Sport
- January 21 - Chris Jericho wins Intercontinental Championship from Chris Benoit.
- January 31 - George N. Gillett Jr. buys 80% of the Montreal Canadiens and 100% of the Molson Centre in Montreal for US$275 million.
- February 3 - Catriona LeMay Doan wins gold in the 500 m and 1000 m speed skating races in Heerenveen, Netherlands.
- May 21 - Chris Jericho and Chris Benoit win World Wrestling Federation (WWF) Tag Team Championship.
- December 9 - Chris Jericho becomes first to unify World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) and the World Championship Wrestling (WCW) Championships hence becoming first undisputed Champion.
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“For generations, a wide range of shooting in Northern Ireland has provided all sections of the population with a pastime which ... has occupied a great deal of leisure time. Unlike many other countries, the outstanding characteristic of the sport has been that it was not confined to any one class.”
—Northern Irish Tourist Board. quoted in New Statesman (London, Aug. 29, 1969)
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