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| Sunday, January 01, 2006 - 6:26 am
January 1 1991 Ottawa Ontario - Federal 7% Goods and Services Tax (GST) comes into effect. Brian Mulroney created 8 Senate seats to pass the legislation, after it stalled in a Senate filibuster. 1970 Thunder Bay Ontario - Cities of Fort William and Port Arthur unite as Thunder Bay. 1966 Canada - Canada Pension Plan comes into operation. 1952 Ottawa Ontario - New Old Age Security Act comes into effect, giving universal pensions to those 70 and over; an additional Old Age Assistance Act gives pensions to the needy from 65 to 69. 1947 HAPPY NEW YEAR, YOU'RE A CANADIAN Ottawa Ontario - Canadian Citizenship Act comes into effect, officially creating Canadian citizens; Canadian citizenship is paramount to being a British subject. 1941 Ottawa Ontario - Lorne Greene appointed as first announcer in CBC's new national news service; his stentorious tones in wartime broadcasts earn him the nickname, The Voice of Doom. 1922 BC - Motorists in British Columbia switch to driving on the right hand side of the road at midnight.
1899 London England - Canada agrees on Imperial Penny Postage; letter delivered anywhere within British Empire for 2 cents; the stamp was designed by Postmaster General Sir William Mulock. 1885 Global - Sanford Fleming's proposal for Standard Time and time zones put into effect by 25 nations. 1851 Canada - Government abolishes primogeniture, where eldest son gets greater part of deceased father's property; all property divided equally among all children if there is no will 1637 London England - Royal Charter granted to Newfoundland Colony. Born on this day: 1963 - Michael Hanson Rock & Roll drummer, of Glass Tiger. 1932 - Jackie Parker CFL football quarterback. Parker joined the Edmonton Eskimos in 1954, and led them to a Grey Cup victory his first season, repeating the feat in 1955. In 1956 he played halfback as the Eskimos won their third consecutive national title. Parker retired to coach after several seasons with the Toronto Argonauts and one with the BC Lions. 1888 - 1974 John C. Garand firearms engineer, was born at St-Rémi, Quebec; died in Springfield, Massachusetts. Garand invented the M1 semiautomatic rifle, used by the US infantry in World War II and the Korean War.
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| Monday, January 02, 2006 - 9:53 am
January 2 1983 JOE CLARK RESIGNS Ottawa Ontario - Joe Clark as Leader of the Opposition after getting support of only 2/3 of delegates at Winnipeg; Erik Neilsen interim leader; calls leadership convention. 1951 Ottawa Ontario - Trade Minister C.D. Howe announces construction of a $30 million-dollar atomic reactor facility at Chalk River, Ontario. 1942 Washington DC - Canada signs declaration of unity with 27 other countries at war with the Axis; allies pledge not to make a separate armistice or peace. 1929 Niagara Falls Ontario - Canada and the US sign treaty to preserve Niagara Falls; limits diversion of water for hydro generation. 1929 Edmonton Alberta - World War I ace Wop May takes off with fellow bush pilot Vic Horner to deliver diphtheria vaccine to Fort Vermilion, Alberta, 1600 km north. The pilots make the trip in an open aircraft, with oil burners to keep the vaccine from freezing. A crowd of 10,000 greet the heroes on their return. 1908 Ottawa Ontario - Founding of the Royal Mint of Canada, as a branch of the British Royal Mint. 1884 Toronto Ontario - Railway accident at the Humber, west of Toronto, claims 31 lives. 1872 Ottawa Ontario - Canada and the US first share telegraphed weather reports. 1832 Toronto Ontario - William Lyon Mackenzie wins back his seat in the Upper Canada Assembly in a by-election, 119 votes to 1. He had been expelled from the Legislature and was expelled again a few days later. 1826 Newfoundland - Founding of the Supreme Court of Newfoundland. Born on this day: 1944 - George Hungerford rower. Hungerford was a member of the Canadian eights rowing team headed for the 1964 Olympics in Tokyo, but he was dropped from the events 5 weeks prior to the games when he developed mononucleosis. To keep in shape, he teamed with Roger Jackson to row pairs, but with good practice results the coach entered them in the Doubles Without Cox event, that they won by three quarters of a length over the highly favoured Dutch crew. 1881 - 1969 Frederick Horsman Varley painter, born at Sheffield England; dies in Toronto. A founding member of the Group of Seven, Varley studied at the Sheffield School of Art and the Academie Royale des Beaux-Arts, Antwerp, Belgium. In 1912, he met his friend Arthur Lismer, who had returned briefly to Sheffield to be married, and Lismer convinced him to move to Toronto, where he landed a job at the design firm Grip Limited. He became an official World War I war artist, and painted battlefields and cemeteries. During the late 1920s he painted landscapes, then expressionistic portraits. In 1926, he became the head of the Department of Drawing and Painting, School of Decorative and Applied Arts, Vancouver, and during that period he sketched in the Arctic and Russia. In 1933 he moved to Toronto where he spent the last 25 years of his life.
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| Tuesday, January 03, 2006 - 8:07 am
January 3 1992 LAST MISS CANADA PAGEANT Toronto Ontario - Miss Canada Pageant scrapped after 45 years, due to changing tastes and politics; Nicole Dunsdon, crowned Oct 1991, the last Miss Canada. 1985 Toronto Ontario - Justice Samuel Grange releases 224 page report on baby deaths at the Hospital for Sick Children; says 8 of 36 babies who died between June 1980 and March 1981 were given deliberate overdoses of digoxin, a heart drug; recommends province pay legal fees of Belleville nurse Susan Nelles, charged with four of the deaths, whose case was thrown out for lack of evidence. 1943 Algeria - Canadian Army troops arrive in North Africa. 1901 Toronto Ontario - Winston Spencer Churchill speaks at Massey Hall during book tour of Canada; talks about his adventures and exploits in Boer War 1863 Halifax Nova Scotia - Covered skating rink opens in Halifax; first covered skating rink in Canada. Up to this time, skating was all done out of doors. 1862 Saint John New Brunswick - The Rifle Brigade lands at Saint John. 1849 Toronto Ontario - Opening of Royal Lyceum Theatre; seats 700. 1802 Sydney Nova Scotia - 300 Scottish Highlanders arrive in Sydney to settle. 1793 Montreal Quebec - British decree abolishes slavery in Canada. 1621 Quebec Quebec - Henri, Duc de Montmorency gives 11 year trading monopoly to Guillaume & Emery de Caen in return for settling 6 families a year in Quebec; plus keeping 6 Recollet priests and not selling arms to Indians; names Guillaume de Caen general of the fleet of his new company; also known as La Compagnie de Caen. Born on this day: 1939 - Robert Marvin 'Bobby' Hull hockey player, born at Point Anne, Ontario. Hull started skating at age 3. He played for the NHL Chicago Black Hawks for 16 seasons, from 1957-72. In 1962 he joined Rocket Richard and Bernie Geoffrion as the only NHLers to score 50 goals in a season (54), a feat he achieved four more times, and was the first player to record more than 50 goals a season. Hull revived hockey in Chicago and led his team to the 1961 Stanley Cup. With his blistering slap shot - one was measured at 118.3 mph, 35 mph above the NHL average - he won the Art Ross Trophy leading the NHL in scoring 3 times, was 2-time Hart Memorial Trophy MVP (1965, 1966), and was an NHL first team all-star 10 times. The Golden Jet jumped to the Winnipeg Jets of the WHA in 1972, giving that League instant credibility, and was 2-time MVP there (1973, 1975), playing with Swedish stars Anders Hedberg and Ulf Nilsson. Hull scored a lifetime 913 goals with 895 assists in both leagues. He won the Lady Byng Trophy for good sportsmanship in 1965, and spoke out often against hockey violence. When he retired in 1980 the Chicago and Winnipeg teams both retired his #9 sweater. Hull is the father of Brett Hull of the St. Louis Blues. 1928 - Graydon (Blondie) Robinson bowler. Robinson won the World 10-Pin Bowling Championships in Tokyo at age 41.
