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08-16-2013, 12:16 AM

Today's Canadian Headline....

1896 GOLDEN DAYS
Bonanza Creek Yukon- George Washington Cormack and his wife Kate, acting on a tip from Canadian prospector Robert Henderson, discover placer gold in Rabbit Creek tributary of Klondike River, later called Bonanza Creek; with Patsy Henderson and his Indian helpers Tagish Charlie and Skookum Jim. They stake their claims the following day, renaming Rabbit Creek Bonanza Creek. Carmack will later say that the gold veins were 'thick between the flaky slabs, like cheese sandwiches.'

Also on this day in 1969, Winnipeg supergroup The Guess Who receive their first gold record for 'These Eyes.'

1979
Ottawa Ontario - Right Honorable John Diefenbaker 1895-1979 dies in Ottawa at age 83; born Sept. 18, 1895 in Neustadt, Ontario; Leader of the Opposition 1956-1957, 1963-1967; Prime Minister of Canada June 21, 1957 - April 22, 1963.
In Other Events....
1996 Lunenburg, Nova Scotia - Lunenburg designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
1991 New York City- Bryan Adams hit (Everything I Do) I Do It for You stays at #1 on the Billboard charts for the fifth straight week.
1990 Montreal Quebec- Quebec Superior Court Chief Justice Alan Gold gets talks with Mohawks to resume after breakdown on August 15.
1989 Vancouver BC- Tom Drees pitches his third no-hitter of the season for Vancouver Canadians AAA baseball team, as they beat Las Vegas 5-0 in a seven-inning, first game of a doubleheader in the Pacific Coast League. Drees became the first pitcher in the PCL of the majors with three no-hitters in a year.
1988 St-Zotique Quebec- Hurricane hits St-Zotique region.
1985 Montreal Quebec- Ronald Corey appointed President of the Montreal Port Authority/SociŽté du Port de Montréal.
1985 Quebec Quebec- Bernard Landry announces that he will not be a candidate for the leadership of the Parti Quebecois.
1980 Winnipeg Manitoba- Rev. Lois Wilson elected the first woman moderator of the United Church of Canada.
1974 Toronto Ontario- Cindy Nicholas 1957- crosses Lake Ontario in 15 hours, breaking old record by nearly three hours; native of Scarborough, Ontario.
1972 Toronto Ontario- Canadian National Exhibition opens in Toronto with display by the Peoples Republic of China; CNE's display the first by Red China in the Western world.
1971 Nova Scotia- Hurricane Beth slams into coast of Nova Scotia, doing serious damage.
1969 Longueuil Quebec- The towns of Jacques-Cartier and Longueuil amalgamate into the city of Longueuil.
1969 Halifax Nova Scotia- Opening of two-week long Canada Summer Games in Halifax-Dartmouth; first Canada Summer Games.
1968 Jamaica- Air Canada acquires 40% of the stock of Air Jamaica.
1966 Stratford Ontario- Brian Macdonald 1928- premieres his ballet Rose Latulipe at Stratford Festival; first full-length Canadian ballet; with music by Harry Freedman 1922-.
1966 Toronto Ontario- George Chuvalo becomes Canadian Heavyweight Boxing champion.
1965 Vancouver BC- Canadian jockey Johnny Longden wins his 6,000th race.
1963 Ottawa Ontario- Government announces Canadian-United States agreement on nuclear warhead storage.
1960 Montreal Quebec- Start of strike by 1,300 Dominion Bridge employees.
1956 New York City- Christopher Plummer marries musical star Tammy Grimes; their daughter, Amanda Plummer, is also an actress.
1947 Toronto Ontario- First flight of de Havilland DHC-2 Beaver bush plane; with high-lift wing and flap configuration, the all-metal Beaver has very good short take-off-and-landing capability even with heavy loads; US Army and US Air Force will buy 980 for use in Korea, where it was known as the General's Jeep. Total of the 1600 made, a record number for an aircraft designed and built in Canada.
1945 Ottawa Ontario- War Measures Act canceled.
1944 Falaise France- From dawn until dusk, the RAF and RCAF bomb, and shoot up German transport, tanks, and guns, blocking the roads with wrecked equipment; the 2nd Canadian Division (6th Canadian Infantry Brigade [South Sasks, The Camerons and the Fusiliers Mont-Royal] and Sherbrooke Fusilier tanks) finally enters Falaise that night through the woods to the north; Mayer's 12 SS grenadiers fight to the death. The Falaise Gap between the Canadians and the Americans is still 18 km wide and the Germans are pouring through, with the 2 SS Panzer Corps holding open the road to Vimoutiers and Rouen. Montgomery has not ordered the Americans to move and it is too late to have them encircle the retreating Germans.
1943 Sicily Italy- Allies complete conquest of Sicily.
1943 Canada- End of strike at three aircraft plants in Toronto and Montreal.
