overtaking U2 after 893 days on the road.

Apple becomes the first American public listed company to reach $1 trillion in value

New crypto-currency Bitcoin Cash is created via a hard-fork of Bitcoin’s blockchain technology and brand.

“Breaking Dawn”, 4th book in Stephenie Meyer’s “Twilight Saga” is published by Little Brown at midnight with a print run of 3.7 million copies.

Iraq invades Kuwait, eventually leading to the Gulf War.

The Beatles 1st gig as house band of Liverpool’s Cavern Club.

Albert Einstein and Leó Szilárd write a letter to Franklin D. Roosevelt, urging him to begin the Manhattan Project to develop a nuclear weapon.

Adolf Hitler becomes commander-in-chief of German armed forces.

The first general strike in Canadian history takes place in Vancouver.

Charles A. Wheeler patented the first escalator.

Tower Subway, the world’s first underground tube railway, opens in London, England, United Kingdom.

Swedish crown jewels stolen in heist from Strängnäs Cathedral, Stockholm.

Stieg Larsson’s novel “The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo” (first of the Millennium series) is published posthumously in Sweden.

Petronas Towers officially opened in Kuala Lumpur.

George R.R. Martin publishes the epic fantasy novel “A Game of Thrones”, the first in his series “A Song of Ice and Fire”.

Mike Tyson outpoints Tony Tucker in 12 in a heavyweight boxing unification matchup in Las Vegas, first to own all 3 major belts WBA, WBC and IBF at the same time.

MTV begins broadcasting in the United States and airs its first video, “Video Killed the Radio Star” by The Buggles.

XXI Summer Olympic Games, Montreal, Canada: Officially close.

Aretha Franklins 1st recording session

US and Canada create North American Air Defense Command (NORAD).

The first Jeep is produced.

Adolf Hitler presided over the Olympic games as they opened in Berlin.

The 1st Michelin Guide is published by the brothers Édouard and André Michelin as a hotel and restaurant reference guide to encourage more road travel and thus boost tire sales (exact date beyond Aug 1900 unknown).

London Bridge opens to traffic.

France becomes 1st country to use the metric system.

First issue of The Quebec Magazine; first in Canada.

English chemist Joseph Priestley discovers oxygen.

Marie de l’Incarnation Guyart arrives in Quebec to found a convent and hospital of Ursuline nuns (Sisters of the Hôtel-Dieu) in the Lower Town of Quebec; first hospital in North America.

The first black Americans (20) arrived at Jamestown, VA.

Christopher Columbus lands on “Isla Santa” (Venezuela).

Facebook discloses and removes Russian-linked network of sites attempting to interfere in American politics.

Michael Phelps breaks the record set in 1964 by Larisa Latynina for the greatest number of medals won at the Olympics. As of February 2014, Michael Phelps has won the most Olympic medals with 22 (18 gold, 2 silver, 2 bronze).

Fidel Castro hands over power to brother Raúl Castro.

Hurricane Allen forms in the Atlantic Ocean, will go on to become the strongest hurricane ever recorded in the Atlantic Basin with winds of 190mph (305km/h).

Men rode in a vehicle on the moon for the first time in a lunar rover vehicle (LRV).

Rolling Stone Mick Jagger and Keith Richards end 1 month jail sentence.

Opening of Quebec-Labrador iron ore project.

Enzo Ferrari retired from racing. In 1950 he launched a series of cars under his name.

NASA launches to Mars its Perseverance rover and Ingenuity helicopter aboard a V 541 rocket from Cape Canaveral, Florida.

In Mexico, the last ‘old style’ Volkswagon Beetle rolled off an assembly line.

Heavy metal band Metallica release their single “Enter Sandman”.

The first Saturn automobile rolls off the assembly line.

Soap Opera “Santa Barbara” premieres on NBC TV.

Quebec National Assembly passes Bill 22, making French the province’s official language, and setting up la Régie de la Langue Française.

US Apollo 15 (Scott & Irwin) lands on Mare Imbrium on the Moon.

The Trans-Canada Highway, the largest national highway in the world, is officially opened.

X Summer Olympic Games open in Los Angeles, USA.

Walt Disney’s “Flowers and Trees” premiered. It was the first Academy Award winning cartoon and first cartoon short to use Technicolor.

In Montevideo, Uruguay wins the first FIFA World Cup.

French chemist Eugène Schueller founds L’Oréal with his new range of hair dyes.