It happened on… August 14 — Saviez-vous Que? — Tous les jours, découvrez de nouvelles infos pour briller en société !

2018

The Morandi Bridge in Genoa, Italy, collapsed, sweeping away 30 vehicles and killing 43 people.

2016

Jamaican sprinter Usain Bolt wins the 100-meter dash at the Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro with a time of 9.81 seconds. He becomes the first athlete to win this event three times.

1968

Montreal is granted a Major League Baseball franchise. This marks the birth of the Montreal Expos.

1958

The first Canadian football game is played between the Winnipeg Blue Bombers and the Edmonton Eskimos.

1945

Victory Day: Japan surrenders unconditionally, bringing World War II to an end.

1943

Opening of the Quebec Conference, attended by Mackenzie King, Winston Churchill, and Franklin Roosevelt, to discuss the Allied invasion of Italy and Europe.