2018
Physicist Stephen Hawking’s ashes are interred in Westminster Abbey, London, between the remains of Isaac Newton and Charles Darwin.
2012
2003
NBA Draft: St. Vincent–St. Mary HS (Akron, Ohio) small forward LeBron James first pick by Cleveland Cavaliers
1991
Birth of the first federal political party in Canada that supports Quebec nationalism, le Bloc Québécois.
1965
Bob Dylan records single “Like a Rolling Stone”.
1951
Fire kills 35 elderly persons at l’Hospice Ste-Cunégond.
1902
Canada’s Maritime Provinces switch from Eastern to Atlantic time.
1878
World’s first moving pictures caught on camera (used 12 cameras, each taking 1 picture) done to see if all 4 of a horse’s hooves leave the ground.