July 28th 2014 - This Date in History.

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1364 – Troops of the Republic of Pisa and the Republic of Florence clash in the Battle of Cascina. <br />
1540 – Thomas Cromwell is executed at the order of Henry VIII of England on charges...

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Today's Canadian Headline....

1914 CANADA AUTOMATICALLY AT WAR
London England - Britain declares war on Germany and Austro-Hungary after Austria declares war on Serbia, beginning the First World War; Britain's declaration automatically includes Canada, as part of the British Empire.

1930
Canada -
Richard Bedford (R. B.) Bennett 1870-1947 wins 17th Canadian general election 137 seats to 91 Liberals; 12 Progressive; United farmers 10, 5 other; defeats WLM King with 48.8% of popular vote; Agnes MacPhail the only woman elected.



In Other Events....

1996 Atlanta Georgia - Canadian rowers win medals at Lake Lanier: Dave Boyes, Jeff Lay, Gavin Hassett and Brian Peaker take Olympic silver in the men's four; Marnie McBean, Kathleen Heddle, Laryssa Biesenthal and Diane O'Grady come away with bronze in the women's four; Emma Robinson, Anna van der Kamp, Theresa Luke, Tosha Tsang, Alison Korn, Heather McDermid, Maria Maunder, Jessica Monroe and Lesley Thompson have a silver-medal performance in the women's eight with coxswain.
1996 Atlanta Georgia - Canadian Brian Walton wins Olympic silver in the cycling points race; Curt Harnett earns the bronze medal in the men's sprint on the track near Stone Mountain; Canada's men's doubles team of John Child and Mark Heese take the bronze at the inaugural Olympic beach volleyball tournament.
1994 Ottawa Ontario - Supreme Court of Canada refuses appeal of lower court ruling awarding the NHL oldtimers estimated $45 million from the League in surplus pension funds.
1994 Barrie Ontario - Crowd of 35,000 people attend the first Lollapalooza festival in Molson Park, featuring Smashing Pumpkins, the Beastie Boys and George Clinton; rain turns the park into a sea of mud.
1993 Havre-St-Pierre, Quebec - Plane crash kills five at Havre-St-Pierre.
1991 Montreal Quebec - Expos' Dennis Martinez pitches 15th perfect game in major league history (96 pitches, 66 strikes); as the Expos shut out the Los Angeles Dodgers 2-0.
1989 Springhill, Nova Scotia - Anne Murray returns to her home town of Springhill to open the Anne Murray Centre, a museum devoted to her career that officials hope will attract up to 90,000 visitors a year; Murray first hit the charts in 1970 with her ballad Snowbird.
1988 Ottawa Ontario - The House of Commons in a free vote turns down a government resolution and five amendments on an abortion bill.
1984 Los Angeles California - Canadians attend opening of 23rd Olympiad; Los Angeles Olympics boycotted by 15 Russian and Eastern countries, who stayed away in a Soviet-led withdrawal in response to Western boycott of the Moscow games
1984 Montreal Quebec - Expos' Pete Rose passes Ty Cobb for the most singles in a career with #3,503 against the Philadelphia Phillies.
1982 Canada - Last issue of Today magazine, distributed in 18 Canadian newspapers.
1981 Saint John New Brunswick - St. Paul's Anglican Church in Saint John destroyed by fire; built in 1871.
1981 Calgary Alberta - Hailstorm lasting 15 minutes pounds Calgary and vicinity, causing $100 million in damage.
1979 Toronto Ontario - Grade A egg dropped from the CN Tower observation deck lands unbroken in a net; cushioned by shaving cream and cotton.
1973 Watkins Glen, New York - Canadian group The Band performs before 600,000 fans at the Watkins Glen Summer Jam, along with the Grateful Dead and the Allman Brothers Band; biggest rock festival since Woodstock four years earlier.
1964 Ottawa Ontario - Senate Banking Committee recommends charters for Bank of Western Canada and Laurentide Bank.
1964 Ottawa Ontario - Parliament passes Canada Student Loans Act providing interest-free loans to university students through the banks.
1955 Ottawa Ontario - Hartland Molson appointed to the Senate.
1954 Vietnam - Canada agrees to serve with India and Poland on special commission to supervise Indo-China armistice.
1950 Ottawa Ontario - Dominion Bureau of Statistics says Canada has 13,845,000 inhabitants.
1948 Quebec - Maurice Duplessis reelected as Premier of Quebec, as his Union Nationale Party wins 82 seats, against 7 for the Liberals.
1945 Niagara Falls, Ontario - Section of Prospect Point overlooking the US Falls breaks off and slides into the Niagara River Gorge.
1943 Agira Italy - Canadians take the town of Agira after five days of hard fighting at heavy cost against heavily dug in German troops.
1934 Los Angeles California - Marie Dressler dies at age 64; vaudeville and film star known for her Tugboat Annie role, born Leila Marie Koerber in Cobourg, Ontario.
1914 Alberta - A.W. Dingman gives Governor General the Duke of Connaught and Lady Connaught a tour of his oil discovery in southern Alberta, lighting a 40 foot jet of gasoline from the well.
1914 Ontario/Quebec - Toronto and Montreal stock exchanges close for three months; brokers fear financial panic due to war; in concert with New York; shut down till Spring of 1915.
1897 Ottawa Ontario - Canada imposes new 2% royalty on minerals from Canadian mines; primarily a tax on Klondike gold to pay for law enforcement.
1891 Toronto Ontario - First annual Harvest Excursion leaves for Western Canada with 1,300 farm workers.
1890 Trois-Rivières Quebec - First electric street lighting in Trois-Rivières.
1883 Alberta - CPR sets track laying record: 10.9 km in one day.
1863 London England - Imperial Statute defines boundaries of British Columbia.
1858 Canada - John A. Macdonald & George-Etienne Cartier resign after defeat on motion that Ottawa should not be the capital of Canada; they resign the next day.
1847 Montreal Quebec - Several new businesses incorporated in Lower Canada - the Montreal Mining Company, the British North America Company, the British & Canadian Mining Company of Lake Superior, the St. Lawrence & Industry Railroad, and the Canada, Nova Scotia & New Brunswick Railroad.
1847 London, Ontario - London incorporated as a city.
1847 Brantford Ontario - Brantford incorporated as a city.
1839 NWT - Simpson & Dease round Cape Alexander and find Simpson Strait separating King William Island from mainland; explore NE of Cape John Ross to Castor & Pollux River, named after ship.
1838 Hamilton Bermuda - Eight exiled Lower Canada Patriotes arrive in Bermuda.
1824 Quebec Quebec - Ile d'Orléans shipyard launches the steamboat 'Columbus'.
1819 Halifax, Nova Scotia - Son of Nova Scotia Attorney-General John Uniacke goes on trial for murder after duel In Halifax.
1812 Toronto Ontario - Isaac Brock asks sixth Parliament of Upper Canada to repeal Habeas Corpus and impose martial law; Legislature uncooperative; doesn't take threat of US invasion seriously.
1786 Montreal Quebec - John Molson proclaims that 'good ale is all I want;' says he wants to brew beer 'on the grand stage of the world.'.
1755 Halifax Nova Scotia - Charles Lawrence gets approval of Council to deport those Acadians who refuse to take oath of allegiance.
1642 Montreal Quebec - Priest baptizes a 4 year old Algonquin boy.
1633 Quebec Quebec - Flotilla of 140 Huron canoes arrives at Quebec.
1615 French River Ontario - Samuel de Champlain discovers Lake Huron.

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