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2017

Joaquín “El Chapo” Guzmán, the leader of Mexico’s Sinaloa drug cartel, is extradited to the United States to face trial

Lance Armstrong admits to doping during his seven Tour de France victories.

The 2012–2013 NHL season resumes after a 119-day lockout.

Mexican drug lord Joaquín “El Chapo” Guzmán escapes from the maximum-security Puente Grande prison.

The NHL approves the sale of the Winnipeg Jets to a group of buyers from Phoenix, Arizona.

The last Volkswagen Beetle is assembled in Emden, Germany. Production is moved to Latin America until 2003.

The first snowstorm hits Miami, Florida, and the Bahamas.

Indira Gandhi is elected India’s fourth prime minister.

The game “Scrabble” is released.

The PGA allows Black people to participate in its golf tournaments.

Parisian George Claude invents the neon lamp, using neon gas in a tube to create light.

A new bicycle race, the Tour de France, is announced.

The first execution in Canada takes place in Quebec City. A 16-year-old girl had pleaded guilty to theft.

It happened on… January 19