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2014

Blues guitarist and singer B.B. King performs his final concert at the House of Blues in Chicago.

Former NFL star O.J. Simpson is found guilty of armed robbery and kidnapping.

The final game in the history of the Montreal Expos. In New York, they lose 8–1.

Gordie Howe, age 69, plays a professional hockey game in his seventh decade, suiting up for the Detroit Vipers of the IHL.

Singer Sinead O’Connor tears up a photo of Pope John Paul II during an episode of “Saturday Night Live.”

Two bodies are found in Sainte-Agathe. They are members of the Order of the Solar Temple.

The SkyDome in Toronto opens. It can seat 56,000 spectators.

The Montreal Expos defeat the New York Mets and win their first National League championship.

The Watergate trial begins, implicating the U.S. administration of President Richard Nixon.

The “Mickey Mouse Club” premieres on television.

Elvis Presley makes his first public appearance at age 10 in a singing contest at the Mississippi Alabama Dairy Show.

The first vacuum cleaner is invented by J.S. Thurman.

The Bloomingdale’s department store opens in New York City.

Abraham Lincoln designates the last Thursday in November as Thanksgiving Day.

It happened on… October 3