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1868 CANADIANS CELEBRATE FIRST APRIL FOOLS' DAY
Ottawa Ontario - First Canadian April Fools' Day on record. Poisson d'avril!

1873
Prospect Nova Scotia - The luxury Liner Atlantic, sailing from Liverpool to New York, turns into Halifax Harbour to get coal, but strikes a reef near Mars Rock, Meagher's Island; 546 people drown in heavy seas, while local fishermen manage to save 300.

1733
Louisbourg Nova Scotia - Canada's first lighthouse lit for the first time, using coal from nearby Morien and Spanish River; the round 200 metre tower, made with cement from limestone burned in local kilns, is the first fireproof concrete structure in North America.

In Other Events...

1995 Hollywood, California - Jack M. Warner 1916-1995 dies; born Mar 27, 1916 in London Ontario; movie executive, co-founder Warner Bros.
1992 North America - NHL Players Association launches players' strike, first in the league's 75-year history; walkout ends 10 days later; NHLPA claims gains in free agency and licensing rights.
1990 Ottawa Ontario - Ottawa signs final land claim agreement with Yukon Indians; gives them surface title to 41,000 sq km; of land, plus mineral rights and $232 million cash.
1983 Uniondale, NY - Montreal native Mike Bossy the first NHLer to score 60 goals in 3 consecutive seasons; New York Islander star.
1980 Edmonton Alberta - Oiler Wayne Gretzky breaks Bobby Orr's NHL record with his 103rd assist.
1980 Carleton Place, Ontario - First sheltered workshop in Canada to go on strike; Mentally disabled workers win raise in weekly salary to $10 from $7.50
1979 Ottawa Ontario - National Energy Board raises export tax on light crude oil $1.00 per barrel to $8.00.
1976 Ottawa Ontario - Ottawa raises the federal minimum wage to $2.90 per hour.
1976 Ottawa Ontario - CRTC gets authority to regulate all forms of broadcasting; changes name to Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission.
1975 Canada - Canadian radio and TV stations first start giving the temperature in Celsius.
1973 Ottawa Ontario - Canadian Transport Commission permits full air charter service; booking in advance required.
1972 Ottawa Ontario - Founding of the National Film, Television and Sound Archives; started unofficially in 1960.
1971 Ottawa Ontario - Justice Patrick Hartt 1919- heads new Law Reform Commission of Canada to examine changes to Canada's Criminal Code.
1971 Vandenberg AFB, California - Canadian ISIS II satellite launched to study ionosphere.
1970 Yellowknife NWT - Ottawa transfers governing of eastern and upper Arctic to NWT government; from Indian Affairs and Northern Resources department.
1969 Quebec Quebec - Quebec legalizes civil marriages.
1968 Ottawa Ontario - Board of Broadcast Governors (BBG) becomes the Canadian Radio-Television Commission, under the Broadcasting Act; today's Canadian Radio-Television Telecommunications Commission (CRTC).
1967 NWT - Robert Gauchie found by rescue workers after 58 day search; bush pilot forced down in remote section of NWT.
1960 Ottawa Ontario -Government approves National Energy Board recommendation for natural gas exports to the US.
1955 Ottawa Ontario - Canada's revised Criminal Code of Canada goes into effect.
1954 Kitchener Ontario - Woodside becomes National Historic Park; early home of Prime Minister William Lyon Mackenzie King 1874-1950.
1951 Ottawa Ontario - Clarence Decatur C. D. Howe 1886-1960 appointed Minister of new Department of Defence Production.
1950 The Hague Netherlands - Defence Ministers of 12 NATO powers meet to approve plan of collective security; until April 3.
1948 Toronto Ontario - first production of Spring Thaw; long-running Canadian comedy revue.
1942 Ottawa Ontario - Department of Munitions & Supply puts gasoline on coupon rationing; national speed limit of 64 km an hour proclaimed.
1941 Peru - Canadian armed merchant cruiser Prince Henry intercepts two German ships off Peru; ships scuttled.
1932 Ottawa Ontario -RCMP absorbs provincial police forces of Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Manitoba and Alberta.
1927 Washington DC - American Department of Labor puts immigration quota on Canadians looking for work in the USA.
1924 Ottawa Ontario - Founding of the Royal Canadian Air Force as a separate service; RCAF previously founded by Billy Bishop in 1918 as a separate brigade.
1920 Ottawa Ontario -Ottawa Senators beat Seattle Metropolitans 3 games to 2 for the Stanley Cup.
1918 Edmonton Alberta -Alberta government declares total prohibition of alcoholic beverages.
1892 Ottawa Ontario -North American Canal Company wins contract to deepen St. Lawrence; build canals to Lake Erie.
1868 Ottawa Ontario -Government fixes a uniform first class postal rate of three cents; establishes Post Office Savings Bank.
1824 Ottawa Ontario - Samuel Clowes finishes Rideau Canal engineer's route survey and reports to Governor Maitland.
1776 Halifax Nova Scotia - Ships carrying 1,124 United Empire Loyalists arrive at Halifax from Boston; many with the British Army; in all, 40,000 Americans remain loyal.
1776 Quebec Quebec - Benedict Arnold 1738-1789 relieved at Quebec by General David Wooster.
1625 Nova Scotia - Nova Scotia divided into two provinces, with counties, bishoprics and baronetcies.

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