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2016

A court orders that Bill Cosby stand trial in a sexual assault case in Norristown.

Premiere of the film “Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade,” directed by Steven Spielberg.

The Montreal Canadiens defeat the Calgary Flames, 4 games to 3, to win their 23rd Stanley Cup, a record for all professional sports in North America.

The song “Sugar, Sugar” by The Archies is released. It will be named Billboard Song of the Year.

Members of the FLQ set off a bomb at the U.S. consulate in Quebec City.

The first Major League Baseball night game is played in Cincinnati (Reds 2, Philadelphia 1).

The federal government grants Canadian women over the age of 21 the right to vote.

President Arthur and Governor Cleveland dedicate the Brooklyn Bridge.

Charles Gounod’s song “Ave Maria” is performed in public for the first time.

Samuel Morse sends the first telegraph message: “What God has wrought.”

William Logie becomes the first student to graduate with a medical degree in Canada. He was trained at McGill University in Montreal.

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