2022
On January 29, hundreds of truckers converge in Ottawa. The Canadian capital is the meeting place for thousands of demonstrators who showed up to express their dissatisfaction with the health measures, against the COVID-19 vaccines or their dissatisfaction with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and his government.
2018
Marvel film “Black Panther” directed by Ryan Coogler and starring Chadwick Boseman premieres in Los Angeles
David Beckham launches a Major League Soccer team in Miami.
2017
Attack on mosque in Quebec kills 6 and injures 17, shooter is French-Canadian student
2007
Ken Dryden’s #29 jersey is retired by the Montreal Canadiens.
1996
Lucien Bouchard sworn in as Premier of Quebec; former Bloc Quebecois Leader replaces Jacques Parizeau.
1964
IX Winter Olympic Games open in Innsbruck, Austria
1963
The first members to the NFL’s Hall of Fame were named in Canton, OH.
1959
Walt Disney’s “Sleeping Beauty” released
1936
The first members of major league baseball’s Hall of Fame were named in Cooperstown, NY.
1920
Walt Disney starts work as an artist with KC Slide Co for $40 a week.
1916
In World War I, Paris was bombed by German zeppelins for the first time.
1892
The Coca-Cola Company is incorporated in Atlanta, Georgia.
1829
Opening of McGill University in Montreal; built with legacy from fur trader James McGill.