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| Thursday, January 05, 2006 - 7:30 am
January 4 1995 Quebec Quebec - Denis Lortie released on parole after serving 10 years in prison for 1984 shooting in the Quebec legislature, where he killed three people. 1983 CRIMINAL CODE SEXUAL ASSAULT REFORMS Ottawa Ontario - Criminal Code changes replace rape with 3 categories of sexual assault; equal protection to men and women; women allowed to charge their husbands with sexual assault. 1971 Montreal Quebec - Ottawa withdraws troops from Montreal and other areas in Quebec in wake of FLQ crisis. 1970 Montreal Quebec - Canada withdraws from international hockey tournament set for Montreal and Winnipeg to protest rules. 1908 Toronto Ontario - Edward 'Ned' Hanlan dies. Rower Hanlan was Canada's first world sporting champion. The Toronto-born sculler won the Ontario championship in 1873, and four years later, the Dominion cup. In 1878, he took the American title, and the following year the World Rowing Championship, which he held for five years. He is memorialized by a statue on Toronto's waterfront and Hanlan's Point on the Toronto Islands. 1839 Buffalo New York - William Lyon Mackenzie arrested for violating US neutrality laws. 1839 Kingston Ontario - Rebels Christopher Buckley executed; Sylvester Lawton and Russell Phelps executed Feb. 11. 1817 Toronto Ontario - Stagecoach service starts between York and Kingston; fare is 18 dollars. 1800 Toronto Ontario - John White dies from wounds suffered in a duel fought on Jan 3; shot by John Small, Clerk of Executive Council; Attorney General of Upper Canada 1717 London England - Opening of the Seven Years War, as England declares war on Spain and Naples. Born on this day: 1963 - Dave Foley actor, was born at Toronto. In the early 1980s, Foley met Kevin McDonald at an improv class and they started working as a comedy team while employed as movie ushers. In 1984 they merged with another team to form The Kids in the Hall troupe (televised 1989-96), and he starred as Station Manager Dave Nelson in the TV sitcom News Radio. 1959 - Denise 'Vanity' Matthews rhythm and blues singer, actress. She is married to Anthony Smith. 1958 - Matt Frewer actor, born at Washington DC to a Canadian Navy father. Frewer has played in Kissinger and Nixon (General Alexander Haig), National Lampoon's Senior Trip (Principal Todd Moss), Honey, I Shrunk the Kids (Big Russ Thompson), Speed Zone, Supergirl, Doctor, Doctor (Dr. Mike Stratford); and as a cartoon voice in the Pink Panther and as The Exterminator in Itsy Bitsy Spider. On TV he has starred as Rasmussen in in Star Trek: The Next Generation; in Stephen King's The Stand (Trashcan Man), as Shaky Ground's Bob Moody; and his most famous role, as reporter Edison Carter and his alter ego Max Headroom in Max Headroom. 1932 - Dr. John Emery plastic surgeon, bobsledder. In 1957 Emery teamed with brother Victor and formed the Laurentian Bobsledding Association. At the 1964 Innsbruck Winter Olympics, they teamed with Peter Kirby and Doug Anakin to win Canada's first ever Bobsled Gold Medal.
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| Thursday, January 05, 2006 - 7:34 am
January 5 1995 Toronto Ontario - Rogers Cablesystems President Colin Watson says 'We now know we have made a mistake,' as consumer revolt forces company to withdraw its negative option billing for seven new specialty cable-television channels; unless customers told Rogers they didn't want the channels, they would be automatically billed for them. 1987 Lakefield Ontario - Canadian author Margaret Laurence dies at age 60, losing a battle with cancer; best known for her novels The Stone Angel (1964), A Jest of God (1966), The Fire Dwellers (1969) and The Diviners (1974). 1986 Edmonton Alberta - Oilers star Wayne Gretzky becomes the first NHL player to score 100 or more points in seven consecutive seasons. 1982 Hamilton Ontario - Elizabeth Bagshaw dies at age 100; one of Canada's first female doctors, she graduated from the University of Toronto in 1905, and practiced medicine for over 60 years. 1967 Ottawa Ontario - John A. Macdonald's birthday, January 11, proclaimed as an official holiday, to be observed across country. 1967 Niagara Falls Ontario - US folk singer Jesse Winchester crosses Canadian border after being served draft papers for military service; applies to became a Canadian citizen.. 1910 MONTREAL CANADIENS PLAY FIRST GAME Montreal Quebec - Le club athlétique Canadien hockey team play their first game, seven years before the founding of the NHL Their owner is J. Ambrose O'Brien and they are composed entirely of francophones until the 1911-12 season. 1874 Winnipeg Manitoba - Winnipeg holds first civic election. Only 304 voters were registered, but 331 ballots are cast. 1838 Washington DC USA - US President Martin Van Buren issues Neutrality Proclamation forbidding US citizens from taking sides in Canadian rebellions; issues second proclamation Nov. 21 Born on this day: 1902 - 1985 Myrtle Cook track and field athlete. Cook held the Canadian titles in the 60, 100 and 400 relay metre distances in the late 1920s. At the 1928 Olympiad she was the anchor leg of Canada's gold medal winning 400m. relay. She had previously set the world record for the 100 Metre Sprint at the Canadian Olympic trials in Halifax, but false starts put her out of contention in Amsterdam. 1849 - 1919 Samuel Benfield Steele soldier, policeman, was born at Purbrooke, Ontario; dies in London England. Sam Steele joined the Canadian militia during the Fenian invasions in 1866, and went west in 1870 as a Private with the Red River Expedition. The following year he joined the permanent force, and in 1873 the new North West Mounted Police, as a Sergeant-Major. In 1879 he was put in charge of Fort Qu'Appelle, where he protected the CPR construction program, and in 1885 he was promoted to Superintendent. In 1898 he led the Yukon Field Force to Dawson and the Klondike gold fields, and then pulled together Lord Strathcona's Horse for service in the Boer War. He retired in 1918 after leading the Second Canadian contingent to World War I.
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| Friday, January 06, 2006 - 5:57 am
January 6 1992 Quebec Quebec - Quebec judge rules that a 25-year- old paralyzed woman, 'Nancy B,' suffering from a rare neurological disorder and on life support, has no hope of recovery and has the right to die. Doctors will remove her life support on February 13, after a 30 day appeal period lapses. 1974 Ontario - Startup of the Global Television network in southern Ontario; Canada's third TV network is now known as CanWest-Global and is controlled by Izzy Asper. 1936 Webbwood Ontario - Barbara Hanley elected in the Northern Ontario town of Webbwood; Canada's first woman mayor. 1877 Manitoba - McLean's open the first flour mill in Manitoba; wheat is quickly replacing fur as Manitoba's main product 1920 FARMERS' GROUPS ESTABLISH THE PROGRESSIVE PARTY Winnipeg Manitoba - T. A. Crerar chairs a meeting of Ontario and Prairie farmers' organizations to establish the National Progressive Party; he had resigned from Borden's Union cabinet in 1919 to protest the high tariff. The Progressive Party will elect 65 members to Parliament in the election of Dec. 1921. 1845 Stratford Ontario - Protestants and Catholics riot in Stratford following the council election; eighty men fight in the streets 1789 Quebec Quebec - Guy Carleton, Baron Dorchester founds an agricultural college at Quebec. 1786 Saint John New Brunswick - First sitting of the NB legislature takes place at Saint John. 1643 Montreal Quebec - Paul de Chomedy, Sieur de Maisonneuve, plants a cross at Ville Marie to offer thanks to God for saving the community from flooding. Born on this day: 1947 - Ian Millar equestrian. Millar has represented Canada in 5 Olympic Games, three with his partner Big Ben, acquired in 1983. In 1987 Millar was the first Canadian ranked #1 in the World by the International Equestrian Federation. Big Ben retired in 1994. 1931 - Dickie Moore NHL player, Montreal Canadiens. Moore holds the Stanley Cup Individual Record for points scored in a period - 4, on March 25, 1954.
