2012 Event Following an avalanche that swept away nine climbers, Italian and French rescue crews recover the bodies of two climbers on Mont Blanc in the Alps 1995 Event Expos pitcher Pedro Martinez perfect game is broken up in 10th inning as San Diego's Bip Roberts leads off with a double, Mont wins 1-0 1993 Event Colorado Rockies 1st home game and 1st victory, 11-4 over Mont Expos 1991 Event Phillie Tommy Greene no-hits Mont Expos, 2-0 1991 Event 1st World League of American Football games, London beats Frankfurt 24-11, Sacramento beats Raleigh-Dur 9-3 and Mont beats Birmingham 20-5 1989 Event -18 degrees F in Denver, -23 degrees F in Kansas City, Missouri, -42 degrees F in Scottsbluff Nebraska -47 degrees F in Hardin Mont and -60 degrees F in Black Hills South Dakota 1989 Event Debbye Turner (Mont), 23, crowned 63rd Miss America 1990 1988 Event Washington Capitals 1st NHL scoreless tie, vs Mont Canadiens 1984 Event After 518 goals and 14 years with Mont Canadiens, Guy LaFleur retires 1984 Event All star MVP: Gary Carter, Mont Expos 1981 Event All star MVP: Gary Carter (Mont Expos) 1977 Event San Diego Padres beat Mont Expos, 11-8, in 21 innings 1977 Event Mont Canadiens set NHL record of 34 straight home games without a lose 1973 Event Henry Boucha, Detroit Red Wings, scores 6 sec into a game vs Mont 1972 Event Mont Expos Bill Stoneman 2nd no-hitter beats New York Mets, 7-0 1972 Birthday Scott Davis, Great Falls Mont, figure skater 1994 Olympics 1970 Birthday Andrei Kovalenko, Gorky Rus, NHL right wing, Mont Canadiens, Edmonton 1969 Event Mont Expos Bill Stoneman no-hits Phillies, 7-0 1969 Event 1st Baseball game in Canada - Mont Expos beats New York Mets 10-9 1968 Event Jean Beliveau (Mont) becomes 2nd NHLer to score 1,000 pts 1967 Birthday Jocelyn Lemieux, Mont Laurier, NHL right wing for the Calgary Flames 1966 Event Bombay-New York Air India flight crashes into Mont Blanc (Switzerland), 117 die 1966 Birthday Monica Tranel [Michini], Billings Mont, rower 1996 Olympics 1965 Birthday Patrick Roy, Quebec, NHL goalie, Mont Canadiens, Colorado Avalanche 1965 Birthday Lindsay H Burns, Big Timber Mont, rower, 1996 Olympics silver 1962 Event Borehole for Mont Blanc-tunnel finished 1957 Event Maurice "Rocket" Richard, Mont, became 1st NHLer to score 500 goals 1957 Birthday Rod Langway, Formosa, NHL defenseman, Mont Canadiens, Washington Caps 1955 Event Mont Canadien Jean Beliveau scores 2nd fastest hat trick (44 seconds) 1954 Event Bert Olmstead, Mont Canadiens, ties NHL record of 8 points in game 1953 Event Mont Canadiens (106) and Toronto Maple Leafs (98) get 204 penalty minutes 1951 Birthday Larry Clark Robinson, NHL defenseman, Mont Canadiens, Norris-77, 80 1946 Birthday Peter Mahvolich, NHL star, Mont Canadiens 1944 Event Germans storm up Hill 262 (Mont Ormel) Normandy 1944 Event Polish 1st Division occupies Hill 262 (Mont Ormel), Normandy 1943 Event Alex Smart (Mont) is 1st NHLer to score hat trick in his 1st game 1940 Event Mont Canadiens lose record tying NHL 15th straight game at home 1938 Birthday Frank Mahovlich, NHL Hall of Famer, Mont Canadians 1937 Event NHL Howie Morenz Memorial Game: All-Stars beat Montreal 6-5 in Mont 1936 Event NHL record 32 points scored, New York Americans (28) and Mont Maroons (24) 1935 Birthday Lones Wigger, Great Falls Mont, shooter, Olympic-gold/silver-1964, 72 1934 Event 1st penalty shot vs Toronto Maple Leafs, Mondou (Mont) unsuccessful 1933 Birthday Scotty Bowman, NHL player and coach, Mont Canadians 1931 Event Chicago Cy Wentworth beats Mont Canadiens at 13:50 of 6th period 1928 Event Boston Gardens opens, Mont Canadiens beat Boston Bruins, 1-0 1926 Event NHL Championship: Mont Canadiens outscore Pitt Pirates, 6-4 in 2 games 1925 Event 1st hockey game at Madison Square Garden, Mont Candiens 3, New York Americans 1 1924 Event Stanley Cup: Mont Canadiens (NHL) sweep Calgary Tigers (WCHL) in 2 1924 Event Stanley Cup: Mont Canadiens (NHL) sweep Vanc Millionaires (PCHA) in 2 1923 Event NHL Championship: Mont Canadiens outscore Ottawa Senators, 3-2, in 2 1920 Event Mont Canadiens (14) and Tor St. Patricks (7) score NHL record 21 goals 1919 Event Stanley Cup: Mont (NHL) and Seat (PCHA) win 2 games each with 1 tie, 1919 Stanley Cup not awarded due to flu epidemic 1918 Event 1st NHL championship: Mont Canadiens beat Toronto Arenas, outscoring them 10-7 in a 2 game set 1917 Event French munition ship "Mont Blanc" explodes in Halifax, kills 1,700 1917 Birthday Robert Bray, Kalispell Mont, actor, Corey-Lassie, Stagecoach West 1916 Birthday George Montgomery, Brady Mont, actor, Battle of Bulge, Hallucination 1916 Birthday Martha Raye, Margaret Reed, Butte Mont, actress, Martha Raye Show 1912 Birthday Jean Parker, Butte Mont, actress, Beyond Tomorrow, Little Women 1911 Birthday Chet Huntley, Cardwell Mont, newscaster, NBC Huntley-Brinkley Report 1911 Birthday Kirby Grant, Butte Mont, actor, Sky King 1908 Event Stanley Cup: Mont Wanderers outscore Edmonton, 13-10 in 2 game set 1908 Event Stanley Cup: Mont Wanderers beat Toronto Trolley Leaguers, 6-4 1908 Event Stanley Cup: Mont Wanderers sweep Win Maple Leafs in 2 games 1907 Birthday Pert Kelton, Great Falls Mont, actress, Cavalcade of Stars 1907 Event Kenora Thistles sweep Mont Wanderers in 2 for Stanley Cup 1902 Birthday Morgan Beatty, born in Little Rock, Arkansas, news anchor, Du Mont Evening News 1899 Event Stanley Cup: Mont Shamrocks sweep Queens U (Kingston Ont) in 2 games 1894 Event Stanley Cup: Mont AAA beat Ottawa Generals, 3-1 (1st Cup game ever) 1887 Birthday Edouard Lalonde, Canada, NHLer, Mont Canadiens, lacrosse player 1883 Event Northern Pacific RR's last spike driven at Independence Creek, Mont 1871 Event Mont Cenis railway tunnel Switzerland opens 1787 Event Horace the Saussure reaches top of Mont Blanc 1786 Event Jacques Balmat and Michel Paccard are 1st to climb to top of Mont Blanc 1336 Event Italian poet Francesco Petrarca climbs Mont Ventoux
