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2021

Tom Brady becomes the first player in NFL history to start 300 regular-season games. He leads the Tampa Bay Buccaneers to a 31-29 home victory over the Dallas Cowboys.

2019

Australia experiences its earliest and most severe bushfire season as wildfires ravage Queensland and New South Wales.

2015

Queen Elizabeth II becomes the longest-reigning monarch in British history, surpassing her great-great-grandmother, Queen Victoria (63 years and 7 months).

1999

Sega launches its Dreamcast video game console.

1984

Pope John Paul II arrives in Quebec City for a 12-day visit to Canada. His itinerary includes stops in Trois-Rivières, Montreal, Saint John, Moncton, Halifax, Toronto, Winnipeg, Edmonton, Vancouver, and Ottawa-Hull.