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| Saturday, January 07, 2006 - 6:01 am
January 7 1996 Ontario - Blizzard kills two Ontario men in separate traffic accidents; two-day storm blamed for at least 100 deaths in north-eastern US, worst to hit the region in 70 years. 1984 Medicine Hat Alberta - Train wreck near Medicine Hat releases dangerous gases, forcing evacuation of 800 people. 1974 Ottawa Ontario - Bora Laskin sworn in as Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Canada, succeeding Joseph-Honoré-Gérald Fauteux. 1963 Manitoba - Manitoba awards contracts for Red River Floodway, largest earth-moving job ever undertaken in Canada; called 'Duff's Ditch' 1955 TV CAMERAS FIRST ENTER PARLIAMENT Ottawa Ontario - The Speech from the Throne and the opening ceremonies of the Canadian Parliament are broadcast live on television for the first time. 1896 Ottawa Ontario - Mackenzie Bowell loses seven members of his Cabinet, as half resign in opposition to his leadership. 1867 Quebec - Private Timothy O'Hea is awarded the Victoria Cross for his bravery in 1866, protecting the lives of 800 emigrants on a Grand Trunk train menaced by a fire in a boxcar carrying explosives. This is the only VC awarded for a brave deed not done in the face of the enemy. 1836 Toronto Ontario - William Lyon Mackenzie loses his Assembly seat in a rowdy, corrupt election; Tories win majority; Bidwell also loses 1691 Quebec Quebec - Louis de Buade et de Palluau, Comte de Frontenac is forced to issue card money to pay the troops in the Quebec garrison, due to the non-arrival of a supply ship. Born on this day: 1908 - 1999 Jules Huot golfer, was born at Montreal. Huot was the top Canadian at the Canadian Open in 1931 and 1935, won the CPGA championship in 1934, 1939 and 1946, and in 1937 became the first Canadian to win a USPGA-sanctioned tournament at Fonthill Ontario. He also played in the first ever Masters Tournament. Huot's book Le Golf went through three printings. 1827 - 1915 Sanford Fleming civil engineer, born at Kirkcaldy, Fifeshire, Scotland; dies in Halifax Nova Scotia. Fleming came to Canada in 1845 and became one of North America's greatest railway surveyors and engineers. He also developed the concept of international standard time, which was adopted in 1884. As well, Fleming designed the first Canadian postage stamp, the Three Penny Beaver, first issued in 1851.
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| Monday, January 09, 2006 - 6:31 am
January 8 1991 Ottawa Ontario - Keith Spicer's federally-funded Citizen's Forum on Canada's Future launches its first satellite town hall meeting, people from Vancouver to Saint John, New Brunswick commenting. 1990 Caracas Venezuela - Canada formally joins the Organization of American States (OAS) as its 33rd member. 1964 Quebec - Roger Brossard appointed to investigate 1956 trial and execution of Wilbert Coffin; Royal Commissioner 1961 Portland England - British police arrest Canadian George Lonsdale and four others for spying at the Royal Navy base in Portland. 1948 United Nations New York USA - A.G.L. Andy McNaughton appointed permanent delegate to United Nations, and Canada's representative on UN Security Council. 1948 Ottawa Ontario - William Lyon Mackenzie King sets record as longest serving Prime Minister in the Commonwealth, with 7,825 days in office; Canada's 10th Prime Minister. 1941 OTTAWA TO REGISTER JAPANESE CANADIANS Vancouver BC - Federal Minister Ian Mackenzie announces that the RCMP will be registering all Japanese Canadians in British Columbia; a national security matter under the War Measures Act. They are later moved inland to detention camps. 1870 Ottawa Ontario - Government ends issuing of licences to American fishing vessels; operating since end of reciprocity in 1866. 1869 Queenston Ontario - First suspension bridge over the Niagara Gorge at Niagara Falls was opened to traffic. 1838 Amherstburg Ontario - Edward Theller 1804-1859 fires on Fort Malden from vessel 'Anne', while Thomas Sutherland occupies Bois Blanc Island; US sympathizers of rebels called Hunter's Lodges Born on this day: 1955 - Mike Reno rock singer, musician. Reno becomes a member of the group Loverboy. 1853 - 1921 Samuel Hughes politician, soldier, educator, journalist, born at Darlington Ontario; dies in Lindsay, Ontario. Hughes served as Minister of Militia and Defense from 1911 to 1916, and was responsible for moving Canadian troops to Europe at the beginning of World War I.
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| Monday, January 09, 2006 - 6:34 am
January 9 1990 Ottawa Ontario - Judge acquits NDP MP Lorne Nystrom of shoplifting; Nystrom explained he put some contact lens cleaning discs in his pocket while distracted. 1988 Leith Scotland - Sylvana Tomaselli, from Toronto, marries the Earl of St. Andrews in a private ceremony; first Canadian to marry into the British Royal Family. 1982 New Brunswick - Three moderate earthquakes measuring 5.5 to 4.9 on the Richter scale shake New Brunswick; no serious damage or injuries; last similar quake was in 1855. 1965 Hope BC - Mountain avalanche kills 4 drivers on highway near Hope. 1949 Brantford Ontario - Tom Longboatdies at age 61 on the Ohsweken Mohawk reserve. Longboat won the 1907 Boston Marathon, pursued a pro running career, then served with the Canadian Army in World War I (wounded in action). 1927 Montreal Quebec - Fire kills 77 children in a Montreal movie theatre. 1899 MANITOBA RECORDS RECORD LOW Manitoba - Manitobans suffer under a record low temperature of minus 52.8 Celsius (minus 63 Fahrenheit). 1889 Queenston Ontario - Niagara Suspension Bridge collapses during a winter storm. 1838 Amherstburg Ontario - Canadian militia capture US sloop 'Anne' used by republican rebels - the Hunters Lodges. 1666 Quebec - New France Governor Daniel de Remy de Courcelle leads a 500-man military campaign against the Mohawks. Born on this day: 1892 - ? Rev. Athol Murray priest, hockey coach. Pere Murray was ordained a Roman Catholic priest in 1918 and was appointed parish priest of Wilcox Saskatchewan in the early 1930's. With the Sisters of St. Louis he established Notre Dame College for boys, which became a hotbed of hockey on the Prairies. His team, the Notre Dame Hounds, sent many players to the NHL. 1802 - 1899 Catherine Parr Traill writer, born at London, England; dies at age 97 in Lakefield, Ontario. Traill came from a family of writers, and was the sister of Susannah Moodie. She wrote rich descriptions of frontier life and nature in pioneer Ontario.
