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2019

First home delivery service by drone begins in Canberra, Australia by Wing, part of Google’s Alphabet company.

First-ever photo of a black hole announced, taken by The Event Horizon Telescope Collaboration in 2017 in galaxy M87, 6.5 billion times the mass of earth, 55 million light-years away.

1993

Pittsburgh Penguins win their NHL record 17 game winning streak.

1970

Paul McCartney officially announces the split of The Beatles.

1953

Warner Bros. released « House of Wax. » It was the first 3-D movie to be released by a major Hollywood studio.

1937

Act of Parliament creates Trans-Canada Airlines, now Air Canada; company will have two passenger planes and a biplane by September launch.

1925

F. Scott Fitzgerald published « The Great Gatsby » for the first time.

1916

The Professional Golfers Association (PGA) held its first championship tournament.

1912

White Star liner Titanic leaves Queenstown for NY; to pass the coast of Newfoundland in four days.

1815

Mount Tambora in the Dutch East Indies experiences a cataclysmic eruption, one of the most powerful in history, killing around 71,000 people, causes global volcanic winter.