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09-18-2013, 11:32 AM

Today's Canadian Headline....

1970 FLQ TERRORISTS KIDNAP PIERRE LAPORTE
Montreal Quebec - October Crisis comes to a head. Chronology of this day: 5:30 pm - Quebec government refuses to free Front de Libération du Québec prisoners; 5:45 pm - Government rejects other FLQ conditions; 6:00 pm - Justice Minister Jérôme Choquette opens a news conference to announce that the government refuses to negotiate with FLQ terrorists; 6:18 pm - Quebec Labour Minister Pierre Laporte 1921-1970 kidnapped by FLQ cell while playing football with his son outside his suburban home in St-Hubert; 7:10 pm - intense police activity begins around Montreal as the search begins for Laporte.

In Other Events....

1992 Ottawa Ontario - Ottawa releases legal text of Charlottetown Accord; some changes to Senate and native rights; not yet signed or legally binding.
1992 New York City - k. d. laing's 'Constant Craving' peaks at #38 on the Billboard pop singles chart.
1986 Montreal Quebec - Mafia boss Frank Cotroni arrested in Montreal.
1979 Quebec Quebec - Nordiques' Réal Cloutier scores three goals in his first NHL game; first game hat trick sets NHL record; Nordiques lose 5-3 to Atlanta Flames.
1978 Ottawa Ontario - Female pages hired for the House of Commons for the first time.
1975 Winnipeg Manitoba - Canadian Wheat Board sells the Soviet Union up to $100 million of grain.
1973 Come By Chance, Newfoundland - $200 million oil refinery at Come By Chance starts production; capacity of 100,000 barrels a day.
1973 China - Pierre Elliott Trudeau 1919- starts six-day visit to China, where he meets with Chairman Mao Tse-Tung; first visit by a Canadian Prime Minister.
1972 Charlottetown PEI - Premier Alex Campbell appoints Jean Canfield minister responsible for the PEI Housing Authority; first woman cabinet member in Prince Edward Island history. .
1971 Quebec - Réal Caouette re-elected Leader of the Crédit Social.
1969 Winnipeg Manitoba - Manitoba cuts voting age in provincial elections from 21 to 18.
1964 Quebec Quebec - Queen Elizabeth II's visit to Quebec marred by demonstrations; police wield nightsticks to break up crowds; called 'le Samedi de la Matraque'.
1964 Tokyo Japan - Canadian team joins 92 other nations at the opening of the 18th Summer Olympic Games in Tokyo; total of 5,140 athletes compete until Oct. 24. Canada will tale home one gold medal (Coxless pairs: George Hungerford, Roger Jackson); two silver (Judo - Plus 80 kilograms: Doug Rogers; and Track and Field - 800 m: Bill Crothers); and one bronze (Track and Field - 100 m: Harry Jerome).
1962 Bagotville Quebec - Collision between TCA Viscount and RCAF fighter kills 2, injures 5 over Bagotville.
1961 Ottawa Ontario - Urho Kekkonen President of Finland starts six-day visit to Canada.
1960 Ottawa Ontario - Rough Rider Ron Stewart rushes for 287 yards against Montreal Alouettes, to set a single game CFL record.
1959 St-Jovite, Quebec - Inauguration of the Autoroute des Laurentides.
1927 Winnipeg Manitoba - Opening of Conservative Party Convention; R. B. Bennett will be chosen to succeed Arthur Meighen as Tory leader.
1921 New Brunswick - New Brunswick votes against importing liquor for personal use.
1911 Ottawa Ontario - Robert Laird Borden 1854-1937 sworn in as Prime Minister succeeding Wilfrid Laurier; was Leader of the Opposition 1901-1911; serves to July 10, 1920.
1903 Walkerville Ontario - Henry Ford starts production at Walkerville; makes 117 cars in first year.
1885 Battleford Saskatchewan - Start of trial of five Indians in involvement in massacre at Frog Lake, found guilty and sentenced to hang.
1878 Ottawa Ontario - Alexander Mackenzie resigns with his Liberal government after election defeat by John A. Macdonald.
1851 PEI - Great American Gale destroys 80 fishing vessels, killing 130 men; one of Prince Edward Island's worst natural disasters.
1849 Montreal Quebec - Over 325 prominent Montreal citizens sign Annexation Manifesto, advocating union of Canada and US; including John Abbott, a future prime minister; later published in Montreal Gazette.
1848 Winnipeg Manitoba - Manitoba's first public library founded at Fort Garry.
1814 Kingston Ontario - Kingston Navy Dockyard launches big three-deck warship 'St. Lawrence,' but too late for action; largest wooden ship ever built on fresh water.
1806 Niagara Ontario - William Weekes killed in a duel with William Dickson 1769-1846, member of the Legislative Council; representative of Durham, Simcoe and East York in Upper Canada Assembly.
1725 Quebec Quebec - Philippe Rigaud de Vaudreuil dies at Quebec.
1710 Halifax, Nova Scotia - First Anglican church service in southern Canada held at Chebucto.
1682 Quebec Quebec - Meeting at Quebec to discuss how to deal with the Iroquois problem.
1663 Paris France - The King approves the 'dîme' law, whereby the Habitants of New France are obliged to pay one-thirteenth of their harvest to the seigneur.
1663 Quebec Quebec - First Immigration Act in New France.
1615 Syracuse, New York - Samuel de Champlain c1570-1635 and his party of 500 Huron warriors move to attack Onondaga and Seneca strongholds.
1613 Trinity Bay, Newfoundland - John Guy dc1629 explores Trinity Bay with 18 men, to establish contact with Beothuk Indians.

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