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| Tuesday, January 10, 2006 - 6:34 am
January 10 1993 Oakville Manitoba - 400 Oakville residents return home after three week exile in shelters and motels; as risk from toxic chemicals released in a train derailment. 1990 Paris France - Roger Lemelin receives France's Légion d'honneur medal; Montreal author (Les Plouffes); publisher of La Presse 1977 Ottawa Ontario - Canada expels four Cubans, including two diplomats, after RCMP spy investigation. 1966 Ottawa Ontario - First meeting of National Indian Advisory Board in Ottawa. 1950 Ottawa Ontario - Ottawa and provinces meet to discuss constitutional amendment issues and Trans-Canada Highway; federal-provincial conference until January 12 1931 Montreal Quebec - Philadelphia Quakers ended the Montreal Maroons 15-game winning streak, the longest in NHL history to date. 1920 CANADA JOINS LEAGUE OF NATIONS Geneva Switzerland - Canada becomes a founding member of the League of Nations on the day the Treaty of Versailles, ending the First World War, takes effect; Canada and the other Dominions now speak for themselves on international affairs. 1850 Plymouth England - Robert McClure & Richard Collinson set sail in the Enterprise and Investigator to search for Franklin expedition; McClure sails into the Beaufort Sea via Bering Strait, to Banks Island. 1815 London England - British Government bans Americans from settling in Canada. 1811 Alberta - Norwester David Thompson crosses the height of land of the Rocky Mountains on the Athabasca Pass; he will ascend the Columbia River to its source, then descend it to Astoria, becoming the first person to explore and map the whole length of the river. Born on this day: 1945 - Jerome Drayton marathon runner. Drayton won his first major race in 1969 at the Motor City Marathon in Detroit. In 1970 he set a world 10- mile record and in 1975 set a world record for the indoor 3- mile event. He took three Fukuoka Marathon titles in Japan in 1975 and 1976, and capped his career by taking the Boston Marathon in 1977. 1948 - 1990 Craig Russell female impersonator, was born Russell Craig Eadie at Toronto; died in Toronto of AIDS-related stroke. Russell starred in the films Outrageous! (1977) and Too Outrageous! (1987). 1938 - Frank Mahovlich hockey player, born at Sudbury, Ontario. Mahovlich played for Mt. Michael's College as a Junior, then joined the NHL Toronto Maple Leafs full time in 1957-58, winning the Calder Trophy as NHL Rookie of the Year (he out-polled Bobby Hull). He played with the Leafs 1956-68 (Stanley Cup 61-62, 62-63, 63-64, 66-67), Detroit Red Wings 1967-71 and Montreal Canadiens 1970-74 (Stanley Cup 70-71, 72-73). Frank was also a member of the Team Canada squad in the 1972 Summit Series against the Soviet Union. In 1974 he jumped to the WHA, playing with the Toronto Toros 1974-76 and the Birmingham Bulls 1976-78. He had 619 goals in 22 pro seasons and was inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame in 1981.
1927 - Giselle MacKenzie TV/radio actress, singer, pianist, violinist, was born Marie Marguerite Louise Gisele LaFleche at Winnipeg Manitoba. MacKenzie starred on Your Hit Parade, and had her own TV show. 1873 - 1958 George Orton track athlete, scholar, Canada's first Olympic medal winner. Orton started his competitive career while attending the University of Toronto and the University of Pennsylvania, where he got his Ph.D. In 1900, Canada did not send a team to the Olympic Games but Orton attended with the American team, and he won the Gold Medal in the 2500 Metre Steeplechase, and Bronze in the 400m Hurdles. By 1921 he had won 15 US championships. 1860 - 1943 Charles G. D. Roberts poet, writer, was born Charles George Douglas Roberts at Douglas, New Brunswick; died in Toronto. Roberts was the first Canadian writer to express the new national feeling aroused by the Confederation, and he inspired a whole nationalist generation in the late 19th-century poets. He also wrote several volumes of animal short stories. 1607 - 1646 Saint Isaac Jogues Jesuit missionary, was born at Orléans France; tortured and burned to death at an Iroquois village near present-day Albany New York. Jogues was martyred in his efforts to bring Christianity to the Hurons and Iroquois.
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| Tuesday, January 10, 2006 - 7:26 am
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| Wednesday, January 11, 2006 - 6:46 am
January 11 1995 North America - NHL players and owners come to an agreement; 103-day National Hockey League lockout ends. 1993 Montreal Quebec - Henry Birks and Sons jewelry chain files for bankruptcy protection; closes 34 stores, then sells remaining 39 stores to Italian group. 1982 Toronto Ontario - CBC moves national news to 10 pm and introduces a new public affairs program The Journal, hosted by Barbara Frum, which will last for a decade. 1980 Toronto Ontario - Thomson Newspapers Ltd. of Toronto acquires control of FP Publications Ltd., owner of 8 papers; including Toronto Globe & Mail 1967 Montreal Quebec - CP Hotels opens 38-story Chateau Champlain in Montreal; Canada's tallest hotel 1957 Port Said Egypt - Canadian aircraft carrier HMCS Magnificent arrives in Egypt with men and supplies for the UN emergency force; Canadian strength in Egypt now about 1,000 men. 1947 Ottawa Ontario - Government lifts some price controls, but food, clothing, fuel and rent still stay under the control of the Wartime Prices and Trade Board. 1922 CANADIAN BOY THE FIRST TO BEAT DIABETES Toronto Ontario - Leonard Thompson, a 14 year old Canadian, is the first person to have his diabetes successfully treated, with Banting and Best's new discovery, insulin. 1911 Ottawa Ontario - Protesting western farmers occupy the House of Commons; one sits in Laurier's seat and demands free trade with the US. Born on this day: 1934 - Jean Chrétien lawyer, politician, born on this day at Shawinigan, Quebec. Chrétien got his law degree from Laval in 1958, and practiced until 1963, when he won election to the House of Commons as a Liberal. He served in the Pearson Cabinet as Minister of National Revenue, and under Trudeau had the portfolios of Indian Affairs, Treasury Board, Industry, Finance, Justice and Energy. He ran second to John Turner in the 1984 Liberal leadership race, but took the leadership and a federal seat in Beauséjours NB in 1990. In the 1993 election, he defeated Kim Campbell with a clear majority to become Prime Minister of Canada. 1939 - Anne Heggtveit skier, was born at Ottawa. Heggtveit Learned to ski at Camp Fortune in Chelsea Quebec. In 1954, at age 15, she won the 1954 Holmenkollen Giant Slalom event in Norway, the youngest winner in the event's 50 year history. Her Gold Medal in the 1960 Squaw Valley Olympics was Canada's first ever Olympic Skiing Gold. In 1960 she won the FIS giant slalom and combined women's alpine titles, the first time these championships had been won by a non-European. 1899 - 1991 Gus Ryder swim coach. Ryder established the Lakeshore Swimming Club, and coached distance swimmers Marilyn Bell and Cliff Lumsden. He also spent much of his time teaching physically handicapped children to swim. 1896 - 1989 William (Samuel) Stephenson industrialist, intelligence chief, was born at Point Douglas, Manitoba; died in Paget, Bermuda. Stephenson perfected the process of sending photos by wire in the 1920s. His role as Britain's intelligence chief in the US, and Churchill's confidential liaison with Roosevelt in World War II was chronicled in A Man Called Intrepid (1979). 1815 - 1891 John Alexander Macdonald politician, born at Glasgow, Scotland, the son of Hugh Macdonald and Helen Shaw; died in Ottawa. Macdonald moved to Kingston, Ontario with his parents at the age of five. He was to become the first Prime Minister of the Dominion of Canada (1867-73, 1878-91). (His birth is marked on this day; in actual fact, he was born late on the 10th,, and his birth registered the following day.)
