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2009

Usain Bolt of Jamaica sets a new world record in the 100-meter dash, clocking 9.58 seconds, at the World Athletics Championships in Berlin.

Bon Jovi releases its third album, Slippery When Wet. It becomes the best-selling album of the year.

Peter Gabriel leaves the band Genesis.

The punk band The Ramones plays its very first concert at a New York club, CBGB.

Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young play their first concert (Auditorium Theater, Chicago).

Ringo Starr replaces Pete Best as the Beatles’ drummer. His first concert with the band will take place two years later.

The first issue of Sports Illustrated magazine is published.

The first British Empire Games are held in Hamilton, Ontario. The event would later be renamed the Commonwealth Games.

First discovery of gold in the Klondike, at Bonanza Creek, Alaska, by George Carmack.

The Bank of Canada is established.

Construction of the Rideau Canal begins in Ottawa.

It happened on… August 16