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2015

Actress and singer Selena Gomez reveals that she has lupus.

The Ottawa Senators play their first NHL game.

Gilles Villeneuve wins his first Formula 1 race in front of his home crowd at the Canadian Grand Prix in Montreal.

Guy Lafleur scores his very first goal in the National Hockey League with the Montreal Canadiens, on his way to a rookie season with 29 goals.

John Lennon records the song “Imagine.”

Guerrilla leader Che Guevara and his men are taken prisoner in Bolivia.

Jerry Lee Lewis records the song “Great Balls of Fire.”

The microwave oven is invented.

The silent short film “The Second Hundred Years” is released. It marks the first appearance of the duo Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy.

Jeanne Mance opens the Hôtel-Dieu in Montreal, the very first hospital in New France.

It happened on… October 8