Category: BuzzNews (anglais)

Ariana Grande headlines benefit concert for victims of her Manchester concert bombing, also featuring Coldplay, Miley Cyrus, Justin Bieber, and Katy Perry.

Canadian singer Avril Lavigne releases debut album, “Let Go”.

Tiananmen Square Massacre: Chinese troops clear the square of student protesters, unofficial figures place death toll near 1,000

“Born in the USA” 7th studio album by Bruce Springsteen is released

Joe Clark (39) is sworn in as the youngest Prime Minister in Canadian history.

The record label Capitol Record Co opens for business (The Beach Boys, The Beatles, Bee Gees, Garth Brooks, Neil Diamond, and so on.)

British complete the “Miracle of Dunkirk” by evacuating 338,226 allied troops from France via a flotilla of over 800 vessels including Royal Navy destroyers, merchant marine boats, fishing boats, pleasure craft and even lifeboats

The first shopping cart was introduced by Sylvan Goldman in Oklahoma City, OK. It was actually a folding chair that had been mounted on wheels.

1st Ryder Cup Golf, Worcester CC: US beats Great Britain, 9½-2½; Walter Hagen first American captain; Ted Ray first GB skipper

1st Pulitzer prize awarded to Laura E. Richards and Maud Howe Elliott for “Julia Ward Howe”.

Henry Ford made a successful test drive of his new car in Detroit, MI. He called the vehicle was called a “Quadricycle.”

Pasteur Institute founded by French biologist Louis Pasteur in Paris.

First baseball-type game in Canada played at Beachville, Upper Canada.

The Montgolfier brothers publicly demonstrate their montgolfière (hot air balloon).

Prince Edward Island sighted by Jacques Cartier.

Roquefort cheese created in a cave near Roquefort, France.

Canadian government inquiry find deaths of over 1,000 indigenous women and girls over decades who have been murdered or are missing a “national genocide”.

Jay-Z named the world’s first billionaire rapper by Forbes magazine.

Guatemala’s Fuego volcano erupts killing at least 110, with 332 missing and forcing the evacuation of over 3,100.

Dr. Jesse Selber performs the world’s first partial-skull and scalp transplant at Houston Methodist Hospital.

Lorde releases her debut single “Royals” (2014 Grammy Song of the Year).

TV drama “Six Feet Under” created by Alan Ball, starring Peter Krause, Michael C. Hall and Frances Conroy premieres on HBO.

Beginning of the Tiananmen Square Massacre as Chinese troops open fire on pro-democracy supporters in Beijing.

Official opening of SkyDome, Toronto’s $500 million domed stadium; 50,000 baseball fans soaked by rain when retractable roof opens.

“Larry King Live” debuts on CNN.

The Duke of Windsor, who had abdicated the British throne, married Wallis Warfield Simpson.

The transcontinental Canadian Pacific Railway is completed.

Cullen Whipple patented the screw machine.

The New York Knickerbockers became the first baseball team to wear uniforms.

Queen Elizabeth II stands on the balcony of Buckingham Palace, surrounded by her successors to the throne, during the Trooping the Colour parade in London. This event marks the diamond jubilee of the sovereign, 70 years of reign.

FIFA President Sepp Blatter announces his resignation, 5 days after his re-election, amid FIFA’s involvement in a bribery scandal.

The former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak is sentenced to life imprisonment for his role in the killing of demonstrators during the 2011 Egyptian revolution.

Ken Jennings begins his 74-game winning streak on the syndicated game show Jeopardy!.

Pope John Paul II arrived in his native Poland on the first visit by a pope to a Communist country.

The National Arts Center in Canada opened its doors to the public.

Elizabeth was crowned queen of England at Westminster Abbey.

George Herman “Babe” Ruth announced that he was retiring from baseball.

Kraft rolls out Velveeta cheese.

Construction begins on Clay St (San Francisco) for world’s 1st cable railroad.

Mexican-American boxer Andy Ruiz Jr produces a huge upset when he stops English champion Anthony Joshua in 7 at Madison Square Garden; wins IBF, WBO, IBO and WBA world heavyweight titles.

US President Donald Trump announces the US is withdrawing from the Paris Climate Agreement.

Switzerland’s Gotthard Base Tunnel is completed – world’s longest at 57km and most expensive tunnel costing €11bn.

General Motors filed for Chapter 11 Bankruptcy. The filing made GM the largest U.S. industrial company to enter bankruptcy protection.

Cable News Network (CNN) begins broadcasting.

Ronnie Wood replaces Mick Taylor as Rolling Stone guitarist.

Paul McCartney & Wings release “Live & Let Die”.

Siesta was abolished by the government of Mexico.

The first pay telephone service in the world is installed in New Haven, Connecticut.

Quebec is the first Province of Canada coins minted: pennies, nickels, dimes and 20 cent pieces.

Charles Baudelaire’s Les Fleurs du Mal (The Flowers of Evil) is published.

First written record of Scotch Whisky appears in Exchequer Rolls of Scotland, Friar John Cor is the distiller.

China’s ruling Communist Party announces it will allow married couples to have three children, in effort to boost falling birthrates.

Psy’s “Gangnam Style” becomes the first video to reach 2 billion views on YouTube.

British children’s cartoon “Peppa Pig” created by Astley Baker Davies premieres.

“Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban”, the 3rd film based on the books by J. K. Rowling is released.

John Lennon and Yoko Ono record “Give Peace a Chance”.

The first talking Mickey Mouse cartoon, “The Karnival Kid”, is released.

Battle of Jutland: Largest naval battle of World War I between the British Grand Fleet and the German High Seas Fleet which killed 8,645.

Dr. John Harvey Kellogg patented “flaked cereal.”

1st electric railway opens at Berlin Trades Exposition.

E.J. DeSemdt patented asphalt.

In London, Big Ben went into operation.

SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket launches carrying the Dragon capsule from Cape Canaveral to the International Space Station. First private company to launch astronauts into space.

Nigeria passes a law banning same-sex marriage.

“Finding Nemo”, directed by Andrew Stanton and starring Albert Brooks and Ellen DeGeneres is released.

Former Montreal Canadiens goaltender Ken Dryden becomes president of NHL’s Toronto Maple Leafs.

Barry Bonds makes his MLB debut for the Pittsburgh Pirates.

Robert “Evel” Knievel’s motorcycle jumps 16 automobiles in Gardena, California.

Babe Ruth’s final game, goes hitless for Braves against Phillies.

At the Indianapolis Motor Speedway, the first Indianapolis 500 ends with Ray Harroun in his Marmon Wasp becoming the first winner of the 500-mile auto race.

The Rideau Canal in eastern Ontario is opened.

Publication of La Gazette, the first French newspaper.

Hundred Years’ War: in Rouen, France, the 19-year-old Joan of Arc is burned at the stake by an English-dominated tribunal.