Boy, 7, survives Falls plunge

River when their motor failed and the current carried their boat toward the Horseshoe Falls. Roger suffered a slight concussion when he was swept over the Falls wearing only a life jacket and bathing suit. He was picked up by a “Maid of the Mist” tourist boat and spent three days in hospital. Deanne was rescued at the edge of the Falls, but Honeycutt drowned.

In 1969, the Official Languages Act was given royal assent. The act declares that both French and English are the official languages of Canada.

In 1982, a Pan Am World Airways jetliner crashed in flames in a residential area of Kenner, La., shortly after takeoff, killing all 145 people on board and eight people on the ground.

In 1990, leaders of the world’s seven richest nations opened a three-day economic summit in Houston, the first such gathering in the postCold War era.

In 1991, South Africa was invited to return to the Olympic fold.