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1971 HERZBERG WINS NOBEL PRIZE
Stockholm, Sweden - National Research Council scientist Gerhard Herzberg wins Nobel Prize in Chemistry for his work in molecular spectroscopy.

1959
New York City - Montreal Canadiens goalie Jacques Plante the first NHL goalie to wear a mask on a permanent basis; after getting hit by shot from Rangers' Andy Bathgate.

In Other Events...

1995 Mississippi USA - Jury hits Loewen Group Inc. with extraordinary US$500 million in damages in nuisance civil dispute; Burnaby, B.C., funeral services giant depicted as The Ugly Canadian.
1992 Toronto Ontario - CBC-TV scraps flagship newscast The National and The Journal, starts new 9 pm newscast, Prime Time News; after ratings lag, show moves back to 10 pm time slot in Autumn, 1994.
1992 St-Isidore, Quebec - Nanny goat in St-Isidore has six kids, makes it into the Guinness Book of Records.
1991 New York City - Canadian rock group Crash Test Dummies' 'Superman's Song' peaks at #56 on the Billboard pop singles chart.
1985 New York City - Vancouver rocker Corey Hart's 'Boy In The Box' peaks at #26 on the Billboard pop singles chart.
1982 Alberta - Peter Lougheed 1928- wins increased majority in provincial election; Conservatives take 75 of 79 seats.
1982 Schefferville Quebec - Iron Ore company of Canada forced to close its mine at Schefferville; due to cheaper open pit deposits elsewhere in the world.
1977 Montreal Quebec - VIA Rail orders 22 locomotives and 50 coaches of Canadian-designed LRC for from Bombardier-MLW Ltd.
1973 United Nations, New York - Canada agrees to share support role with Poland on UN Middle East peacekeeping force.
1971 Ottawa Ontario - Ottawa mothballs experimental hydrofoil antisubmarine vessel 'Bras d'Or' for at least five years; due to high costs.
1970 Quebec - Ottawa and Quebec offer rewards of $75,000 for information leading to arrest of FLQ kidnappers.
1970 Ottawa Ontario - Canada announces further bans on sale of weapons to South Africa.
1964 Ottawa Ontario - 23 nations attend four-day conference at Ottawa to review UN peace-keeping operations.
1960 Montreal Quebec - Tom Patterson 1920- founds National Theatre School in Montreal; Canada's first.
1957 Whitehorse Yukon Quebec - Martha Black 1866-1957 dies at age 91; born Martha Louise Munger at Chicago, Illinois Feb. 24, 1866; Black (then Martha Purdy, pregnant with her third child and abandoned by her husband) crossed the Chilkoot Pass in 1898; settled in Dawson with her brother and mined several claims; 1904 married lawyer George Black, later member of the Yukon Council, Commissioner of the Yukon Territory (1912-1918) and Conservative MP for the Yukon; to England during World War I; awarded OBE for aid to Yukon servicemen; elected fellow of Royal Geographical Society for work on Yukon flora; 1935 ran for Parliament at age 70 when husband too ill to run, becoming the second woman to sit in the House of Commons; served for five years until George recovered.
1952 Korea - Chinese launch two-day offensive against Royal Canadian Regiment in Korea.
1947 Ottawa Ontario - Government drops price controls on sugar and molasses, ending over five years of wartime food rationing; items rationed included butter, meat, tea, coffee, preserves, nylon and gasoline.
1944 Ottawa Ontario - James Layton J. L. Ralston 1881-1948 resigns as Minister of National Defence over issue of conscription for overseas service; McNaughton takes over with promise to get enough volunteer reinforcements.
1944 Knokke Netherlands - Canadian troops occupy Knokke.
1936 Ottawa Ontario - New Canadian Broadcasting Act creates the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation; CBC replaces Canadian Radio Broadcasting Commission.
1936 Ottawa Ontario - Department of Transport established.
1935 Ottawa Ontario - John Buchan, Lord Tweedsmuir of Elsfield, sworn in as Governor General of Canada; will hold the post until his death in Montreal in 1940.
1933 BC - Thomas Dufferin Pattullo 1873-1956 leads Liberal Party to victory in British Columbia election; CCF form Opposition.
1925 Montreal Quebec - CPR sends first automated railcar to Winnipeg.
1916 London England - Judicial Committee of the Privy Council rules Regulation #17 valid; bans French in Ontario schools past Grade 1.
1899 Ottawa Ontario - 1,281 more volunteers organized into two battalions of Mounted Rifles and artillery brigade to South Africa; second Canadian Contingent to Boer War depart in January from Halifax.
1889 Winnipeg Manitoba - Commissioner of Indian Affairs Hayter Reed announces policy of 'peasant farming' for Indian reserves in Manitoba and the North West Territories; with individual land holdings small enough for one person to farm without mechanized equipment; communal reserve farming forbidden; disastrous policy abandoned and Reed fired in 1896.
1887 Battleford Saskatchewan - First long distance telephone call made on the Prairies, from Battleford to Edmonton, 500 km away.
1885 Montreal Quebec - First CPR transcontinental passenger train leaves Montreal on the 4,653 km trip west toward Winnipeg and Port Moody, BC.
1869 Winnipeg Manitoba - Louis Riel 1844-1885 takes over Hudson's Bay Company headquarters in Fort Garry with a force of 120 armed men; three days after the National Committee of the Metis of Red River prevented Lieutenant Governor designate William McDougall from entering the territory.
1867 Toronto Ontario - John Strachan dies; first Anglican bishop of Toronto; founder of Trinity College.
1861 London England - Charles Stanley, Viscount Monck 1819-1894 appointed Governor-General of Canada; serves from Nov. 28, 1861 to June 30, 1867.
1837 Quebec Quebec - Assembly of the Permanent Committee of Quebec declares solidarity with the Confederation of the Six Counties; prelude to rebellion.
1775 St-Jean, Quebec - American invaders capture Fort St. John on the Richelieu River.
1748 Quebec Quebec - Iroquois sign first Treaty of Neutrality at Quebec.
1671 Quebec Quebec - Jean Talon opens the King's Brewery, Quebec City's first brewery.

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