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2019

Mexican-American boxer Andy Ruiz Jr. upsets British champion Anthony Joshua and wins the IBF, WBO, IBO, and WBA heavyweight titles.

U.S. President Donald Trump withdraws the United States from the Paris Climate Agreement.

In Switzerland, the Gotthard Base Tunnel is completed. It is the longest (57 km) and most expensive (11 billion euros) tunnel in history.

General Motors files for bankruptcy. It is the largest bankruptcy in U.S. history.

Cable News Network (CNN) airs its first programs.

Ronnie Wood replaces Mick Taylor as guitarist for the Rolling Stones.

Paul McCartney & Wings release the album “Live & Let Die.”

The Mexican government abolishes the siesta.

The world’s first payphone is installed in New Haven, Connecticut.

Quebec becomes the first Canadian province to mint its own currency.

Charles Baudelaire’s poetry collection, Les Fleurs du Mal, is published.

Early records indicate that Scotch whiskey first appeared in the Exchequer Rolls of Scotland, originating from Friar John Cor’s distillery.

It happened on… June 1