Category: BuzzNews (anglais)

12 new moons discovered orbiting Jupiter bringing planet’s moon total to 79, by scientists at Carnegie Institution for Science.

Martha Stewart is sentenced to five months in prison plus five months in home confinement for lying to federal investigators.

John F. Kennedy Jr., his wife Carolyn Bessette Kennedy and sister-in-law Lauren Bessette are killed in a plane crash off the coast of Martha’s Vineyard. The Piper Saratoga aircraft was piloted by Kennedy.

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.

FIFA World Cup Final: Former captain Didier Deschamps becomes only the 3rd man to win the event as a player and coach as France beats Croatia, 4-2.

“Stranger Things” debuts on Netflix created by the Duffer Brothers, starring Winona Ryder, David Harbour, Finn Wolfhard and Millie Bobby Brown.

“Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince” was released in theatres in the U.S. It was the sixth movie in the series.

Twitter is launched, becoming one of the largest social media platforms in the world.

Donatella Versace launches her first couture collection for her brother’s Versace label, a year after his murder.

“Die Hard” directed by John McTiernan and starring Bruce Willis and Alan Rickman is released in the US.

Nude photos of Madonna taken in 1977 appeared in this months Playboy and Penthouse Magazines.

“Honky Chateau” becomes Elton John’s first No. 1 album in the US, includes hit “Rocket Man”.

The spacecraft Mariner IV sent back the first close-up pictures of the planet Mars.

1st commercial jet transport plane built in US tested (Boeing 707).

In Seattle, WA, Pacific Aero Products was incorporated by William Boeing. The company was later renamed Boeing Co.

Manitoba becomes 5th Canadian province and NW Territories created.

“The Dark Knight” directed by Christopher Nolan, starring Christian Bale and Heath Ledger, premieres in New York.

Mario Bros. is first released by Nintendo in Japan as an arcade game about an Italian-American plumber.

“Easy Rider”, directed by Dennis Hopper, starring himself, Peter Fonda and Jack Nicholson, is released.

Canadian National Railways opens Central Station in Montreal.

Robert H. Goddard patented liquid rocket-fuel.

Billy the Kid is shot and killed by Pat Garrett outside Fort Sumner.

Alvin J. Fellows patented the tape measure.

French Revolution began with Parisians stormed the Bastille prison and released the seven prisoners inside.

Johnson & Johnson ordered to pay record $4.7 billion in damages in talc cancer case by jury in US state of Missouri.

Theresa May is elected Prime Minister of the United Kingdom by Conservative Party MPs.

Duran Duran became the first artists to have a No.1 with a James Bond theme when ‘A View To A Kill’, went to the top of the charts.

The Live Aid benefit concert takes place in London, England, United Kingdom and Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, as well as other venues such as Sydney, Australia and Moscow, Russia, Soviet Union.

Montreal Expos host first All-Star Game played outside the US; the National League defeats the American League 4-1, winning for the 11th consecutive year.

US Democratic convention nominates John F. Kennedy as presidential candidate.

Frank Sinatra makes his recording debut, “Our Love”.

1st-ever football World Cup competition begins in Uruguay.

The Hollywood Sign is officially dedicated in the hills above Hollywood, Los Angeles, California.

Opening of fourth modern Olympic games in London; some Canadian athletes attend; women compete in modern Olympic events for the first time.

The first high-resolution images from the James Webb Space Telescope are released. This landscape is the edge of NGC 3324, a young star-forming region in the Carina Nebula.

Sandra Oh is the first woman to be nominated for an Emmy award in a leading role for “Killing Eve”.

The movie “X-Men” premiered in New York.

FIFA World Cup Final, Stade de France, Saint-Denis: Zinadine Zidane scores twice as France wins first World Cup beating Brazil, 3-0.

1st “Family Feud” game show debuts on ABC hosted by Richard Dawson.

The Rolling Stones perform their first concert, at the Marquee Club in London, England, United Kingdom.

The Major League Baseball Players Association was organized in Cleveland, OH.

Canada’s first railway, the Champlain and St. Lawrence, starts service between Laprairie and St-Jean on the Richelieu.

James Wolfe orders cannon to start firing on Quebec from heights of Lévis.

Billionaire Richard Branson flies to the edge of space on his Virgin Galactic rocket plane in space tourism test.

Last models of Volkswagen’s Beetle car are produced in Pueblo, Mexico, ending production worldwide after 80 years.

Mexican drug lord Joaquín “El Chapo” Guzmán escapes from Altiplano maximum-security prison west of Mexico City via a specially constructed 1.5 km tunnel from his cell to a nearby house.

Corporal Marcel Lemay, a 31 year old constable, killed during gun battle as 100 members of La Sûreté du Québec attack Mohawk barricades, put up in March to block expansion of a golf course on land they claim was never signed away.

David Bowie releases the single “Space Oddity” 9 days before Apollo 11 lands on the moon.

Project Apollo: At a press conference, NASA announces lunar orbit rendezvous as the means to land astronauts on the Moon, and return them to Earth.

Babe Ruth debuted in the major leagues with the Boston Red Sox.

Founding of the Canadian Professional Golfers Association.

Brothers Auguste and Louis Lumière demonstrate movie film technology to scientists.

Halifax, Nova Scotia, is almost completely destroyed by fire.