2019
US financier Jeffrey Epstein indicted on further charges of sex trafficking of minors.
2011
Space Shuttle Atlantis is launched in the final mission of the U.S. Space Shuttle program.
2000
J.K. Rowling’s “Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire” was released in the U.S. It was the fourth Harry Potter book.
1996
British girls group the Spice Girls release their debut single “Wannabe” in the UK.
1969
The U.S. Patent Office issued a patent for the game “Twister.”
1889
The first issue of The Wall Street Journal is published.
1608
The first French settlement at Quebec was established by Samuel de Champlain.