March 13th,2015 - This Date in History.

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624 – Battle of Badr: a key battle between Muhammad's army – the new followers of Islam and the Quraish of Mecca. The Muslims won this battle, known as the turning point of Islam,...

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Today's Canadian Headline...

1928 CANADIAN WOMAN LICENSED TO FLY
Hamilton, Ontario - Eileen Vollick 1899-1972 gets pilot's licence; first Canadian woman to be a licensed pilot.

1971
Montreal Quebec - FLQ terrorist Paul Rose given a life sentence for the non-capital murder of Quebec Labour Minister Pierre Laporte during the October Crisis of 1970. His brother Jacques Rose, Francis Simard and Bernard Lortie also sentenced. In November, Rose also gets additional life term for kidnapping Laporte; granted full parole in 1982.



In Other Canadian Events...

- 1991
Ottawa Ontario - US President George Bush meets PM Brian Mulroney; signs Air Quality Agreement, committing both countries to curb emissions, pledging to end acid rain within 10 years; 150,000 Canadian lakes damaged; 15,000 considered dead.
- 1991
Munich Germany - Lloyd Eisler & Isabelle Brasseur again win silver medal for Pairs at World Figure Skating Championships.
- 1990
Edmonton Alberta - Federal Court of Appeal rules Oldman Dam review mandatory; $353 million dam 70% complete.
- 1989
Beaver River Alberta - Deborah Grey elected first Reform Party Member of Parliament in a bye-election in Beaver River.
- 1987
Washington DC - Washington Capitols score 5 goals against NHL Toronto Maple Leafs in 3 minutes, 3 seconds.
- 1978
Hull Quebec - CRTC rejects introduction of pay TV in Canada.
- 1974
Beaufort Sea NWT - Minister of Indian and Northern Affairs Jean Chrétien 1934- bans off-shore drilling in Beaufort Sea until summer of 1976; to conduct environmental studies.
- 1967
Ottawa Ontario - Public Service Staff Relations Act provides new bargaining rights for over 20,000 public employees; civil servants win right to strike; Treasury Board now central management body
- 1964
United Nations New York - Canada agrees to contribute to UN peacekeeping force in Cyprus.
- 1961
Aldershott England - Major-General Allard the first Canadian to command a British army division..
- 1953
United Nations New York - USSR vetoes UN Security Council recommendation that Canada's Lester Pearson be named Secretary General.
- 1940
Fredericton New Brunswick - Joseph Burns McNair succeeds A.A. Dysart as Liberal Premier of New Brunswick.
- 1927
Ottawa Ontario - Canada's old-age pension bill gets Royal Assent.
- 1919
Calgary Alberta - Western International Labour Conference delegates vote to form 'One Big Union' (OBU); from four western provinces; meet to March 15.
- 1916
Winnipeg Manitoba - Manitoba the first province to vote for prohibition of alcoholic beverages.
- 1912
Quebec Quebec - Quebec Bulldogs sweep Moncton (NB) in 2 games for the Stanley Cup.
- 1909
Montreal Quebec - Donald Alexander Smith, Lord Strathcona 1820-1914 sets up Strathcona Trust, a fund for military training and cadet corps in schools.
- 1900
Fort Chipewyan NWT - James William Tyrrell 1863-1945 starts 2,782 km survey trek from Great Slave Lake to Chesterfield Inlet.
- 1885
Victoria BC - British Columbia Legislature passes Chinese Restriction; bans entry of Chinese immigrants; later ruled unconstitutional.
- 1859
Windsor Ontario - John Brown 1800-1859 brings first black slaves to Canada from the US via the Underground Railway; he is later made famous in a song, John Brown's Body, about a raid he made on Harper's Ferry, Virginia.
- 1521
Lisbon Portugal - Joao Alvarez Fagundes records his discoveries made the previous year at Chedabucto Bay and south coast of Newfoundland; with Lisbon notary.

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