2018
German ex-nurse Niels Högel admits in court to killing over 100 patients, making him one of the world’s worst serial killers.
US Pentagon sends 5,200 troops to Mexican border in advance of migrant caravan from Central America.
2012
Walt Disney purchases Lucasfilm Ltd and its rights for Star Wars and Indiana Jones for $4.05 billion.
1995
Quebec Referendum on sovereignty. The tally: Non 2,361,521 (50.6%), Oui 2,308,028 (49.4%); 93.2% of eligible voters go to the polls.
1974
Muhammad Ali KOs George Foreman in 8th round in Kinshasa Zaire (‘The Rumble in the Jungle’).
1973
The Bosphorus Bridge in Istanbul, Turkey is completed, connecting the continents of Europe and Asia over the Bosporus for the first time.
1968
Frank Sinatra recorded his version of the song My Way.
1940
Film premiere of “One Night in the Tropics” first film for Abbott and Costello Paterson New Jersey.
1938
Orson Welles’ “The War of the Worlds” aired on CBS radio. The belief that the realistic radio dramatization was a live news event about a Martian invasion caused panic among listeners.
1922
Benito Mussolini forms government in Italy.
1692
Founding of the Hôpital Général de Québec.
