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1774 SPANISH MARINER DISCOVERS NOOTKA SOUND
Nootka Sound BC - Juan Jose Perez Hernandez c l725-1775 discovers Nootka Sound, on the west coast of Vancouver Island, four years before Captain Cook's arrival; the local Nootka people are skilled whalers and trappers of sea otters.

1943
Quebec Quebec - William Lyon Mackenzie King 1874-1950 hosts Franklin D. Roosevelt and Winston Churchill at the sixth Anglo-American War Conference, held in the Chateau Frontenac; the first Quebec Conference plans 1944 landings in France.

1896
Bonanza Creek Yukon - George Washington Cormack, with his Indian brothers in law Tagish Charlie and Skookum Jim,stakes a gold claim in the Rabbit Creek tributary of the Klondike River; acting on a tip from Canadian prospector Robert Henderson.. According to Carmack, the gold veins were "thick between the flaky slabs, like cheese sandwiches." He ripped some bark off a tree, and wrote on it: "I name this creek Bonanza. George Carmack."

In Other Events....

1997 Liverpool, Nova Scotia- Old Canadian National train station in Liverpool reopens as the Hank Snow Country Music Centre; 83 year old Snow too ill to attend, but donates two vintage cars and one of his rhinestone suits to the centre.
1996 New York City- Ottawa actor Matthew Perry appears on the cover of TV Guide with his co-stars from the television sitcom Friends.
1995 Chicago Illinois- U.S. forestry giants Boise Cascade Corp. and Stone Container Corp. say they will merge their Canadian newsprint subsidiaries.
1994 Quebec Quebec- Quebec City announces it is applying to host the 2002 Olympic Winter Games; awarded to Salt Lake City.
1992 Croatia- Sergeant Michael Ralph killed when his UN vehicle is blown up by a land mine; combat engineer from St. John's Newfoundland.
1992 Ottawa Ontario- Marcel Beaudry appointed Chairman of the National Capital Commission; replacing Jean Pigott; former Mayor of Hull, Quebec.
1990 Oka Quebec- Canadian Army replaces the SQ at the Kanesatake barricades.
1990 Montreal Quebec- Olympic deficit swells to $16 billion.
1988 NWT- Torontonian Jeff MacInnis, 25, and Mike Beedell, 32, of Ottawa, sail their catamaran through the Northwest Passage; first to navigate the Passage by wind power alone.
1985 Montreal Quebec- Corey Hart plays his first show as an arena headliner before home town crowd of 18,000; on this day his hit single, 'Never Surrender' peaks at #3 on the Billboard pop chart.
1983 St. Louis, Missouri- Former Canadien Jacques Demers appointed trainer of the NHL St. Louis Blues.
1982 Atlanta Georgia- Montreal catcher Gary Carter the first Expo to reach the 1,000 hit mark, as he hits an infield single against the Atlanta Braves.
1972 Ontario- Dennis Study on housing shows 6 developers in 10 of Canada's largest cities own over 50% of stock.
1971 Ottawa Ontario- Ottawa creates 457 French-speaking units in public service; affects 29,000 employees.
1970 Osaka Japan- Arthur Erickson 1924- wins top architectural prize for his Canadian pavilion at Expo '70 in Osaka.
1969 Montreal Quebec- FLQ bomb explodes in a Ministry of Labour office.
1966 Toronto Ontario- Beatle John Lennon expresses admiration for American draft dodgers who had fled to Canada; in Toronto news conference.
1965 Toronto Ontario- Beatles play Maple Leaf Gardens; Toronto Telegram reviewer says, 'The Beatles whipped Toronto's teens into ecstatic frenzy last night in two wild 30 minute performances.'
1965 Oak Island Nova Scotia- Four treasure seekers drowned in money pit at Oak Island, digging for buried treasure; the gold of Captain Kidd?
1959 Yukon- Oil first discovered in the Yukon.
1959 LaSarre Quebec- LaSarre incorporated.
1944 Chambois France- Canadian Army still trying to close off the Falaise Gap, near the village of Chambois on the River Dives, that is letting parts of the encircled German 7th Army escape annihilation; attack on Hans von Luck's depleted 125th Panzer Grenadier Regiment; 1st Polish Armoured Division tries to block the German line of retreat just east of the town; first contact made with Patton's Americans.
1944 Montreal Quebec- Dr. L.-P. Roy appointed editor in chief of the L'Action Catholique newspaper.
1943 Sicily Italy- Allied forces gain complete control of Sicily after five week campaign; Canadians have suffered 2,434 casualties since the July 10 invasion.
