2011
Beginning of the Syrian civil war.
1985
The first Internet domain name, symbolics.com is registered.
1977
TV comedy “Three’s Company” starring Jack Ritter, Suzanne Somers and Joyce DeWitt premieres on ABC.
1972
“The Godfather”, directed by Francis Ford Coppola and starring Marlon Brando and Al Pacino, premieres in NYC (Academy Awards Best Picture 1973).
1970
Expo ’70 opens in Osaka, Japan.
1964
Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton marry for the first time, in a civil ceremony in the Queen Elizabeth Hotel (Montreal, Quebec); her fifth marriage, his second.
1938
Oil was discovered in Saudi Arabia.
1917
Nicholas II, the last Russian Tsar abdicates and nominates his brother Grand Duke Michael to succeed him.
1912
Pitcher Cy Young retires from baseball with 511 wins.
1906
Britons Rolls, Royce & Johnson form Rolls Royce Ltd
1827
University of Toronto is chartered.
1603
Samuel de Champlain c1570-1635 leaves Honfleur with Gravé du Pont and Pierre de Monts on de Chaste’s ship ‘Bonne Renommé’; his first major voyage to Canada.
