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2021

The highest temperature ever recorded in Canada was 46.6°C (116°F) in Lytton, British Columbia (the record would be broken two days later with a temperature of 49.6°C).

2017

Facebook announced that it had reached 2 billion monthly active users.

1994

The band Aerosmith becomes the first major artist to let its fans download a song from the Internet.

1986

Wayne Gretzky of the Edmonton Oilers wins the Hart Trophy for the seventh consecutive year, awarded to the NHL’s most valuable player.

1973

Actor Roger Moore plays James Bond for the first time in the film “Live & Let Die,” the eighth installment in the series.

1972

Bobby Hull signs a 10-year, $2.5 million contract as a player-coach with the Winnipeg Jets of the World Hockey Association.

1967

The very first ATM is put into service in London by Barclays Bank.

1897

The Lumière brothers hold the first film screening in Montreal, at the Palace Theater on Saint-Laurent Boulevard.

1759

General James Wolf begins the siege of Quebec, which will last 75 days.

It happened on… June 27

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