On this day in history
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27 BC: Gaius Julius Caesar is granted the title Augustus by the Roman Senate, marking the beginning of the Roman Empire.
1800: John Bliss fights the first duel in New Brunswick against Samuel Stuart.
1905: Frank McGee scores 14 goals as Ottawa Silver 7 beat Dawson City Nuggets 23-2 for the Stanley Cup.
1939: Joe Shuster from Toronto publishes his first self-titled Superman comic strip.
1960: Gordie Howe of the Detroit Red Wings gets a goal and an assist to pass Rocket Richard as the NHL's leading scorer.
1965: Lester Pearson signs Canada-U.S. Auto Pact with U.S. President Lyndon Johnson.
1969: Soviet spacecrafts Soyuz 4 and Soyuz 5 perform the first-ever docking of manned spacecraft in orbit, the first-ever transfer of crew from one space vehicle to another, and the only time such a transfer was accomplished with a space walk.
1991: Coalition forces go to war with Iraq, beginning the Gulf War.
