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2012

The USADA claims to have stripped Lance Armstrong of his seven Tour de France titles.

2009

Cristiano Ronaldo makes his debut with Real Madrid, scoring a goal in a 3-2 victory over Deportivo La Coruña.

2005

Hurricane Katrina (Category 3) makes landfall, devastating Louisiana and Florida. More than 1,836 people lose their lives. The damage is estimated at 115 billion U.S. dollars.

1997

Netflix is founded by Marc Randolph and Reed Hastings in Scotts Valley, California. It is an online DVD rental service.

1994

Hockey player Mario Lemieux announces that he will take a full season off (1994–95) after battling an illness.

1966

The Beatles’ final concert at Candlestick Park in San Francisco.

1958

George Harrison joins The Quarrymen (John Lennon, Paul McCartney, Peter Best, and Stuart Sutcliffe).

1944

15,000 American soldiers march down the Champs-Élysées in Paris to celebrate the Allies’ liberation of France from the Nazis.

1907

A section of the Quebec Bridge collapses into the St. Lawrence River during construction. 65 workers lose their lives.

1898

The Goodyear Company is founded.

1883

The Salvation Army establishes itself in Canada, in London, Ontario.

1844

Mohawk Native Americans win the first lacrosse game played against white people in Montreal.

It happened on… August 29

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