January 24th 2015 - This Date in History.

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41 – Roman Emperor Caligula, known for his eccentricity and sadistic despotism, is assassinated by his disgruntled Praetorian Guards. The Guard then proclaims Caligula's uncle...

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Today's Canadian Headline...

1978 SOVIET SATELLITE FIREBALL OVER NWT
NWT - Nuclear-powered USSR satellite Cosmos 954 re-enters the Earth's atmosphere and disintegrates over the Northwest Territories, scattering radiation; Canadian Armed Forces launches large operation to recover debris.

1984
Calgary Alberta - ABC network agrees to pay $386 million for US TV rights to the 1988 Calgary Winter Olympics; a record sum to that date.

1952
Ottawa Ontario - Charles Vincent Massey 1887-1967 appointed Governor General; first Canadian-born; serves from February 28, 1952 to September 15, 1959.



In Other Events...

1988 New York City - Ben Johnson named the Associated Press (AP) athlete of the year, the first Canadian track athlete so honoured. On Sept. 26, at the Seoul Summer Olympics, Johnson will test positive for steroid use, and will be stripped of the Gold Medal he won in the 100 Metre Sprint two days earlier.
1981 Uniondale New York - Montreal native Mike Bossy, of the NHL Islanders, is the second player in league history, after Maurice Richard, to score 50 goals in the first 50 games of the season, as his team scores 5 power play goals against the Quebec Nordiques. On this day in 1986, Bossy will score his 1,000th NHL point.
1973 Vietnam - Canada joins the International Commission for Control and Supervision in Vietnam for 60-day period; ICCS a truce-observance commission; with Hungary, Poland, Indonesia.
1971 NWT - Panarctic Oils caps a natural gas well on King Christian Island that had burned out of control for 3 months.
1955 Des Joachims Ontario - Start of first Canadian nuclear power plant at Des Joachims.
1946 London England - Canada is appointed to the UN Atomic Energy Commission.
1942 Ottawa Ontario - Wartime Prices and Trade Board rations sugar to 3/4 lb per person per week; cut to 1/2 lb on May 19; coupon rationing July 1
1923 Nova Scotia - George Henry Murray 1861-1929 resigns as Premier of Nova Scotia after 27 years; replaced by Ernest Howard Armstrong 1874-1946.
1903 USA - Britain and US refer Alaskan boundary dispute to commission which sits from September 3 to October 2; the result of the Anglo-American Convention will be largely in favor of American interests, enraging the Canadian public.
1885 Vancouver BC - The CPR telegraph reaches the Pacific from Halifax; now operating from coast to coast.
1848 Quebec/Ontario - Reformers led by Robert Baldwin and Louis-Hippolyte Lafontaine sweep elections in both Canada East and Canada West.
1688 Quebec Quebec - Francois de Laval 1623-1688 resigns as Bishop due to growing ill health.

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