It happened on a… October 8

2015

Actress and singer Selena Gomez reveals she has Lupus.

1992

Ottawa Senators 1st NHL game.

1978

Gilles Villeneuve wins his first Formula 1 race at the Montreal Grand Prix.

1975

Canadien Guy Lafleur scores his first NHL goal.

1971

John Lennon recorded the single “Imagine”.

1967

Guerrilla leader Che Guevara and his men are captured in Bolivia..

1957

Jerry Lee Lewis recorded “Great Balls of Fire”.

1945

Microwave oven patented.

1927

“The Second Hundred Years” silent short film released starring Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy – 1st Laurel and Hardy film with them appearing as a team.

1643

Jeanne Mance opens the Hôtel Dieu, Montreal’s first hospital and the first lay hospital in North America.