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1813 RED GEORGE INVADES THE USA
Ogdensburg New York - Lt. Col. 'Red George' Macdonnell c1779-1871 leads 400 Prescott regular militia and Glengarry Light Infantry in a pre-dawn raid on US Fort Ogdensburg across the frozen St. Lawrence; to retaliate for Feb. 6 attack on Brockville; War of 1812.

1976
Ottawa Ontario - Joe Clark 1939- narrowly elected PC Party leader on 4th ballot; replaces Robert Stanfield; gets 1187 votes, to Claude Wagner's 1112; Brian Mulroney, whose campaign was judged too slick, finishes third.

In Other Events...

1998 Nagano, Japan - Canadians take home record medal haul as 18th Winter Olympic games close at Nagano.
1996 St. John's Newfoundland - Brian Tobin wins Newfoundland Election; gains 37 out of 48 seats in the Newfoundland Legislature.
1996 Victoria British Columbia - Glen Clark sworn in as Premier of BC replacing Mike Harcourt; former provincial Cabinet Minister.
1995 Ottawa Ontario - Bloc Quebecois leader Lucien Bouchard returns to the House of Commons where MPs give him a standing ovation; he had lost part of his leg to the so-called flesh-eating disease in late 1993.
1995 Ottawa Ontario - Lucienne Robillard appointed federal Minister of Labour; newly elected Liberal for Montreal riding.
1994 Ottawa Ontario - Paul Martin tables his first Budget as Finance Minister; wants to cut deficit from $45 to 39 billion; cuts tobacco taxes to curb smuggling; announces four military bases to close, including Royal Roads in BC and Collège Militaire St-Jean in Quebec.
1994 Ottawa Ontario - Health Canada project finds traces of cigarette smoke compounds in fetal hair; first biochemical proof that even offspring of non-smoking mothers are affected by passive smoke.
1990 Los Angeles California - k.d. laing wins Grammy Award as top female country singer in the USA; Alberta native.
1990 Vancouver BC - Grain carrier collides with Polish fishing vessel in Vancouver Harbour; spilling 40,000 litres of diesel fuel.
1984 Quebec Quebec - Czech brothers Anton & Peter Stastny score 8 points each in a game for the NHL Quebec Nordiques.
1977 Washington DC - Pierre Elliott Trudeau 1919- tells US Congress that Canada will remain united despite concerns about Quebec separation; first speech given by Canadian Prime Minister to US Congress
1969 Montreal Quebec - Bomb explodes at Liberal Party social club, injuring two people.
1968 Quebec Quebec - Daniel Johnson 1915-1968 announces creation of Radio-Québec, a provincially owned radio and television network.
1964 Montreal Quebec - Montreal police seize millions of dollars worth of smuggled heroin.
1945 Atlantic - German U-Boat torpedoes Royal Canadian Navy corvette Trentonian.
1943 Gibraltar Mediterranean - Royal Canadian Navy corvette HMCS Weyburn strikes mine and sinks near Gibraltar.
1893 Quebec Quebec - Quebec Legislature declares beer of not over 4% alcohol a 'temperance drink'.
1887 Canada - John Alexander Macdonald 1815-1891 wins federal election 126 seats to 89 for Edward Blake of the Liberals; majority cut to 37 seats in a House of 215.
1851 Ottawa Ontario - The Bytown Packet newspaper changes its name to the Ottawa Citizen.
1851 Kingston Ontario - James Morris 1798-1865 appointed the Province of Canada's first Postmaster-General.
1838 Kingston Ontario - William Lyon Mackenzie 1795-1861 abandons plan to attack Kingston from Hickory Island in the Thousand Islands.
1825 London England - Britain and Russia set inland boundaries of Alaska/BC at first mountain range and 141st meridian.

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