2014
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon premieres on NBC.
2011
Libyan protests begin.
1986
Canadian and Quebec delegations attend the first Francophone Summit – la francophonie.
1967
Beatles release “Penny Lane” & “Strawberry Fields”
1951
Detroit right wing Gordie Howe scores his 100th career NHL goal and adds an assist in a 2-1 Red Wings’ victory away to the Montreal Canadiens.
1936
The world’s first superhero, The Phantom, a cartoon strip by Lee Falk, makes his first appearance in comics.
1909
Geronimo dies in custody at about age 79; last Apache chief to surrender to US forces.
1904
Madama Butterfly receives its première at La Scala in Milan.
1867
First ship passes through the Suez Canal.
1859
Giuseppe Verdi’s opera “Un Ballo in maschera” premieres in Naples.
