It happened on a… October 8

Ottawa Senators 1st NHL game.

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

Canadien Guy Lafleur scores his first NHL goal.

John Lennon recorded the single “Imagine”.

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

Jerry Lee Lewis recorded “Great Balls of Fire”.

Microwave oven patented.

“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.

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