December 29th 2013 - This Date in History.

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1170 – Thomas Becket, Archbishop of Canterbury, is assassinated inside Canterbury Cathedral by followers of King Henry II; he subsequently becomes a saint and martyr in the Anglican...

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1967 PARLIAMENT VOTES TO END DEATH PENALTY
Ottawa Ontario - Parliament drops death penalty for murder, except policemen or prison guards; for five-year trial period.

1837

Buffalo, New York - Royal Navy Commander Andrew Drew 1792-1878 and a group of Canadian militiamen cross the Niagara River to Fort Schlosser, and capture the American supply steamer Caroline used by William Lyon Mackenzie and his rebels on Navy Island; they set the ship ablaze, cut her adrift and send her toward Niagara Falls; incident almost causes war between Britain and US. Legend says she went over the Falls.


In Other Events...

1997 Toronto Ontario - Jacques Villeneuve voted Canada's Male Athlete of the Year; winner of Formula 1 Grand Prix driving championship.
1997 Toronto Ontario - Kmart announces the closure of 10 stores across Canada; finding it difficult to compete against WalMart
1995 Dallas Texas - Detroit Red Wings' Scotty Bowman coaches his 1,607th career game, beating the Dallas Stars 2-1; becomes the NHL's all-time leader in games coached, passing former St. Louis and NY Islanders Al Arbour.
1995 Bormio Italy - Canadian Edi Podivinsky wins bronze in the World Cup Bormio downhill race.
1992 Ottawa Ontario - Fisheries Minister John Crosbie bans capture of beluga whales for export; after pair die in a Chicago aquarium.
1992 New York City - Washington Capitals' goaltender Don Beaupre plays his 500th game, in a 4-3 overtime home win over the New York Rangers.
1991 Stratford Ontario - Susan Wright dies at age 44 in house fire that kills parents as well; actress at Stratford and Shaw Festivals; winner of Dora Mavor Moore awards.
1989 New York City - NHL star Wayne Gretzky named Male Athlete of the Decade by the Associated Press; Martina Navratilova the Woman Athlete.
1989 Ottawa Ontario - Canada the first country in the world to ban smoking on domestic airlines.
1969 Toronto Ontario - First Canadian production of the rock musical 'Hair' opened at the Royal Alexandra Theatre; cast includes Terrence Black, Gale Garnett, Tobi Lark and Lucy Sweeny; closes Jan. 03, 1971.
1967 Ottawa Ontario - Opening of Ottawa Civic Centre; exhibition hall and arena attached to Lansdowne Park.
1958 Montreal Quebec - Radio-Canada's 75 producers go on strike.
1947 Victoria BC - Byron Ingemar Johnson sworn in as British Columbia Premier, replacing John Hart, in office since Dec. 09, 1941; serves to Aug. 01, 1952.
1945 Windsor Ontario - End of bitter UAW strike against Ford of Canada; started Sept. 12 when 17,000 workers walked off the job; both sides agree to binding arbitration by Justice Ivan C. Rand.
1945 Ottawa Ontario - DND releases World War II casualty statistics; 41,371 Canadians in service killed, 43,178 wounded, 10,844 made prisoners of war, 32 missing in action.
1945 Montreal Quebec - Canadiens' right winger Maurice Richard scores his 100th NHL goal in his 134th game.
1944 France - RCAF Flight Lt. Dick Audet destroys five German planes in ten minutes.
1921 Ottawa Ontario - William Lyon Mackenzie King 1874-1950 becomes Prime Minister on defeat of Arthur Meighen in Commons; he is Canada's 10th Prime Minister; 12th Dominion Ministry, until June 28, 1929.
1919 Toronto Ontario - Sir William Osler 1849-1919 dies at age 70; born in Toronto Jul. 12, 1849; Osler was a physician, and an expert in the circulatory system and general practice.
1917 Toronto Ontario - Montreal Canadiens record their first road loss, losing to the Toronto Arenas 7-5.
1906 Montreal Quebec - Montreal Wanderers beat New Glasgow, Nova Scotia for Stanley Cup (2nd game of 1906).
1901 Charlottetown PEI - Arthur Peters 1854-1908 sworn in as Liberal Premier of PEI; serves until his death Jan. 29, 1908.
1896 Quebec Quebec - First issue of newspaper Le Soleil.
1894 Toronto Ontario - John Wilson Bengough 1851-1923 stops publishing satirical weekly `Grip'; since May 24, 1873.
1884 Kingston Ontario - Kingston and Pembroke Railway opens line to Renfrew.
1877 Montreal Quebec - Grand Trunk Railroad workers strike to support fired members of Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers; strike broken by use of militia and unorganized workers.
1854 Ottawa Ontario - Bytown and Prescott Railway starts service, linking the city with the Grand Trunk Railway.
1827 Halifax, Nova Scotia - Joseph Howe acquires the Novascotian newspaper from George Young; first published in 1824.
1813 Buffalo, New York - Major General Phineas Riall attacks villages of Black Rock and Buffalo with a party of Canadian militia and Indians to get revenge on burning of Newark and Queenston on Dec. 10.
1673 Loretteville Quebec - Founding of the Mission Huronne de l'Ancienne-Lorette; many refugees from Huronia.
1635 Quebec Quebec - Authorities publish official notices forbidding blasphemy.
1625 La Rochelle, France - Samuel de Champlain leaves his property near La Rochelle; will be back in Quebec by July next.
1612 La Rochelle, France - Samuel de Champlain and Hélène Boullé given the right to consummate their union; marriage contract signed two years earlier, when Hélène was 12.

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