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| Friday, January 13, 2006 - 6:16 am
January 13 1982 Ottawa Ontario - Ann Cools appointed to the Senate by Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau; first black Canadian to serve in the Upper Chamber. 1965 Ocean Falls BC - Avalanche kills 7 people at Ocean Falls. 1961 Ottawa Ontario - The third federal-provincial conference on the Constitution reaches a general agreement on the need to amend the BNA Act. 1949 Charlottetown PEI - Prince Edward Island bans sale and manufacture of margarine, to protect dairy industry. 1947 SUPREME COURT RULES London England - Britain's Privy Council rules that Canada is within its rights in passing legislation making the Supreme Court of Canada the final court of appeal; marks the end of legal recourse to the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council, except in federal-provincial matters. 1944 Ottawa Ontario - W. Clifford Clark suggests new Family Allowance scheme; estimates cost at $200 million. 1943 Mediterranean, off Italy - Royal Canadian Navy Corvette Ville de Québec sinks a U-boat in the Mediterranean; RCN's first U-boat kill. 1849 Vancouver Island BC - Hudson's Bay Company signs lease with the British government for monopoly of trade on Vancouver Island for ten more years; for a fee of seven shillings per year. 1838 Buffalo New York USA - William Lyon Mackenzie evacuates Navy Island and goes to Buffalo. 1837 Saint John New Brunswick - Fire devastates business district of Saint John. Born on this day: 1886 - 1964 Arthur Howie 'Art' Ross hockey player, coach, manager. Ross played defense for 14 years, and was on two Stanley Cup winners - with Kenora in 1907 and the Montreal Wanderers in 1908. He then became a referee, and finally manager/coach of the Boston Bruins when they joined the NHL. He coached them to three Stanley Cup winners. The Art Ross Trophy has been given to the NHL's top scorer since the 1947-48 season. 1878 - 1967 Lionel-Adolphe Groulx Catholic priest, historian, nationalist, was born at Chenaux, near Vaudreuil, Quebec. After his seminary training at Ste-Thérèse, Groulx taught at Valleyfield College, then the University of Montreal, where he edited a monthly journal Action Française, and developed a Quebec history curriculum that saw the Conquest and Confederation as a disaster, and Quebec's only hope in fostering a Catholic Quebec as a bulwark against English power. Groulx inspired the Quebec nationalist movement for over 50 years. His major works are his Histoire du Canada Français (1951) and Notre Maître le passé.
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| Saturday, January 14, 2006 - 2:17 pm
January 14 1990 California USA - Laurence J. Peter dies at age 70; author of The Peter Principle, where employees rise to their level of incompetence. 1982 Vancouver BC - Clifford Robert Olson, from Coquitlam, is sentenced to life in prison for first degree murder of 11 children, 3 boys and 8 girls, aged nine to 18, from Nov 1980 to Aug 1981; RCMP agreed to give Olson's family $100,000 if he told them where he had buried the bodies. 1979 Montreal Quebec - FLQ terrorist Jean-Pierre Charette returns to Canada after 10 years in Cuba; sentenced to a jail term in March on charges of planting three bombs in 1978. 1977 Terrace BC - Northern Thunderbird Airlines aircraft crashes at Terrace, killing 12 people. 1976 Toronto Ontario - The T. Eaton Company winds up its catalogue sales operation after over 10 years of heavy losses; stops publishing catalogue, issued since 1884 1968 ICE STORM DOWNS MUIR'S MAPLE Toronto Ontario - Ice storm fatally damages the silver maple at 62 Laing Street that inspired Alexander Muir to write The Maple Leaf Forever. 1952 Stellarton, Nova Scotia - Underground gas explosion at McGregor coal mine kills 19 men. 1949 Halifax Nova Scotia - First non-stop trans-Canada flight arrives from Vancouver. 1942 BC - Canada orders Japanese Canadians out of British Columbia coastal region; now defined as a 'protected area'. 1930 Ontario - Canada signs agreement with Germany settling German property seized in Canada during First World War. 1902 Halifax Nova Scotia - Canadian Mounted Rifles sail out of Halifax bound for Boer War in South Africa. 1875 Caraquet New Brunswick - Start of 2-week riot in Caraquet over Act for non-sectarian public schools in New Brunswick; militia called in to restore order Born on this day: 1942 - Roger Jackson MD, rower, Olympic executive. Jackson started rowing in university, and he and George Hungerford were surprise winners of the Olympic Gold Medal in Coxless Pairs event at the 1964 Tokyo Olympiad, having only practiced together for five weeks prior to the games. From 1976-1978, Jackson served as the Director of Sport Canada, and he was President of the Canadian Olympic Association during the early 1980's. He also chaired the advisory board for the Calgary Olympic Development Association. 1935 - Lucille Wheeler skier. Wheeler started skiing at age 2. She won her first national junior ski title at 12 and was named to the national team at 14. After training for 5 winters in Kitzbuhel Austria, she won the Bronze in the Olympic Downhill event at the 1956 Cortina Winter Olympics - the first Olympic ski medal won by a Canadian. In 1958 she took both the Downhill and the Giant Slalom titles at the FIS World Championships. 1845 - 1927 Henry Charles Keith Petty-Fitzmaurice, 5th Marquess of Lansdowne nobleman, diplomat, born at London England; dies in Clonmel, County Tipperary, Ireland. Lord Lansdowne served as Governor General of Canada (1883-88) and India, as well as Secretary for War and Foreign Secretary. An enthusiastic supporter of the CPR, he gave his name to Ottawa's Lansdowne Park.
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| Sunday, January 15, 2006 - 6:08 am
January 15 1990 Ottawa Ontario - Government announces massive VIA Rail cutbacks, due to $1 billion annual loss; will cut over 2,500 jobs and at least 14 of the company's 38 routes. 1982 Quebec Quebec - Quebec National Assembly forces 2,200 striking Montreal transit workers back to work. 1976 Toronto Ontario - Ontario Legislature votes to end two-month strike by 8,800 Toronto secondary teachers. 1964 Paris France - Lester Bowles L. B. Pearson arrives in Paris; first official visit of a Canadian Prime Minister to France. 1962 Ottawa Ontario - RCMP Musical Ride placed on permanent, full-time basis. 1892 Springfield Massachusetts - James Naismith, from Almonte, Ontario, first publishes his 'Rules of Basketball' in the YMCA's Triangle magazine. 1878 TORIES ADOPT NATIONAL POLICY Toronto Ontario - John A Macdonald's Liberal Conservative Party adopts a high-tariff National Policy platform, due to frustration in restoring freer trade with the US; the Party opts for protective tariffs, while keeping the door open to reciprocity where possible. 1635 Saint John New Brunswick - Charles de St-Etienne de La Tour granted land at mouth of Saint John River; builds Fort La Tour (Fort Jemseg). 1634 Beauport Quebec - Robert de Moncel Giffard granted one of the first royal seigneuries by the Company of New France; he is a master surgeon. 1541 Alberta - French King François I appoints Jean-François de La Roque de Roberval first Viceroy of Canada, Newfoundland, and Labrador. Born on this day: 1879 - 1961 Mazo de la Roche author, was born at Newmarket Ontario; died in Toronto. Mazo de la Roche is known for her popular series of novels about the Whiteoak family of Jalna (the name of their estate), set in the 1920s, that have sold over 9 million copies. The saga was made into a CBC series, Jalna, in 1972, starring Kate Reid as the matriarch of the family.
