1979
Premier/pres Ahmad Hassan al-Bakr of Iraq is succeeded by Saddam Hussein.
1969
Apollo 11 launched, carrying 1st men to land on Moon.
1965
Mont Blanc Road tunnel between France & Italy opens.
1950
The largest crowd in sporting history was 199,854. They watched the Uruguay defeat Brazil in the World Cup soccer finals in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
1945
The United States detonated the first atomic bomb in a test at Alamogordo, NM.
1880
Dr. Emily Howard Stowe the first woman licensed to practice medicine in Canada.
1790
The District of Columbia, or Washington, DC, was established as the permanent seat of the United States Government.
1647
Jean de Quen discovers Lac St-Jean and route leading into interior; later founds Saguenay missions.