2017
Tesla Motors produces its first mass-market car, the Model 3.
2011
“Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows part 2”, the last Harry Potter film, premieres in London.
1996
Nelson Mandela steps down as President of South Africa.
1990
First Three Tenors concert featuring Plácido Domingo, José Carreras and Luciano Pavarotti at Baths of Caracalla in Rome – recording of is world’s best-selling classical record.
1985
Boris Becker becomes the youngest player ever to win Wimbledon at age 17.
1969
House of Commons passes Trudeau’s Official Languages Act, declares French and English to be the official languages of Canada; makes French equal to English in federal institutions; eases francophone access to the federal public service.
1967
Beatles’ “All You Need is Love” is released.
1954
Elvis Presley makes his radio debut when WHBQ Memphis played his first recording for Sun Records, “That’s All Right. »
1947
The Roswell incident, the (supposed) crash of an alien spaceship near Roswell in New Mexico.
1865
Mary Surratt, Lewis Powell, David Herold and George Atzerodt are executed for their role in the conspiracy to assassinate US President Abraham Lincoln.
1534
Jacques Cartier trades furs with Micmac; first known exchange between Europeans and natives of the Gulf of St. Lawrence.
