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It happened on a… June 16

2018

World Cup: Video Assistant Referee (VAR) technology is used for the first time, awarding France a penalty in 2-1 win over Australia in Kazan

2010

Bhutan becomes the first country to institute a total ban on tobacco.

1980

Musical comedy film “The Blues Brothers” starring Dan Aykroyd and John Belushi, and directed by John Landis, premieres in Chicago

1978

The film adaptation of “Grease” premiered in New York City.

1960

“Psycho”, psychological horror film directed by Alfred Hitchcock, starring Janet Leigh, Anthony Perkins, and Vera Miles, opens in New York City.

1911

IBM founded as the Computing-Tabulating-Recording Company in Endicott, New York.

1903

Pepsi Cola company forms

Ford Motor Company was incorporated.

1659

François de Laval 1623-1688 arrives in Canada as Vicar Apostolic of New France; becomes first Bishop of Quebec in 1674.

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