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2018

The Italian city of Florence has banned people from eating on the streets in its historic center.

Mother Teresa is canonized by Pope Francis at the Vatican.

Pauline Marois becomes Quebec’s first female premier.

Google is founded by Larry Page and Sergey Brin, two students at Stanford University.

Hockey player Gordie Howe, age 69, plays for the Detroit Vipers of the IHL. He becomes the first professional to play in six consecutive decades.

American swimmer Mark Spitz wins his seventh gold medal at the Munich Olympics, a first in history.

The sitcom “Gilligan’s Island” premieres on CBS. A total of 98 episodes will air.

Ford Motor Company launches the Edsel. The car was so unpopular that it was sold for only two years.

The first NASCAR race on a superspeedway, the Southern 500, is held at Darlington Raceway. Johnny Mantz wins behind the wheel of a Plymouth.

English author Beatrix Potter writes her first story about Peter Rabbit for a five-year-old boy.

George Eastman invents the first motion picture film and registers the Kodak trademark.

Apache Chief Geronimo surrenders, bringing an end to the last Great War between whites and Native Americans in the United States.

It happened on… September 4