1943 Peenemünde Germany- Canadian and British bombers cripple flying-bomb and atomic research site at Peenemünde.
1943 Quebec Quebec- William Lyon Mackenzie King 1874-1950 hosts Franklin D. Roosevelt and Winston Churchill at the sixth Anglo-American War Conference, held in the Chateau Frontenac; the first Quebec Conference plans 1944 landings in France.
1940 England- RCAF's No. 1 Fighter Squadron sees action over England in the Battle of Britain.
1940 Quebec- Ottawa sets up 14 military training centres in Quebec.
1940 Ogdensburg New York- William Lyon Mackenzie King 1874-1950 meets Franklin D. Roosevelt for two-day conference at Ogdensburg to discuss North American Defence; will sign Ogdensburg Agreement; discuss modifying cash and carry principle for delivery of arms from US factories to Canadian forces.
1936 Quebec- Maurice Duplessis 1890-1959 leads his Union Nationale to landslide victory in their first Quebec election; Union Nationale 76, Liberals 14; soon brings in promised old age pensions.
1936 Ottawa Ontario- Bank of Canada starts printing bilingual money.
1936 Montreal Quebec- Montreal store hit by gas explosion; three killed.
1923 Toronto Ontario- Failure of the Home Bank, with 71 branches across Canada; some top managers jailed; first chartered bank to go under since Farmer's Bank in 1911.
1914 Quebec- Chanteuse Mary Travers (la Bolduc) marries Edouard Bolduc.
1913 Toronto Ontario- Ontario Department of Instruction again issues Circular #17; bans use of French in Ontario schools past Grade 1.
1911 Trois-Rivières Quebec- Wilfrid Laurier begins his election campaign in Three Rivers.
1904 Jonquière Quebec- Jonquière incorporated.
1903 Walkerville Ontario- Henry Ford incorporates the Ford Motor Company of Canada; starts building cars in a converted wagon works in Walkerville, near Windsor. The first car built by the Company in early 1904 is the 2-cylinder Model C, and a total of 117 cars are made in the first year; a few 4-cylinder Model Bs are also built, and in 1905 the Company adds the new 2-cylinder Model F; in 1906, both the C and B are discontinued, and the Company starts building the low-priced 4-cylinder Model N, and the large 406 cid 6-cylinder Model K; in 1907 the F is phased out, and the new 4-cylinder Model R and Model S made until October 1908, when the Model T makes its debut.
1896 Bonanza Creek Yukon- George Washington Cormack rips some bark off a tree, and writes on it: "I name this creek Bonanza. George Carmack." Along with his wife Kate and Indian brothers in law Tagish Charlie and Skookum Jim, stakes a gold claim in the Rabbit Creek tributary of the Klondike River. Within two years, the Klondike Gold Rush will turn nearby Dawson into the largest city north of San Francisco and west of Winnipeg. Within three years, all important creeks in the Klondike valley had been staked out by the gold-seekers. Total value of gold production in the eight years after the find exceeded $100 million.
1889 Ottawa Ontario- Canadian College of Music opens in Ottawa.
1878 Ottawa Ontario- Dissolution of the 3rd federal Parliament.
1871 Old Fort Garry Manitoba- Lt. Governor Adams G. Archibald 1814-1892 negotiates Treaty #2 in Southern Manitoba with Chippewa (Ojibway); awards them 57,452 sq km; $3 per Indian, acreage.
1855 Nicolet Quebec- First Sisters of the Assumption (Soeurs de l'Assomption) arrive at Nicolet; one year later, on this date, they found la Communauté des Soeurs de l'Assomption.
1833 Gravesend England- Royal William, built at Quebec, becomes the first steamship to cross the Atlantic under steam; later the first steamship to fire a gun.
1809 Montreal Quebec- Construction of Admiral Nelson's Monument begins; at the top of Jacques Cartier Square.
1775 Quebec Quebec- Quebec legislative council meets for the first time.
1706 Quebec Quebec- Quebec law requires taverns to close at 9:00 pm.
1635 Quebec Quebec- Father Jean de Quen arrives in Quebec; will found a mission for the fishermen and Montagnais at Ange-Gardien (Sept-Iles) in 1651.
1615 Oro Ontario- Samuel de Champlain c1570-1635 arrives at the Huron village of CahiaguŽ on Lake Simcoe, after traveling down 'La mer douce' - Lake Huron.

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