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04-09-2013, 08:53 AM

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1987 GREAT ONE NOTCHES SEVEN IN POST SEASON PLAY
Edmonton Alberta - Oiler Wayne Gretzky scores 7 goals in a Stanley Cup game for the third time; passes Jean Beliveau as all-time playoff scoring champion.

1917
Vimy France - Arthur William Currie 1875-1933 leads all four divisions of the Canadian Corps. fighting as a unit for the first time, with one British brigade under Lt.-Gen. Julian Byng, to Easter Monday victory at Vimy Ridge. Using 1,000 guns and a masterful artillery barrage technique developed by Currie and his gunners, they take the German stronghold where the French and British had earlier failed; 4,000 Canadians killed, 6,000 wounded. From that day onward, Germany is on the defensive.

1682
Louisiana USA - René-Robert Cavelier de La Salle 1643-1687 erects a cross and proclaims the Mississippi delta the property of Louis XIV; calls it Louisiana and the Mississippi River la Rivière Colbert after the administrator of France; he and Tonty had arrived at the Gulf on April 6 with 22 other French explorers.

1991 Ottawa Ontario - Mexican President Carlos Salinas de Gortari winds up three day visit to Canada to promote continental free trade pact.
1991 Ottawa Ontario - Gilbert Chartrand defects from Bloc Quebecois back to Conservatives, says Bloc wants destruction of Canada; also concerned by PQ decision to support Bloc.
1990 Quebec Quebec - Jean-Francois Lisée publishes 'Dans l'oeil de l'aigle' claiming that René Levesque regularly gave the US an advance look at sensitive legislation before showing it to the Parti Quebecois Cabinet.
1990 Ottawa Ontario -Angus Reid releases poll showing the Mulroney Tories at only 15% of decided voters; historic low for governing party; Liberals 53%, NDP 23%, Reform 6% (30% in Alberta), 29% undecided.
1990 Yellowknife NWT - Ottawa signs final land claim agreement with 15,000 Dene-Metis of Mackenzie Valley; they are awarded surface title to 181,230 sq km land, mineral rights to 10,000 sq km and $500 million cash over 20 years.
1987 Ottawa Ontario - Supreme Court of Canada rules that the right to strike is not guaranteed by the constitution.
1984 Ottawa Ontario - Commons passes Canada Health Act; provinces allowing extra billing will lose $1 for every $1 collected starting July 1.
1975 Ottawa Ontario - Ottawa and Premiers start two-day meeting in Ottawa; fail to agree on future domestic oil prices.
1973 Washington DC -Canada and US agree on contingency plan to clean up potential off-shore oil spills.
1962 Toronto Ontario - CPR employees at Royal York Hotel in Toronto end 11-month strike.
1961 Ottawa Ontario - Harold Macmillan British Prime Minister visits Ottawa for two days of talks with Prime Minister John Diefenbaker.
1946 Montreal Quebec - Montreal Canadiens beat Boston Bruins 4 games to 1 for the Stanley Cup.
1945 Netherlands - Canadian troops trap the remaining German armies in the Netherlands, cutting off all land escape routes.
1940 Ottawa Ontario - Clarence Decatur C. D. Howe 1886-1960 appointed Minister of Munitions and Supply; phases out War Supply Board.
1935 Montreal Quebec - Montreal Maroons sweep Toronto Maple Leafs in 3 games for the Stanley Cup.
1932 Toronto Ontario - Toronto Maple Leafs sweep NY Rangers in 3 games for the Stanley Cup.
1929 Washington DC - Canadian Ambassador Vincent Massey 1887-1967 protests against sinking of Canadian schooner I'm Alone; crew released; case of rum-runner to go to arbitration.
1919 Ottawa - Government appoints Royal Commission on Industrial Relations; to look at high cost of living as it affects labour.
1912 Cobh Ireland - White Star liner Titanic leaves Queenstown for NY; to pass the coast of Newfoundland in four days.
1869 London England - HBC shareholders accept terms of Rupert's Land Act of 1868; Hudson Bay Company cedes its territory to Canada.
1799 Toronto Ontario - Asa Danforth begins building road from the town of York toward the Trent River; an American immigrant, he gives his name to Danforth Avenue.
1682 Quebec Quebec - Louis de Buade et de Palluau, Comte de Frontenac 1622-1698 recalled as Governor by the King after bitter quarrels with Intendant Jacques Duchesneau.

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