2020
Kamala Harris makes US history as the 1st woman and 1st woman of color to be elected to the vice presidency (date election called)
2018
CNN correspondent Jim Acosta’s White House clearance revoked after continuing to question President Donald Trump.
2017
Louvre Abu Dhabi is inaugurated, largest art museum on Arabian peninsula.
2016
Republican Donald Trump is elected President of the United States of America, defeating democrat Hillary Clinton, who received 2.9 million more votes
1999
Tenor Andrea Bocelli releases his “Sacred Arias” album, the world’s best-selling classical album by a single artist.
1993
Céline Dion announces her engagement to René Angélil, who had managed her career since January, 1981.
1988
George H. W. Bush is elected President of the United States, defeating Democrat candidate Michael Dukakis.
1965
“Days of Our Lives” premieres on TV.
1960
John F. Kennedy is elected President of the United States, defeating Republican candidate Richard Nixon who was the incumbent Vice President.
1946
Jean-Paul Sartre’s “La Putain Respecteuse” premieres in Paris.
1942
Canadiens’ Maurice Richard scores his first goal in his 3rd NHL game.
1935
“Mutiny on the Bounty” directed by Frank Lloyd and starring Charles Laughton and Clark Gable premieres in New York (Best Production/Picture 1936).
1923
Adolf Hitler made his first attempt at seizing power in Germany with a failed coup in Munich that came to be known as the “Beer-Hall Putsch.”
1917
Canada’s daily newspapers found a co-operative cross-Canada news gathering service called the Canadian Press – CP.
1895
German physicist Wilhelm Röntgen produces and detects electromagnetic radiation in a wavelength range today known as X-rays or Röntgen rays.
1864
Abraham Lincoln (R) elected to his 2nd term as American President.
1838
Victor Hugo’s “Ruy Blas” premieres in Paris
1793
The Louvre Museum, in Paris, opened to the public for the first time.
1731
In Philadelphia, Benjamin Franklin opens 1st library in the north American colonies.