2021
El Salvador becomes the first country to adopt Bitcoin as legal tender.
2019
US Open Women’s Tennis: Bianca Andreescu becomes first Canadian to win a Grand Slam singles title; stuns Serena Williams 6-2, 7-5.
2006
Sacha Baron Cohen’s mockumentary “Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan” premieres at the Toronto Film Festival.
1996
Rap artist Tupac Shakur shot multiple times in a drive by shooting in Las Vegas, dies 6 days later.
1988
Guy Lafleur, Tony Esposito & Brad Park inducted in NHL Hall of Fame.
1986
Desmond Tutu was the first black to be installed to lead the Anglican Church in southern Africa.
1979
The Entertainment and Sports Programming Network (ESPN) makes its debut.
1963
Two-building Pro Football Hall of Fame in Canton, Ohio is officially opened.
1959
Maurice Duplessis dies of a heart attack.
1940
London received its initial rain of bombs from Nazi Germany during World War II.
1923
Interpol forms in Vienna.
1921
In Atlantic City, New Jersey, the first Miss America Pageant, a two-day event, is held.
1813
The nickname “Uncle Sam” was first used as a symbolic reference to the United States. The reference appeared in an editorial in the New York’s Troy Post.
1659
Marguerite Bourgeoys arrives back in Montreal from France with Jeanne Mance and 62 men and 47 women settlers to found the Congregation of Notre Dame, the first religious order originating in Canada.