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1893 MONTREAL CAPTURES FIRST STANLEY CUP
Montreal Quebec - The Montreal Amateur Athletic Association (AAAs) beats the Ottawa Generals 2-1, in the first Stanley Cup Game, played for a silver bowl donated by Lord Stanley of Preston; his sons enjoyed playing the game on the Rideau Hall rink while he was serving as Governor General.

1867
London England - Queen Victoria gives Royal Assent to the British North America Act; decrees that the Dominion of Canada should come into being on July 1; BNA Act provides for Senate of 72 life members; 24 each for Ontario and Quebec; 12 each for New Brunswick and Nova Scotia. Here she is with her Prince Albert.

1979
Canada - Joe Clark 1939- defeats Pierre Trudeau's Liberals in general election 136 seats to 114; with 26 NDP; 6 Social Credit; 76% turnout; Canada's youngest prime minister has only two members from Quebec, says he will govern as if he had a minority; defeated in November on a non-confidence vote, he will lose to Trudeau in the election of Feb. 16, 1980.

In Other Events...

1997 Montreal Quebec - Federal Conservative leader Jean Charest says that if he were Prime Minister, his government would recognize the independence of Quebec only if the referendum question were absolutely clear.
1991 United Nations New York - UN Development Program 1991 report finds Canada second best place to live after Japan; praises education and health systems.
1990 Ottawa Ontario - Environment Minister Lucien Bouchard resigns from Cabinet and PC caucus with several other members after sending a telegram to a PQ meeting in Alma, Que., encouraging separatism; says he will not support Charest Committee changes to Meech Lake Accord, because they dilute Quebec's five minimal conditions to accept the constitution; says 'this country doesn't work any more.'
1990 Brussels Belgium - NATO scraps plans for low level flight training centre at Goose Bay, Labrador;cites $500 million cost, plus reduction in east-west tensions.
1987 Vancouver BC - 29-year-old Rick Hansen ends his heroic Man in Motion tour; raises at least $15 million for spinal cord research and the disabled; Hansen pumped his wheelchair 3,600 times an hour for 26 months, travelling 40,000 km through 34 countries.
1983 Toronto Ontario - Toronto Blue Jay Cliff Johnson hits record 18th pinch hit home run.
1975 Ontario - Arthur Maloney 1919- former Progressive Conservative MPP appointed first Ombudsman of Ontario.
1974 Ottawa Ontario - Canada suspends shipments of all nuclear equipment to India after that country detonated a nuclear device using Canadian materials on May 18.
1972 Seattle Washington - The Guess Who record their Live at the Paramount album.
1971 Vancouver BC - Norwegian cruise vessel Meteor catches fire in Strait of Georgia; 70 passengers saved, 32 crew members killed.
1971 Toronto Ontario - Opening of Ontario Place on shore of Lake Ontario by Exhibition Place; $23 million amusement showcase.
1970 New York City - Burton Cummings and The Guess Who from Winnipeg earn their first of three gold records for both the album and single, American Woman; other hits on the album include, These Eyes, Laughing, and No Sugar Tonight. The group, which dates back to 1963, will disband in 1975. Randy Bachman played lead guitar before leaving the group in August, 1970 to form Bachman-Turner Overdrive. Cummings joined the group in 1966.
1970 Ottawa Ontario - Canadian Radio-Television Commission (CRTC) introduces 50% Canadian content program rules for radio and TV; CanCon requirements effective Sept. 1971 for private sector.
1966 Hollywood California - BC-born actor Raymond Burr 1917-1993 performs in the last original Perry Mason episode titled The Case Of The Final Fade-Out; features writer Erle Stanley Gardner, creator of the fictional lawyer, as the judge.
1965 Omaha Nebraska - Quebec's Mad Dog Vachon beats Igor Vodic to become the National Wrestling Association champion.
1963 Ottawa Ontario - NATO ministerial conference approves in principle the formation of a nuclear strike force under NATO direction.
1945 Vancouver BC - Canadian government announces that Japanese incendiary 'balloon bombs' designed to start forest fires have been found in western Canada.
1944 Atlantic - Two new RCN torpedo boat flotillas start operating off coast of France.
1943 Brest France - German Admiral Karl Doenitz withdraws his U-boats from the North Atlantic after mounting losses.
1940 Ottawa Ontario - C.G. 'Chubby' Power named Air Minister.
1939 Ottawa Ontario - Royal standard waves over the Peace Tower for the first time during George VI's visit to Canada.
1919 Ottawa Ontario - Parliament passes bill prohibiting Canadians from accepting foreign hereditary titles.
1902 Fernie BC - Earth tremor causes explosion at Coal Creek mine, 8 km from Fernie, killing 128 miners.
1893 London England - John Campbell Hamilton Gordon, Lord Aberdeen 1847-1934 appointed Governor-General of Canada; serves from September 18,1893 to November 12,1898.
1872 Ottawa Ontario - Charles Hastings Doyle 1804-1883 appointed administrator of Canada; serves until June 24.
1872 London England - Frederick Temple Hamilton, Lord Dufferin 1826-1902 appointed Governor-General of Canada; serves from June 25, 1872 to Nov. 14, 1878.
1868 Ottawa Ontario - Minister of Militia and Defense George-Etienne Cartier 1814-1873 gets Royal Assent for first Canadian Militia Bill; first active units not mustered for three years.
1853 Toronto Ontario - University of Toronto vests teaching powers in new University College; University now limited to examination and degree granting.
1850 New York City - Henry Grinnell 1799-1874 finances American expedition in search of the lost Franklin expedition; two ships commanded by Edwin De Haven (1816-1865) will enter Wellington Channel in August; find some Franklin relics.
1848 King William Island NWT - Group of 105 Franklin expedition survivors abandon Erebus and Terror 25 km off Victory Point on NE of King William Island; start trek via the Back River toward the Hudson's Bay Company posts on Great Slave Lake.
1844 Ottawa Ontario - William Harris founds the Bytown Packet newspaper; now the Ottawa Citizen.
1838 Verdun Quebec - Col. Robert Sweeny kills Major Henry Warde in a duel on the Montreal race track; Warde had sent a love letter to Sweeny's wife; last fatal duel in Canada.
1820 Halifax Nova Scotia - George Ramsay, Lord Dalhousie 1770-1838 lays the cornerstone of Dalhousie University in Halifax.
1786 Canada - Guy Carleton, Lord Dorchester 1724-1808 appointed Governor-in-Chief of British North America (Quebec and Maritimes); serves from Oct. 23,1786 to Dec. 15, 1796.
1775 Quebec Quebec - Jean-Olivier Briand 1715-1794 Bishop of Quebec orders loyalty to Britain; forbids Canadian women to marry soldiers in the invading American army.
1633 Quebec Quebec - Samuel de Champlain c1570-1635 returns to Quebec with Jean de Brébeuf 1593-1649 and fathers Massé, Daniel, and Davost, who take over the Recollet missions; determines to rebuild colony with help of Jesuit Order.
1616 Quebec Quebec - Samuel de Champlain c1570-1635 departs to visit the Nipissing tribe up the Ottawa River.
1611 Annapolis Nova Scotia - Biencourt arrives at Port Royal with the first Jesuits in New France.

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