2018
Atlanta Falcons quarterback Matt Ryan becomes NFL’s first $30m per season player after agreeing to $150m contract extension.
2002
“Spider-Man”, starring Tobey Maguire as Peter Parker/Spider-Man and Willem Dafoe as Norman Osborn/The Green Goblin, premieres.
1997
Garry Kasparov begins chess match with IBM supercomputer Deep Blue.
1979
After the general election, Margaret Thatcher forms her first government as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom.
1978
The first unsolicited bulk commercial e-mail (which would later become known as “spam”) is sent by a Digital Equipment Corporation marketing representative to every ARPANET address on the west coast of the United States.
1973
The 108-story Sears Tower in Chicago is topped out at 1,451 feet as the world’s tallest building.
1959
Beatification of Mother Marguerite d’Youville, founder of the Sisters of Charity; first Canadian to be beatified; canonized by Pope John Paul Dec. 9, 1990.
1936
NY Yankee Joe DiMaggio (far left) makes his major-league debut, gets 3 hits.
1922
Creation of radio station CKAC, the first in Quebec; starts broadcasting officially in October.