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2018

Comedian Bill Cosby is sentenced to three 10-year prison terms for sexual assault in 2004. He is the first celebrity to fall from grace in the wake of the #MeToo movement.

2016

The world’s largest radio telescope, with a diameter of 500 meters, begins operations in Guizhou Province, China.

1976

Bono, David Evans, his brother Dik, and Adam Clayton respond to an ad placed by Larry Mullen Jr. to form a rock band. U2 is born.

The Montreal Expos play their final game at Jarry Park. They will move to Olympic Stadium.

1975

Pink Floyd’s album Wish You Were Here reached number one in the U.S. It would go on to sell 13 million copies.

1974

Scientists announce for the first time that Freon gas in aerosol cans is destroying the ozone layer.

1960

Jean Drapeau founded the Montreal Civic Action Party.

1956

The first transatlantic telephone cable goes into service between Newfoundland (Canada) and Oban (United Kingdom).

1882

The first doubleheader in baseball is played between the Worcester and Providence teams.

1844

Canada defeats the United States in the first international cricket match.

1513

Spanish explorer Vasco Núñez de Balboa discovers the Pacific Ocean.

It happened on… September 25

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