2016
San Francisco 49ers Colin Kaepernick kneels in protest during the US national anthem at San Diego’s Qualcomm Stadium while playing against the San Diego Chargers, objecting to racial injustice and police brutality in the US.
2014
Burger King agrees to purchase Canadian donut chain Tim Hortons for $11.4 billion.
1978
Papal conclave: Pope John Paul I is elected to the Papacy.
1977
Quebec government adopts Bill 101 (La Charte de la langue française); French becomes the official language of Quebec.
1972
XX Summer Olympic Games open in Munich, West Germany.
1971
Bobby Orr signs a five-year contract with the Boston Bruins worth one million dollars, the first million dollar contract in NHL history.
1968
“Hey Jude” single released by the Beatles (Billboard Song of the Year 1968, Billboard 10th biggest song of all time 2013).
1961
The International Hockey Hall of Fame in Toronto opened.
1959
British Motor Corporation introduces the Morris Mini-Minor, designed by Alec Issigonis, it was only 10 ft long but seated 4 passengers.
1945
The Japanese were given surrender instructions on the U.S. battleship Missouri at the end of World War II.
1938
Montreal Maroons hockey team dropped from the NHL due to financial troubles.
1843
Charles Thurber patents a typewriter.