2019
Chinese President Xi Jinping meets Kim Jong-un in Pyongyang, the first Chinese president to visit North Korea in 14 years
2003
The Wikimedia Foundation is founded in St. Petersburg, Florida.
1994
Former NFL running back, broadcaster and actor O.J. Simpson arraigned on murder of Nicole Simpson & Ronald Goldman.
1985
Premier René Lévesque announces he will resign as leader of the Parti Quebecois
1980
Panamanian boxer Roberto Durán takes WBC welterweight title from Sugar Ray Leonard at Olympic Stadium in Montreal by unanimous points decision.
1975
“Jaws”, directed by Steven Spielberg and starring Roy Scheider is released.
1963
The United States and Soviet Union signed an agreement to set up a hot line communication link between the two countries.
1944
Nazis begin mass extermination of Jews at Auschwitz.
1840
Samuel Morse patents his telegraph.
1837
Queen Victoria succeeds to the British throne.
1214
The University of Oxford, England, receives its charter.