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2018

For the first time, video replays were used during a World Cup soccer match. France was awarded a penalty kick against Australia and won the match 2-1.

2010

Bhutan, a small country neighboring India, becomes the first country in the world to completely ban tobacco.

1980

The film “The Blues Brothers,” directed by John Landis and starring Dan Aykroyd and John Belushi, premieres in Chicago.

1978

The film “Grease,” starring Olivia Newton-John and John Travolta, premieres in New York.

1963

Valentina Tereshkova becomes the first woman in space history during a flight aboard Vostok 6.

1960

The premiere of Alfred Hitchcock’s film “Psycho,” starring Janet Leigh, Anthony Perkins, and Vera Miles, takes place in New York.

1911

IBM is founded in Endicott, New York.

1903

Pepsi Cola is founded.

Ford Motor Company is founded.

1659

François de Laval arrives in Canada as Vicar Apostolic of New France. He will become the first bishop of Quebec in 1674.

It happened on… June 16

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