February 12th,2015 - This Date in History.

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881 – Pope John VIII crowns Charles the Fat, the King of Italy: Holy Roman Emperor <br />
1429 – English forces under Sir John Fastolf defend a supply convoy carrying rations to the army...

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1989 MORE GRETZKY RECORDS
Los Angeles California - Wayne Gretzky sets two more NHL records, his 45th hat trick and his tenth 40+ goal season.

1917
London England - Prime Minister Robert Laird Borden 1854-1937 arrives in London to sit as a member of the British [Imperial] War Cabinet.




In Other Events...

1994 Victoria BC - Sue Rodriguez takes her own life at age 43 with the help of an anonymous doctor, after a long fight with Lou Gehrig's Disease.
1994 Lillehammer, Norway - Canadian team attends opening ceremonies of the 17th Olympic Winter games in Lillehammer.
1994 Toronto Ontario - Rev. Victoria Matthews consecrated the first female Bishop in the Anglican Church of Canada.
1990 Chambly Quebec - Phil Edmonston wins riding of Chambly for NDP in federal by-election; first NDP/NPD seat in Quebec; consumer advocate Edmonston author of the Lemon Aid series.
1990 Hagersville, Ontario - Tire dump fire set by teenage boys forces hundreds of families from their homes, causes massive air pollution.
1976 Toronto Ontario - John Napier Turner 1929- resigns his Vancouver Quadra seat in the House of Commons and joins Toronto law firm; until 1984, when he returns to politics, winning the Liberal leadership and becoming Prime Minister.
1970 Montreal Quebec - Three-month-old baby receives Canada's first successful liver transplant at Montreal's Notre-Dame Hospital.
1966 Banff Alberta - Nancy Greene 1943- wins women's slalom title at Canadian International Ski Championships; from Rossland, BC; first FIS World Cup race held in Canada.
1949 Ottawa Ontario - Ottawa announces creation of a far northern radar chain later called the Distant Early Warning (DEW) Line.
1949 Europe - Canadian ice hockey team beats Denmark 47-0.
1942 Brest France - German battle cruisers Scharnhorst and Gneisenau escape from Brest after allied air bombings; nine Canadian squadrons lose seven planes in the attack.
1894 Halifax Nova Scotia - Nova Scotia Legislature votes to hold plebiscite on prohibition of alcohol.
1816 St. John's Newfoundland - St. John's almost completely destroyed by a fire.
1800 Fredericton New Brunswick - College of New Brunswick founded at Fredericton; today the UNB.

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