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| Monday, January 16, 2006 - 7:32 am
January 16 1970 Ottawa Ontario - Cabinet accepts federal policy paper recommendations;.appoints Commission to oversee conversion from Imperial to International (Metric) System of Units. 1965 Winnipeg Manitoba - Chad Allen and the Expressions re-release their hit single Shakin' All Over under their new name - The Guess Who; it is the band's first record under that name. 1965 Washington DC - Lester Bowles L. B. Pearson signs Canada-US Automotive Agreement, or Auto Pact with President Lyndon Johnson; free trade on new cars and car parts manufactured in either country 1958 Ottawa Ontario - Lester Bowles L. B. Pearson chosen as party leader on first ballot by Liberal Party, replacing Louis St. Laurent; 1074 votes, to Paul Martin (305)
1939 New York City - Joe Schuster from Toronto publishes his first Superman comic strip. 1906 Halifax Nova Scotia - Last British soldiers leave Canada, as Britain turns over control of its naval bases and garrisons to Canada; Esquimault BC left earlier. 1905 OTTAWA WINS LOPSIDED STANLEY CUP Ottawa Ontario - Frank McGee scores 14 goals as the Ottawa Silver 7 beat Dawson City (Yukon) 23-2 for the Stanley Cup. This is the most lopsided playoff game in Stanley Cup history. The Yukon team had walked from Dawson to railhead to be able to play in the tournament. 1814 Madrid New York - British troops start week-long raid on the towns of Madrid, Salmon River, Malone and Four Corners; retaliation for US raids in Canada; War of 1812 1800 Fredericton New Brunswick - John Murray Bliss fights the first duel in New Brunswick against Samuel D. Stuart. 1637 Quebec Quebec - The Company of New France receives a grant to establish a nunnery and Jesuit church and seminary at Quebec. Born on this day: 1874 - 1958 Robert W(illiam) Service poet and novelist, born at Preston, Lancashire, England; died in Lancieux, France. Service came to Canada as a young man to serve as a bank manager at Dawson City in the Yukon. He is best known for his rollicking ballads of the frozen North, The Shooting of Dan McGrew and The Cremation of Sam McGee. 1859 - 1939 Henry Mill Pellatt financier, soldier, was born at Kingston, Ontario; died in Toronto. Pellatt built Toronto's fabulous Casa Loma, now operated for the City by the Kiwanis Club.
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| Tuesday, January 17, 2006 - 10:59 am
January 17 1997 Geneva Switzerland - The World Trade Organization (WTO) rules against Canadian protectionist policies such as taxing Canadian editions of US magazines, preferential postal rates and tariff restrictions to protect its magazine industry from U.S. competition. Canada to look for other means to help industry. 1995 Canada - Canadian dollar skids to a nine-year low of US 70.49 cents. 1974 THE GOVERNOR IS A LADY Toronto Ontario - Pauline McGibbon 1910- takes office as Lieutenant Governor of Ontario, the first woman to hold a vice-regal post in Canada. 1976 Cape Canaveral Florida - NASA launches Canada's $60 million Communications Technology Satellite from Cape Canaveral; world's most powerful; will provide TV and phone services to Northern communities. 1972 Canada - Canadian air traffic controllers start 12-day strike, grounding most commercial flights. 1961 Warsaw Poland - Canadian officials return Polish national treasures stored in Canadian vaults for safekeeping during World War II. 1933 Newfoundland - Newfoundland asks Britain to solve financial difficulties; wants Royal Commission 1861 Montreal Quebec - Mass meeting at Montreal protests forced return of escaped slaves to US. 1854 Hamilton Ontario - Celebration marks completion of Great Western Railway between Niagara Falls, Hamilton and Windsor; later part of Grand Trunk and CNR. 1840 Quebec Quebec - French complain that Lower Canadians not consulted about union of Upper and Lower Canada. Born on this day: 1962 - Jim Carrey actor and comedian, born James Eugene Carrey at Newmarket Ontario. Carrey is known for his slapstick work in Ace Ventura: Pet Detective, Cable Guy, Dumb and Dumber, The Mask, Batman Forever, Finders Keepers, The Duck Factory and Liar Liar (with fellow Canadian Jennifer Tilley). 1929 - 1986 Jacques Plante NHL goaltender, was born at Montreal Quebec. Plante was the Montreal Canadiens goalie from 1954-1963. After a nose operation, he took to wearing a face mask permanently despite management opposition. Plante won one Hart Trophy as the NHLÕs MVP (1962). He had 6 Vezina Trophies (1956-60) with the Habs as best NHL goalie, and in 1968-69 the expansion St. Louis Blues coaxed him out of retirement where in combination with Glenn Hall he won his 7th Vezina. He played for six Stanley cup winners with 15 shutouts in 115 playoff games. He also played for the New York Rangers, Toronto Maple Leafs and Boston Bruins. 1884 - 1960 Mack Sennett silent movie actor and director, The King of Comedy, was born Michael Sinnott at Richmond, Eastern Townships, Quebec; died in Woodland Hills, California. The son of Irish immigrants, Sennett moved with his parents at age 17 to the US, where in 1902, while dabbling in vaudeville, he met a fellow Canadian, actress Marie Dressler. She got him a job in burlesque and as a chorus boy, and in 1908 he began acting in Biograph films with another Canadian film pioneer, Mary Pickford. After some training from D.W. Griffith, he started directing his own films, including the Dressler vehicle, Tillie's Punctured Romance. In 1912 he and two bookies formed the Keystone production company, featuring actors Mabel Normand, 'Fatty' Arbuckle, Chester Conklin, Slim Summerville, Minta Duffee and Charles Chaplin. In 1914 alone, Sennett directed Chaplin in 35 comedies. Refining the slapstick chase gags of the Keystone Kops, Sennett gradually added the Bathing Beauties and the Kid Komedies to his repertoire. In 1915 he and Griffith and Thomas Ince founded Triangle Films, and started more tightly scripted films, with stars like Bobby Vernon and Gloria Swanson. In 1917 he formed Mack Sennett Comedies, distributing through Paramount and Pathé. When the Depression hit, he went to Paramount, and produced shorts featuring W.C. Fields, Bing Crosby musicals, and one Buster Keaton film, The Timid Young Man, but in 1935 he was broke, and returned to Canada a pauper. In 1937 he was awarded a special Oscar - 'to the master of fun, discoverer of stars... for his lasting contribution to the comedy technique of the screen'. 1818 - 1891 Antoine-Aimé Dorion politician, statesman and jurist, was born at Ste-Anne-de-la-Pérade Quebec; died in Montreal. A Liberal (Rouge) politician, Dorion was joint premier of the united province of Canada with George Brown in August 1858 and with John Sandfield Macdonald from 1863-64.
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| Wednesday, January 18, 2006 - 6:21 am
January 18 1996 Ottawa Ontario - Lucien Bouchard resigns as Leader of the Bloc Quebecois (BQ); to become head of the Parti Quebecois and Premier of Quebec. 1982 London England - British parliamentary committee concludes that it would be proper for Parliament to adopt legislation revising the Canadian Constitution. 1972 Ottawa Ontario - Ottawa bans use of aircraft and large ships in Gulf of St. Lawrence seal hunt. 1971 Quebec Quebec - Quebec requires English-language schools in the province to teach French as a second language. 1967 YELLOWKNIFE NAMED NWT CAPITAL Yellowknife NWT - Yellowknife becomes capital of the North West Territories; administration transferred from Ottawa September 15. 1940 Toronto Ontario - Ontario Premier Mitch Hepburn condemns Mackenzie King's conduct of the war as inadequate; gives PM excuse to dissolve Parliament and call election. 1919 Versailles France - Canadian delegation attends opening of World War I Peace Congress. 1839 Montreal Quebec - Several rebels are hanged following the rebellion in Lower Canada. 1813 Frenchtown Michigan USA - Brig. Gen. James Winchester captures Frenchtown, 40 km south of Detroit; defended by handful of Canadian militia and Iroquois; after earlier defeat Born on this day: 1961 - Mark Messier hockey center, 2-time Hart Trophy winner as NHL MVP with Edmonton (1990) and NY Rangers (1992. Messier was only 17 when he turned pro with Indianapolis of the World Hockey Association, then Edmonton Oiler GM Glen Sather picked him in the second round of the NHL Entry draft in 1979. He scored 33 points as an 18 year old in his first year, and followed that up by a 63 point campaign. But in 1981-82, Messier blossomed into a 50 goal scorer alongside Wayne Gretzky. The Oilers reached the Stanley Cup final in 1983, but partly due to Messier's injured shoulder they were defeated by the New York Islanders. In 1983 they again faced the Isles, with a healthy Messier, and gained their first Stanley Cup, with Messier named the Conn Smythe Trophy winner as the playoff MVP. Messier and the Oilers won 3 more Cups. When Gretzky was traded to Los Angeles in 1988, Messier was named Oiler captain. He enjoyed his most productive season in 1989-90, scoring 129 points, and leading the Oilers to a 5th Stanley Cup in 7 years, sans Gretzky. At the start of the 1991-92 season Messier was traded to the New York Rangers, and given the mission to bring the Stanley Cup back to Manhattan for the first time since 1940. In 1994 he and goaltender Mike Richter inspired a 7 game Cup victory over the Vancouver Canucks. Messier and Gretzky were reunited in 1996-97, but Vancouver Coach Mike Keenan lured him to the Canucks in 1997, with a new mission. 1952 - 1982 Gilles Villeneuve racing car driver; killed while practicing for the Belgian Grand Prix. Villeneuve was six times Formula One Grand Prix champion. He began racing in snowmobiles, and in 1974 won the world championship. He entered his first auto race in 1973 and by 1976 dominated the Formula Atlantic series, then signed with McLaren to drive Formula One, later switching to Ferrari. In 1978 he won the Canadian Grand Prix in Montreal - a first by a Canadian driver.