1936 Berlin, Germany- Closing of 11th Summer Olympics in Berlin. Canadians take home one gold medal (Canoe C-1 1,000 m: Francis Amyot), 3 silver (Basketball Team: Gord Aitchison, Ian Allison, Art Chapman, Charles Chapman, Edward Dawson, Irving Meretsky, Doug Peden, James Stewart, Malcolm Wiseman; Canoeing C-2 10,000 m: Harvey Charters, Frank Saker; Track and Field 400-metre hurdles: John Loaring) and 5 bronze (Canoeing C-2 1,000 m: Harvey Charters, Frank Saker; Track and Field 80-m hurdles: Betty Taylor; 800 m: Philip Edwards; 4x100-metre relay: Dorothy Brookshaw, Hilda Cameron, Jeanette Dolson, Aileen Meagher; Wrestling 72-kg freestyle: Joseph Schleimer).
1934 New Brunswick- Post office issues 2 cent stamp to commemorate 150th anniversary of founding of New Brunswick.
1930 Hamilton Ontario- First British Empire Games held at Hamilton; now called the Commonwealth Games.
1917 Loos France- Private Harry Brown, 10th Bn. Quebec Regiment dies of wounds near Hill 70, near Loos; after his company is surrounded, and the signal lines cut, he delivers a message across no-man's land while severely wounded; awarded Victoria Cross Oct. 17, 1917.
1913 St-Hyacinthe Quebec- Election crowd of 10,000 welcomes Wilfrid Laurier to St-Hyacinthe.
1897 Dawson Yukon- NWMP Superintendent James Morrow Walsh 1843-1905 appointed Commissioner of the Yukon by the new Yukon Administration responsible for law and order headed by a commission of six; creation of Yukon Judicial District.
1882 Montreal Quebec- Peter Redpath opens Redpath Museum at McGill University.
1858 Canada- Bank of Canada chartered.
1858 Heart's Content, Newfoundland- Queen Victoria sends US President Buchanan the first Atlantic Cable dispatch, from Newfoundland to Britain via Valencia, Ireland; Cyrus W. Field's cable laid by USS Niagara and HMS Agamemnon, and landed on second attempt at Trinity Bay, but the cable will fail in October.
1858 Marieville Quebec- Marieville incorporated.
1858 Arthabaska Quebec- Arthabaska incorporated.
1858 Ottawa Ontario- Assembly of the Province of Canada charters a Bank of Canada; abolishes imprisonment for debt.
1853 Toronto Ontario- Ontario Simcoe and Huron Railroad Union Company changes its name to the Northern Railway of Canada; became part of the Northern and Northwestern Railway June 6, 1879; now part of the Canadian National system.
1850 Montreal Quebec- First English Catholic newspaper in Montreal.
1847 Montreal Quebec- Arsonist sets fire to the old Hotel Donegana in Montreal.
1847 Montreal Quebec- Salaries of all government employees, even the Governor, now under control of elected Assembly; Act of June 9, 1846 gives responsible government.
1846 Toronto Ontario- Founding of the Provincial Agricultural Association and the Board of Agriculture for Canada West; precursor of the Canadian National Exhibition (CNE) board.
1838 London England- Parliament passes a Bill of indemnity disavowing the policies of Lord Durham in suggesting assimilation of the French Canadians.
1827 Ottawa Ontario- Admiral John Franklin 1786-1847 lays first stone of Rideau Canal locks; on his return down the Ottawa River from the Arctic.
1812 Detroit Michigan- General Isaac Brock 1769-1812 captures Detroit and the Michigan territory with 400 troops and 300 militia from York and Niagara, and with the aid of Tecumseh and 600 Indians; American General William Hull and his more than 2,000 troops had retired to Fort Detroit after Tecumseh's attacks caused him to abort his invasion of Upper Canada; Brock knighted for this victory, but news did not reach him before his death Oct. 13, 1812 at Queenston Heights.
1807 Quebec- Militia captains enroll 1,200 militiamen in Lower Canada to meet American threats.
1784 London England- Thomas Carleton 1735-1817 appointed Governor of new province of New Brunswick; serves from Nov. 22, 1784 to Oct. 29, 1786; now separate colony, with nominated council and elected assembly.
1756 Oswego, New York- Montcalm's soldiers demolish Fort Chouaguen (the English Fort Ontario).
1665 Quebec Quebec- Arrival of 12 mares and 2 stallions; gift of Louis XlV to start a new breed of Canadian horse.
1654 Annapolis, Nova Scotia- Captain John Leverett left at Port Royal by General Sedgwick as governor and commander of the forts of St. John, Port Royal and Penobscot; this English possession lasts from 1654 to 1667.
1654 Saint John New Brunswick- Robert Sedgwick 1611-1656 leads New England expedition to capture Fort La Tour, but driven back; in reprisal for French attacks.
1637 Quebec Quebec- Duchesse d'Aiguillon donates 22,400 Livres to establish Hotel-Dieu, first hospital in North America outside Mexico; Cardinal Richelieu's niece.
1636 Montreal Quebec- The Jesuits become the first seigneurs of l'Ile Jésus north of Montreal.
1634 Quebec Quebec- Father Le Jeune baptizes the Huron child, Akhikouch, age 12.

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