2021
AirCar, prototype flying car capable of flying 1,000km (600 miles), at height of 8,200ft (2,500m), completes 35 min test flight between Nitra and Bratislava airports in Slovakia.

2011
Christine Lagarde becomes the 1st women to be elected head of the International Monetary Fund (IMF).

2003
“Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl”, directed by Gore Verbinski, starring Johnny Depp, Keira Knightley and Orlando Bloom, premieres at Disneyland.

1988
Canadian Parliament passes law banning tobacco advertising.

1982
Prince Charles and Diana, Princess of Wales, name their baby “William”.

1981
Terry Fox dies at age 22; one-legged runner of Marathon of Hope loses battle to lung cancer in a Vancouver hospital;

1964
Malcolm X founded the Organization for Afro American Unity to seek independence for blacks in the Western Hemisphere.

1926
Mercedes-Benz is formed by Gottlieb Daimler and Karl Benz merging their two companies.

1919
The Treaty of Versailles was signed ending World War I exactly five years after it began. The treaty also established the League of Nations.

1838
Coronation of Queen Victoria in Westminster Abbey, London.

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