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| Monday, January 30, 2006 - 1:55 pm
Wow, I'll need to do quite a bit of catching up in here. But I do have a few prepared ones. So I'll post those for now.
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| Monday, January 30, 2006 - 1:55 pm
January 19 1996 WINNIPEG MOURNS AS JETS FLY SOUTH Miami Florida - NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman announces that the League has approved the sale of the Winnipeg Jets to Phoenix, Arizona investors. 1987 Ottawa Ontario - Erik Nielsen resigns as MP for the Yukon after 30 years in politics; former Deputy Prime Minister in Clark Government; brother of actor Leslie Nielsen. 1960 Whiteshell Manitoba - AECL to build Canada's second Nuclear Research Establishment at Whiteshell on the Winnipeg River, 100 km from Winnipeg. 1950 Downsview Ontario - Maiden flight of the Avro Canada CF-100 military jet. 1942 Halifax Nova Scotia - German submarine torpedoes Canadian ship Lady Hawkins, as U-boats ravage unprotected shipping along the Atlantic coast. 1943 Ottawa Ontario - Princess Margriet born to Crown Princess Juliana of the Netherlands in a room in the Ottawa Civic hospital declared to be Dutch territory. The Dutch royal family live in Ottawa as exiles during World War II; Juliana will become Queen of the Netherlands in 1948. 1901 Quebec Quebec - Government of Canada purchases the Plains of Abraham battlefield; to be maintained as a national park. 1870 Winnipeg Manitoba - Donald Alexander Smith, later Lord Strathcona meets Metis and Scottish settlers at two day meeting at Fort Garry to give them Canada's position. 1857 Grand Manan New Brunswick - Vessel Lord Ashburton wrecked on Grand Manan Island en route from France to Saint John; loss of 21 lives 1649 Quebec Quebec - The first executioner in Canada, a pardoned criminal, performs his first assignment at Quebec on a 16 year old girl found guilty of theft. Born on this day: 1931 - Robert MacNeil newscaster, journalist, born at Halifax. MacNeil has worked for the CBC, Reuters, NBC and the BBC, and until recently starred in PBS's MacNeil-Lehrer Report. 1911 - 1966 Harvey Jackson hockey player, left winger. Jackson played junior with the Toronto Marlboros, and joined the Maple Leafs in 1930, playing with Charlie Conacher and Joe Primeau Jackson on the Famous Kid Line. He was an All Star five times, a member of one Stanley Cup winning team (1931-32), and led the NHL in scoring in 1932-3.
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| Monday, January 30, 2006 - 1:56 pm
January 20 1995 REASONABLY WELL PAID RINK RATS GO BACK TO WORK North America - 1994-95 NHL Season starts after a lengthy pro hockey strike. 1995 Yellowknife NWT - Roger Warren convicted of second-degree murder for killing 9 men during the 1992 strike-related bombing of the Giant gold mine. 1994 Ottawa Ontario - Telesat Canada's Anik E-1 communications satellite spins out of control; newspapers, radio and TV broadcasters scramble to get news feed. 1994 Henley-on-Thames England - Beatrice Lillie, Lady Peel 1894-1989 dies at age 94; born Constance Sylvia Gladys Munston in Toronto on May 29, 1894. Lillie was a comic movie/stage actor that Noel Coward billed as the funniest woman in the world. She appeared in such films as Auntie Mame (1958), Around the World in 80 Days (1956) and Thoroughly Modern Millie (1967). 1971 Tuktoyaktuk NWT - Radio Tuktoyaktuk starts broadcasting in English and Inuktutuk. 1953 Toronto Ontario - CBS Television production of Studio One transmitted to CBLT-TV and rebroadcast in Canada; first transmission of a TV show from the United States to Canada. 1936 London England - Edward VIII starts reign on the death of his father George V. He will abdicate eleven months later, on December 11, 1936, to marry 'the woman I love,' Wallis Simpson. 1904 Ottawa Ontario - Canadian government disallows British Columbia Act to restrict Chinese immigration. 1899 Halifax Nova Scotia - Advance group of about 2,000 Russian Doukhobors lands in Halifax en route to the west; 5,400 follow shortly after. These first members of this mystical Christian sect (the name means 'spirit wrestlers,') are sponsored by Count Leo Tolstoy, the novelist and author of War and Peace. Born on this day: 1888 - 1980 Ethel Wilson writer, was born at Port Elizabeth, South Africa; died in Vancouver. Wilson's parents, English missionaries, died when she was 10, and she was sent to live with relations in Vancouver. She taught school in that city from 1907-27. Her novels include Hetty Dorval (1947), The Equations of Love (1952) and Swamp Angel (1954), and Love and Salt Water (1956). 1811 - 1890 Samuel Keefer civil engineer, born at Thorold Ontario. Keefer learned his trade working on the Erie and Welland Canals as a boy - his father was one of the promoters of the Welland Canal. He was Canada's first Chief Engineer of Public Works, and built the country's first suspension bridge at the Chaudière Falls in Ottawa in 1843, as well as the Clifton Bridge, the first suspension bridge at Niagara Falls in 1869. He also selected the plans for the Parliament Buildings in 1859, and directed their construction.
