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2021

Danish midfielder Christian Eriksen suffered a cardiac arrest on the field during the Euro 2020 match against Finland in Copenhagen; he was resuscitated using a defibrillator; the match resumed amid controversy, with Finland winning 1–0.

2018

The Singapore Summit brings together North Korean leader Kim Jong-un and U.S. President Donald Trump.

2012

The World Health Organization concludes that diesel emissions cause cancer.

2007

Premiere of Michael Bay’s film “Transformers,” starring Shia LaBeouf and Megan Fox, in Sydney.

1995

Quebec Premier Jacques Parizeau forms a united front for a future referendum with Lucien Bouchard of the Bloc Québécois and Mario Dumont of the Action démocratique.

1991

Boris Yeltsin is elected president of the Russian Federation.

1981

The very first film in the Indiana Jones series, “Raiders of the Lost Ark,” directed by Stephen Spielberg and starring Harrison Ford, premieres.

1967

The film “You Only Live Twice,” the fifth film in the James Bond series, starring Sean Connery, premieres in London.

1964

In South Africa, anti-apartheid activist and ANC leader Nelson Mandela is sentenced to life in prison for sabotage.

1963

The film “Cleopatra,” starring Elizabeth Taylor, Rex Harrison, and Richard Burton, premieres at the Rivoli Theater in New York.

1954

Bill Haley’s song “Rock Around the Clock” is released.

1939

The National League opens the Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, New York.

1931

Al Capone is arrested on 5,000 counts of Prohibition violations and perjury.

1846

A fire kills 200 people in a Montreal theater.

1792

Captain George Vancouver discovers the site of Vancouver, British Columbia.

1651

Gian Lorenzo Bernini’s Fontana dei Quattro Fiumi is unveiled in Rome.

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