Today in history: The first airplane pass over the South Pole

In 1798 , the legislature of the Island of St. John voted to change its name to Prince Edward Island .

In 1814 , the London Times became the first newspaper to be printed by a steam-powered press.

In 1948 , roller derby made its U.S. television network debut on CBS .

In 1961 , Enos ’ the chimp was launched from Cape Canaveral aboard the Mercury - Atlas Five spacecraft.

In 2009 , the Montreal Alouettes erased a 16 -point deficit in the final 10:52 of play to defeat the Saskatchewan Roughriders 28-27 and win the Grey Cup .

In 2013 , Darren Wilson , the white police officer who killed black teenager Michael Brown , resigned from the Ferguson (Mo.) Police Department nearly four months after the fatal confrontation that led to protests across the U.S ..

In 2019 , a man convicted of manslaughter in the 2012 shooting at Toronto ’s Eaton Centre was sentenced to life in prison.

In 2020 , Dave Prowse , the man behind the mask of Darth Vader in the original Star Wars trilogy, died at 85 .

In 2021 , the word “vaccine” was declared the word of the year by Merriam-Webster .