March 19th 2013 - This Date in History.

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1279 – A Mongolian victory Battle of Yamen ends the Song Dynasty in China. <br />
1563 – The Edict of Amboise is signed, ending the first phase of the French Wars of Religion and granting...

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1981 SABRES PLASTER MAPLE LEAFS
Toronto Ontario - Buffalo Sabres beat Toronto Maple Leafs 14-4; score 9 goals in the second period, the most goals in one period by an NHL team; total 31 goals and assists another NHL record.

1964
Ottawa Ontario - Sergeant Major Walter Leja awarded George Medal for heroic conduct while dismantling FLQ bombs in Montreal May 17,1963; the picture shows him lying in a Westmount street, severely wounded just after a mailbox bomb has gone off in his hands.

1885
Batoche Saskatchewan - Louis Riel 1844-1885 seizes hostages and sets up Provisional Government of Saskatchewan; North West Rebellion begins; Riel President, Gabriel Dumont Adjutant-General of the Army.

1990 New York City - Toronto singer Alannah Myles' song Black Velvet makes it to Number 1 on the Billboard Charts.
1990 Bridgetown Barbados - Brian Mulroney 1939- forgives $182 million debt owed by Caribbean countries; at 2 day Caribbean Commonwealth leaders conference; $93 million of Jamaica's debt forgiven.
1990 Ottawa Ontario - First world ice hockey tournament for women held in Ottawa.
1982 Albany New York - Quebec signs 13-year, $6 billion hydro-electric power export agreement with New York state.
1974 Quebec Quebec - Quebec brings in free dental care for all children under eight in the province.
1970 Ottawa Ontario - Ottawa brings in rigid federal rules barring any foreign ownership of Canadian uranium mining.
1969 Quebec Quebec - Jean-Jacques Bertrand 1916-1973 Quebec Premier drops Bill guaranteeing right to English-language education after heavy opposition; introduced Dec. 9, 1968.
1964 Cape Whittle Quebec - Over 100 cm of snow falls at Cape Whittle; Quebec's greatest one-day snowfall.
1941 Washington DC - United States and Canada sign pact to develop the St. Lawrence Seaway.
1938 Toronto Ontario - Toronto Maple Leafs score 8 goals in four minutes and fifty-two seconds of the 3rd period of a Toronto-New York Rangers hockey game.
1937 Ottawa Ontario - Commons passes bill banning Canadian enlistment in the Spanish Civil War.
1914 Toronto Ontario - Toronto Blueshirts sweep Victoria Capitals in 3 for the Stanley Cup.
1871 Ottawa Ontario - Minister of Inland Revenue Alexander Morris 1826-1889 introduces Act to legalize metric system in Canada.
1867 Victoria BC - British Columbia Legislative Council passes Act enabling province to enter Confederation.
1860 Fredericton NB - New Brunswick legislature decides not to invite the Prince of Wales, the visiting Canada, because of costs; decides to erase to day's debate from the record the following day.
1825 Portland Oregon - George Simpson c1787-1860 chooses new Fort Vancouver as headquarters of Columbia district; on Columbia River near present day Portland.
1747 Quebec Quebec - Jacques-Pierre de Taffanel de La Jonquiere 1685-1752 appointed Governor of New France.
1687 Texas - René-Robert Cavelier de La Salle 1643-1687 murdered by mutineers; he and his men are trying to reach the Mississippi River from the Gulf of Mexico.

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