2018
NASA launches the Parker Space Probe, its first mission to the Sun and its outermost atmosphere, the corona.
1994
Major League Baseball players go on strike. This will force the cancellation of the 1994 World Series. Montreal Expos are having their best season to date, with 74 wins and 40 losses.
1992
The U.S., Canada, and Mexico announced that the North American Free Trade Agreement had been created after 14 months of negotiations.
1981
IBM unveiled its first PC.
1941
French Marshal Philippe Petain gives full support to Nazi Germany.
1908
Henry Ford’s company builds the first Model T car.
1898
Hawaii is formally annexed to US.
1877
Thomas Edison invented the phonograph and made the first sound recording.
1833
The town of Chicago is incorporated (population 350).
1638
Start of construction of the Hôtel-Dieu hospital at Quebec.