2013
Justin Trudeau, son of long-serving Canadian Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau, is elected leader of the Liberal Party of Canada.
2010
Icelandic Volcano Eyjafjallajökull begins erupting from the top crater in the centre of the glacier
2003
The Human Genome Project is completed with 99% of the human genome sequenced to an accuracy of 99.99%.
2000
Metallica file a lawsuit against P2P sharing phenomenon Napster. This lawsuit eventually leads the movement against file-sharing programs.
1981
America’s first space shuttle, Columbia, returned to Earth after a three-day test flight. The shuttle orbited the Earth 36 times during the mission.
1956
In Chicago, Illinois, videotape is first demonstrated.
1944
Hydro-Québec founded by the Quebec Hydro-Electric Commission after the Duplessis government expropriates Montreal Light, Heat and Power Consolidated and its subsidiary, Beauharnois Light, Heat and Power Company; after public criticism of poor service and high rates.
1927
The first Volvo car premieres in Gothenburg, Sweden.
1912
The Atlantic passenger liner Titanic, on its maiden voyage hit an iceberg and began to sink. 1,517 people lost their lives and more than 700 survived.
1871
Canada sets denominations of currency as dollars, cents, & mills
1865
US President Abraham Lincoln is shot in the head by John Wilkes Booth at Ford’s Theater in Washington; he dies a day later.