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| Monday, January 30, 2006 - 1:56 pm
January 21 1992 Ottawa Ontario - Supreme Court starts review of David Milgaard murder conviction in the death of Saskatoon nursing aide Gail Miller; he will be freed April 16th, after 22 years in jail, when the Court finds a miscarriage of justice. 1985 Uniondale New York - Ottawa native Dennis Potvin of the New York Islanders ties Bobby Orr's career record of 270 NHL goals. 1983 Regina Saskatchewan - Joanne Wilson found murdered in her garage; ex-wife of politician Colin Thatcher, son of ex-Premier Ross Thatcher, who will be found guilty of first-degree murder. 1911 Washington DC - Canada and US agree to comprehensive reciprocity bill; ratified by Senate in July, but fails to pass in Canadian Parliament. 1907 KENORA WINS STANLEY CUP Montreal Quebec - Kenora Thistles ice hockey team sweep the Montreal Wanderers in 2 games for the Stanley Cup. 1900 Halifax Nova Scotia - Second Contingent of Canadian troops sails from Halifax for South Africa; more troop ships leave January 27 and February 21 1891 Boston Massachusetts - Calixa Lavallée dies at age 48; composer of O Canada. 1839 Wolfville Nova Scotia - Acadia College opens in Wolfville; now Acadia University 1807 Trois-Rivières Quebec - Ezekiel Hart elected to the Lower Canada Assembly for Three Rivers; re-elected in 1808 but again barred from sitting because of his religion; first Jew elected to a Canadian legislature. 1757 Ticonderoga New York USA - Robert Rogers defeated with his Rogers Rangers by French near Ticonderoga. Born on this day: 1979 - Ilana Miller actor, was born at Toronto. Miller played on Disney's reincarnated Mickey Mouse Club from 1989-93. 1721 - 1794 James Murray soldier, born at Ballencrieff, East Lothian, Scotland; dies at Battle, Sussex, England. Murray was at the battle of the Plains of Abraham, and served as military and civilian Governor of Quebec from 1760 to 1768
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| Monday, January 30, 2006 - 4:52 pm
January 22 1992 Cape Canaveral Florida - Roberta Bondar, a Canadian Space Agency Mission Specialist born in Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario, blasts into Space from the Kennedy Space Center on an eight-day flight aboard the shuttle Discovery with six other astronauts. Bondar, an MD in Neurology and a PhD in Astrophysics, is Canada's first woman astronaut. 1979 Ottawa Ontario - Edward Richard Schreyer takes office as Governor General of Canada; the former Manitoba Premier's term ended in 1984. 1969 Ottawa Ontario - Ottawa to discuss exchange of ambassadors with People's Republic of China. 1931 Montreal Quebec - Tyrone Guthrie broadcasts the first episode of The Romance of Canada; first series of radio dramas produced in Canada. 1906 Pacific - US steamer Valencia sinks off Vancouver Island; 126 drown. 1901 Windsor England - Queen Victoria 1819-1901 dies at age 82, ending her 64-year reign - the longest in British history. 1874 MACKENZIE THRASHES SIR JOHN A. Canada - Liberal Alexander Mackenzie defeats John A. Macdonald in the second Canadian general election, 138 seats to 67; of a total 206 seats. Macdonald suffered from the Pacific Scandal revelations. 1874 Provencher Manitoba - Louis Riel elected as the member of Parliament for Provencher in Manitoba. He will be prevented from taking his seat by a warrant for his arrest sworn in Ontario. 1813 Frenchtown Michigan - Major General Henry Proctor leads 500 soldiers and militia, with Tecumseh's 800 Indians from Amherstburg, in a counterattack across the frozen Detroit River after his defeat 4 days earlier. He recaptures the River Raison post, defeats 900 US troops led by Brig. Gen. James Winchester, and captures Winchester and 500 Americans. 1699 Quebec Quebec - Jean-Baptiste de La Croix de Saint-Vallier founds the first elementary school in New France; opens following year Born on this day: 1957 - Mike Bossy hockey player, born at Montreal. Bossy led the New York Islanders to 4 Stanley Cups. He was playoff MVP in 1982; scored 50 goals or more 9 straight years; has a total of 573 career goals. 1915 - 1972 Bill Durnan NHL goaltender. After 9 years in the minors, Durnan was traded to the Montreal Canadiens, where he won the Vezina Trophy 6 times in his 7 years playing in the NHL, and led the Habs to 2 Stanley Cups. He recorded 4 consecutive shutouts in the 1948-'49 season, and retired with a career goals against average of 2.36.
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| Monday, January 30, 2006 - 4:53 pm
January 23 1995 MILITARY GET BLACK EYE Ottawa Ontario - Defence Minister David Collenette disbands the Canadian Airborne Regiment; after some of its soldiers were found to be involved in the death of a Somali boy during a UN mission, and revelations of illegal hazing rituals. 1995 Toronto Ontario - Ontario Court of Appeal acquits Guy-Paul Morin of 1984 sex-slaying of his nine-year-old neighbor, Christine Jessop of Queensville, Ontario; ruling on basis of new DNA evidence. 1972 Montreal Quebec - Terrorists throw four firebombs at the Soviet consulate in Montreal, doing slight damage. 1949 Regina Saskatchewan - Fire destroys the Regina transit barns, torching most of its 38 buses and streetcars. 194 Prescott Ontario - German prisoner of war Franz von Werra escapes from a train and makes it back to Germany, only to die in action a year later; the only German POW to make a successful escape in Canada. 1935 Iroquois Falls Ontario - Thermometer hits -60C, the lowest temperature ever recorded in Ontario. 1895 New York New York - Romaine Callender demonstrates his automatic telephone in New York; inventor from Brantford, Ontario 1863 Toronto Ontario - Toronto Stock Exchange introduces first regular daily trading sessions. 1836 Toronto Ontario - Francis Bond Head arrives in Toronto to replace Colborne as Lieutenant-Governor of Upper Canada; he appoints Reformers Baldwin, Rolph and Dunn to the Executive Council in an effort to quell potential rebellion. Colborne moves to Montreal to take command of the military in the Canadas. 1834 Quebec Quebec - Fire destroys the old Chateau Saint-Louis, originally built by Samuel de Champlain, and home to the Governors of New France. Born on this day: 1929 - John C. Polanyi chemist, professor, born at Berlin, Germany. Polanyi came to Canada as a young boy; he won the Nobel Prize for Chemistry in 1986 with Dudley R. Herschbach and Yuan T. Lee for their contribution to the field of chemical-reaction dynamics. 1915 - ? Noel MacDonald basketball player. MacDonald joined the famous Edmonton Grads in 1933 and was named Captain in 1936. She totaled 1874 points in 135 games - an average of 14 points per game - and was the unbeatable Grads' top point getter. 1904 - ? Peggy Seller synchronized swimmer, was born on this day at Montreal in 1904. Before competing in synchro, Seller was a track athlete (Quebec titles in javelin, broad jump, 100 yard dash and relays) and diving champion (Canadian 3 metre diving championships). She wrote the FINA synchronized swimming rules in 1952, as well as the first descriptive rule book for the sport, and won the Gale Trophy four times.
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| Monday, January 30, 2006 - 4:53 pm
January 24 1988 New York City - Ben Johnson named the Associated Press (AP) athlete of the year, the first Canadian track athlete so honoured. On Sept. 26, at the Seoul Summer Olympics, Johnson will test positive for steroid use, and will be stripped of the Gold Medal he won in the 100 Metre Sprint two days earlier. 1984 Calgary Alberta - ABC network agrees to pay $386 million for US TV rights to the 1988 Calgary Winter Olympics; a record sum to that date. 1978 SOVIET SATELLITE FIREBALL OVER NWT NWT - Nuclear-powered USSR satellite Cosmos 954 re-enters the Earth's atmosphere and disintegrates over the Northwest Territories, scattering radiation; Canadian Armed Forces launches large operation to recover debris. 1955 Des Joachims Ontario - Start of first Canadian nuclear power plant at Des Joachims. 1952 Ottawa Ontario - Charles Vincent Massey appointed Governor General; first Canadian-born; serves from February 28, 1952 to September 15, 1959. 1942 Ottawa Ontario - Wartime Prices and Trade Board rations sugar to 3/4 lb per person per week; cut to 1/2 lb on May 19; coupon rationing July 1. 1903 USA - Britain and US refer Alaskan boundary dispute to commission which sits from September 3 to October 2; the result of the Anglo-American Convention will be largely in favor of American interests, enraging the Canadian public. 1885 Vancouver BC - The CPR telegraph reaches the Pacific from Halifax; now operating from coast to coast. 1848 Quebec/Ontario - Reformers led by Robert Baldwin and Louis-Hippolyte Lafontaine sweep elections in both Canada East and Canada West. Born on this day: 1950 - Michael Ontkean actor, poet, born at Vancouver BC. Ontkean has starred in Rookies (Police Officer Willie Gillis, Slap Shot (with Paul Newman), Legacy of Lies, Twin Peaks (Sheriff Harry S. Truman), Postcards from the Edge, Peacekillers. 1936 - Jack Scott country-rock singer, guitarist, songwriter, was born Jack Scafone Jr. at Windsor Ontario. Scott's hits include My True Love (1958), Goodbye Baby, What In the World's Come Over You (1959), Burning Bridges.
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