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1873 MACKENZIE CANADA'S SECOND PRIME MINISTER
Ottawa Ontario - Alexander Mackenzie 1822-1892 succeeds John A. Macdonald as Canada's 2nd Prime Minister; Macdonald PM since July 1, 1867; Mackenzie in power to Oct. 8, 1878.

1885
Craigellachie BC -
Donald A. Smith, later Lord Strathcona 1820-1914 drives in the last spike of the Canadian Pacific Railway at Craigellachie, in the Eagle Pass. CPR President W. C. Van Horne makes a fifteen-word speech: 'All I can say is that the work has been well done in every way'. Smith's first spike bent and was replaced; it was rescued and is now in the Glenbow-Alberta Institute in Calgary. The following day, the CPR special transcontinental train arrives in Port Moody at Pacific Tidewater, 4,800 km away from Montreal.

In Other Events...

1994 Montreal Quebec - Montreal Mayor Jean Doré announces he is retiring from civic politics.
1994 Charlebois Quebec - Tornado roars through Charlebois region, killing an estimated 1 million trees.
1992 Toronto Ontario - Angus Reid/Southam poll says majority of Canadians want unity; only 38% in Quebec want separation; most want 5 year moratorium on talks; poll taken week after referendum.
1992 Ottawa Ontario - Governor General Ramon Hnatyshyn inaugurates the National Arts Centre Award to honour an outstanding contribution to Canadian culture by any individual performer or group in the previous year; first winner is filmmaker Norman Jewison.
1991 Ottawa Ontario - Kim Campbell passes gun control law 189-14; bans import of military assault guns; age of ownership from 16 to 18; also waiting period; storage regulations; smaller clips.
1990 Montreal Quebec - Hugh MacLennan 1907-1990 dies at age 83; the Nova Scotia native, author of such novels as Barometer Rising, Two Solitudes and The Watch That Ends The Night, won the Governor General's Award five times.
1988 Ottawa Ontario - Sun Publishing acquires The Ottawa Herald and relaunches it as the daily Ottawa Sun.
1982 Regina, Saskatchewan - Edmonton Eskimos Warren Moon passes for 341 yards against Regina to become first pro quarterback to complete 5,000 passing yards in a season; exceeded 5,000 in 1983.
1981 PEI - James Matthew Lee 1937- chosen Progressive Conservative Premier of Prince Edward Island, succeeding Angus MacLean.
1978 New York City - Anne Murray's 'You Needed Me' hits #1 on the Billboard singles chart.
1976 Montreal Quebec - André Fortin elected Leader of the Social Credit Party of Canada.
1971 Ottawa Ontario - Yugoslav President Josip Tito makes first state visit to Canada.
1969 Winnipeg Manitoba - Manitoba sets up lottery in conjunction with Manitoba Derby, to be run on July 15, 1970.
1969 Ottawa Ontario - Edgar Benson tables tax reform legislation; Finance Minister; has tax on capital gains and incentives to hold Canadian shares
1967 Ottawa Ontario - Supreme Court rules that offshore mineral rights on the west coast belong to Ottawa and not BC.
1962 Chicago Illinois - Black Hawks goalie Glenn Hall forced to leave a game against the Boston Bruins with a back injury in the first period, during his 503rd consecutive complete game; an NHL record; streak began at the start of the 1955-56 season. Hall played in parts or all of 18 seasons (1952-53, 1954-1971) in the NHL with the Detroit Red Wings, Chicago Blackhawks and St. Louis Blues.
1961 Saskatchewan - Woodrow Stanley Lloyd 1913-1972 succeeds T.C. Douglas as Premier of Saskatchewan; until 1964. Lloyd inherited the NDP's universal government health plan, and after a bitter fight, and the withdrawal of doctors' services on July 01, 1962, Lloyd negotiated a settlement on July 23.
1950 Pusan Korea - Arrival of first contingent of Canadian troops to join the United Nations force in Korea.
1948 Manitoba - Douglas L. Campbell 1882-1970 elected Premier of Manitoba for the Liberals.
1935 Toronto Ontario - Winnipeg Winnipegs beat Hamilton Tigers, 18-12 in the 23rd CFL Grey Cup.
1918 London England - Government establishes Canadian Trade Mission in London.
1914 Charlesbourg Quebec - Charlesbourg incorporated.
1910 Esquimalt BC - Former Royal Navy light cruiser Rainbow arrives at Esquimalt to serve as a training and fisheries patrol vessel for the new Royal Canadian Navy; July 1914 persuaded the Komagata Maru, with its load of illegal immigrants, to leave Vancouver harbour; Aug 1914 went on defensive patrols when German cruisers appeared in the North Pacific; 1920 sold for scrap.
1907 Ottawa Ontario - Test tokens struck for first issue of Canadian coins at the Ottawa branch of the Royal Mint.
1900 Canada - Wilfrid Laurier 1841-1919 wins general election 133 seats to 80; with a majority of the popular vote.
1900 Leliefontain, South Africa - Troop of Canadian cavalrymen, 90 officers and men of the Royal Canadian Dragoons, supported by two guns of the Royal Canadian Field Artillery, cover retreat of British infantry column under attack by several hundred Boer horsemen near Leliefontein farm, East Transvaal; 3 dragoons killed, 11 wounded, 3 win Victoria Crosses, including Lt. Richard Turner, wounded in the neck and arm; later Lieut-General Sir Richard Turner; Battle of Leliefontein, South African War.
1898 Washington DC - Opening of second Alaska Boundary Conference, after meeting at Quebec failed to come to a decision; will last until Feb. 21, 1899.
1886 Calgary Alberta - Fire starts at 6 am behind a feed store on Atlantic Avenue in Calgary (today's 9th Avenue); quickly spreads out of control, burning four hotels, three warehouses and four stores; town council later recommends building civic and religious buildings out of sandstone instead of wood.
1867 Ottawa Ontario - Governor General Lord Monck reads the Speech from the Throne in the first session held in the new Parliament Buildings in Ottawa .
1850 Toronto Ontario - Upper Canada School of Medicine affiliates with University of Toronto.
1838 Lacolle Quebec - Dr. Cyrille Côté and his 600 Frères Chasseurs (Hunters Lodges) attacked by Lower Canada militia, and disperse, leaving eight rebels dead.
1810 Quebec Quebec - Antoine Romaine put in a pillory for running a bawdy house.
1760 Cleveland Ohio - Robert Rogers 1731-1795 camps on Lake Erie to meet Pontiac, who agrees to submit to British rule.
1678 Quebec Quebec - Parish priests in New France required to keep careful parish records

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