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Today's Canadian Headline...

1930 FIRST CUP IN OLD FORUM
Montreal Quebec - Montreal Canadiens win the Stanley Cup for the first time in the new Montreal Forum, beating Boston Bruins 4-3 in game 2 of a two-game series sweep.

1946
Ottawa Ontario -
Canada agrees to acquire the Canadian section of the Alaska Highway, including telephone systems, buildings and other assets, for $108 million (1,221 miles at $88,000 a mile); 2,450-kilometre highway originally cost US$140 million to build, as a wartime supply route in case of Japanese invasion of North America.

In Other Events...

1996 Vancouver, BC - NBA Vancouver Grizzlies beat Minnesota 105-103, snapping a 23-game losing streak; expansion Grizzlies one loss short of record of 24 set by Cleveland Cavaliers (1982).
1992 St. John's, Newfoundland - Congregation of Christian Brothers formally apologizes to victims of physical and sexual abuse at 94-year-old Mount Cashel orphanage; first complaints of abuse arose in 1970s; building to be razed, and proceeds used to help victims.
1991 Montreal Quebec - Redpath Industries to market new product Sucralose; potential rival to Nutrasweet; does not break down at high temperatures in baking.
1990 Montreal Quebec - Quebec Cree Grand Chief Matthew Coon-Come files for injunction to stop $7.5 billion Great Whale Hydro development in James Bay region; says it will harm environment and damage way of life, by flooding 5,000 sq km of ancestral lands.
1988 Pittsburgh Pennsylvania - Penguin Mario Lemieux wins NHL scoring title, stopping Wayne Gretzky's 7 year streak.
1978 Ottawa Ontario - Federal government proposes bill allowing country-wide referendum on national unity.
1977 Toronto Ontario - Boston Bruin Jean Ratelle scores his 1,000th NHL point with an assist in a 7-4 triumph over the Toronto Maple Leafs.
1975 Ottawa Ontario - Statistics Canada reports record $2.19 billion paid out in 1974 for unemployment insurance benefits.
1973 Quebec Quebec - Francois Cloutier Quebec Education Minister to spend $100 million to improve language teaching; also to encourage immigrants to enroll children in French schools.
1969 Ottawa Ontario - Ottawa to reduce Canadian forces in Europe but remain in NATO alliance.
1968 Ottawa Ontario - Ottawa removes restrictions on selling gold purchased by the Royal Mint from Canadian producers.
1967 Natal BC - Coal mine explosion kills 15 and injures 9 miners near Natal.
1940 London England - Alexander Augustus Frederick, Earl of Athlone 1874-1957 appointed Governor General; serves from June 21, 1940 to March 16, 1946.
1933 Toronto Ontario - Toronto Maple Leaf Ken Doraty scores at 1:44:46 of overtime beyond the one hour regulation game to beat Boston Bruins 1-0 in Stanley Cup semifinals; longest NHL game to date.
1916 St. Eloi Belgium - Second Canadian Division troops see action at St. Eloi in Flanders; until April 20.
1907 Regina Saskatchewan - Legislature passes bill establishing the University of Saskatchewan.
1898 Yukon - Chilkoot Pass avalanche kills 88 men during the Klondike gold rush.
1836 Toronto Ontario - Baldwin, Rolph & Dunn resign from Bond Head's council to protest lack of democracy.
1826 Saint John NB - Financial panic hits New Brunswick as word spreads that banks in London had failed and the timber trade had collapsed; so-called Black Monday.
1756 St-Malo France - Marquis de Montcalm sails from France for Canada; he will die at the battle of the Plains of Abraham.
1669 Paris France - Louis XIV orders permanent militia established in New France.

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