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2019

Simone Biles becomes the most decorated gymnast in history when she wins record 25th medal at the World Championships in Stuttgart, Germany.

2016

American singer-songwriter Bob Dylan is awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature.

2010

Copiapó mining accident in Chile comes to a happy end as all 33 miners arrive at the surface after surviving a record 69 days underground.

1997

Andy Green’s Jet-powered car reaches record 763.035 mph – 1227.985 km/h.

Bus carrying elderly daytrippers crashes into ravine in Les Eboulements, Quebec, killing 44.

1965

The Who recorded ‘My Generation’, at Pye studios, London.

1961

Jean Béliveau named Captain of the Montreal Canadiens hockey team.

1952

Gratien Gélinas premieres a film version of his ‘Ti-Coq’ stage character.

1884

Greenwich in London established as the universal time meridian of longitude.

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