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On This Day

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Month: Day: October 3
maple leafToday's Canadian Headline....
1927 KING MAKES FIRST TRANSATLANTIC PHONE CALL

Ottawa Ontario - Canadian PM William Lyon Mackenzie King inaugurates the first transatlantic telephone service to the UK by chatting with British Prime Minister Stanley Baldwin. For the time being, all calls are operator-assisted until 1956, when direct dialing comes in.

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Also On This Day...

Portage La Prairie Manitoba - Pierre Gaultier de Varennes de La Verendrye 1685-1749 rides up the Assiniboine Valley with sons Louis-Joseph and François to build Fort La Reine; on the site of Portage La Prairie.

1973

And in Today's Canadian Birthdays...

Neve Campbell 1973-
movie actor, was born on this day at Guelph, Ontario in 1973. Her first name 'Neve' is her mother's maiden name and is pronounced 'nev'; it means 'snow' in Dutch. Her father Gerry was a drama teacher, and her mother Marnie a psychologist/yoga teacher who runs Neve's fan club. Her parents divorced while she was still a baby and she moved to Toronto with her father. She has three brothers - Christian (older, also an actor), Damien (younger) and Alex (youngest). Neve started dance training at age 6, and at age 9 took classes at the National Ballet School of Canada, where she was trained in 6 different genres of dance, including jazz and classical ballet. She performed in Sleeping Beauty and The Nutcracker with the National Ballet of Canada, but after suffering a foot injury at age 12, she turned to acting, and landed her first role in a commercial for the Eaton Centre. Her stage debut was in The Phantom of the Opera at Toronto's Pantages Theatre, directed by Hal Prince. Neve then landed the role of Daisy in the TV series Catwalk on YTV, and later moved to the US to play Julia Salinger in Fox's Party of Five (Emmy for Best Show in 1996). She played witch Bonnie in Columbia Pictures' The Craft, a film about high school students who experiment with witchcraft, and Sydney in Scream (see picture), a horror movie with Courtney Cox and Drew Barrymore (MTV's Best Movie of the Year for 1997). She has also done guest appearances in Kids in the Hall and Saturday Night Live. For more on Neve, check out this amazing Danish fan site.

Also Alexander Young 'A. Y.' Jackson 1882-1974
painter, was born on this day at Montreal in 1882; died in Kleinburg Ontario April 5, 1974. Jackson started his artistic career in 1895 in lithography, and studied art in evening classes and at the Art Institute in Chicago. In Sept. 1907, he enrolled in the Julien Academy in Paris, and studied impressionism. On his return to Montreal, his painting Edge of the Maple Wood brought him to the attention of the other Group of Seven artists. Lawren Harris bought this painting, and invited Jackson to move to Toronto in the fall of 1913, where he shared a studio with Tom Thomson. A trip to Canoe Lake in 1914 cemented his vision - Red Maple (1914, National Gallery, Ottawa) comes from this period - and he started to paint with Varley and Lismer as well. From 1915 on, Jackson served in the infantry, and in 1917 was appointed official artist for the Canadian war memorials. By Sept 1919, he was back painting his beloved landscapes in Georgian Bay, and took a boxcar trip to Algoma with Harris, Macdonald and Johnson. The Group of Seven held their first exhibition in May 1920, and he took part in this and six other shows with them.

Also Erik Bruhn 1928-1986-
ballet dancer, was born on this day at Copenhagen, Denmark in 1928; died in Toronto April 1, 1986. Bruhn was noted for his classical technique. He appeared mainly as a guest artist with North American and European companies.

Also Glenn Hall 1931-
NHL goaltender, was born on this day in 1931. Hall played for the Detroit Red Wings: Calder Trophy [1955-56]; the Chicago Black Hawks: Stanley Cup winner [1961], Vezina Trophy [1963]; and the St. Louis Blues: Vezina Trophy: 1967, 1969].

Also Jean Ratelle 1940-
NHL centre, was born on this day in 1940. Ratelle played for the NY Rangers and Boston Bruins

Also Duncan Regehr 1953-
TV/movie actor, was born on this day in 1953. Regehr has played in The Blue & the Gray, Wizards & Warriors and as Zorro's Zorro/Don Diego de la Vega.

Also Hart Bochner 1956-
TV/movie actor, was born on this day in 1956, the son of actor Lloyd Bochner. Bochner has played in East of Eden, Supergirl and Die Hard.

In Other Events....
1995 Chicago Illinois - Canadian dollar climbs to highest level in 19 months on the commodity exchanges, US$75.27.
1992 Ste-Agathe Quebec - Bodies of two cult members of the Order of the Solar Temple found in a burned-out condominium north of Montreal; the following day 48 members are found dead in Switzerland, and three more bodies will be found in the ruins at Ste-Agathe Oct 5.
1992 Toronto Ontario - Toronto Blue Jays beat Detroit Tigers to win American League East pennant.
1991 Ottawa Ontario - Cross-border shopping up 57.4%, to $617m for first half of 1991, over $392 million in same period 1992; Statistics Canada reports.
1991 San Lorenzo Spain - Canada signs Antarctic Treaty accord with 26 other nations; bans mining and oil exploration for next 50 years.
1987 Washington DC - Simon Riesman and other negotiators sign the Canada-US Free Trade Agreement, to take effect Jan. 1, 1989; all tariffs between the two countries to be phased out before 1999; creation of common energy market in petroleum, gas, uranium and electricity; creation of dispute settlement mechanism; deal reached just before US fast-track deadline for completing negotiations.
1986Toronto Ontario - Ground-breaking ceremonies held for SkyDome, Toronto's 56,000 seat stadium built on vacant railway land on Front Street.
1981New York City - Montreal Expos defeat the NY Mets 5-4 to win their first NL pennant; go on to beat Philadelphia in playoff series but lose to Los Angeles Dodgers in bid to reach World Series when Rick Monday hits winning home run off Expo pitcher Steve Rogers; end of split season disrupted by long players strike.
1981 Ottawa Ontario - Winnipeg Blue Bomber Dieter Brock sets CFL passing record by completing 41 of 47 passes in 44-24 win over Ottawa Rough Riders.
1977 Ottawa Ontario - Ottawa starts inquiry into government-approved international cartel to market uranium; possible violations of combines law.
1955 Ottawa Ontario - Start of three-day federal-provincial conference on fiscal issues.
1946Stephenville Newfoundland - American Overseas Airlines plane crashes near Stephenville, killing all 39 on board; worst civil aviation disaster in US history to date.
1941 Ottawa Ontario - J. L. Ilsley puts price freeze proposals to Cabinet; King sceptical at first.
1919 Ottawa Ontario - Dominion Stores grocery chain incorporated.
1914 Gaspé Quebec - First Canadian Division sails for England with 33,000 volunteers, 7,000 horses and 144 pieces of artillery, travelling in a 32 ship convoy escorted by 10 British warships; largest armed convoy ever to cross the Atlantic by that date; arrive in England Oct. 14.
1882 Paris France - Hector Fabre 1834-1910 appointed agent for Canadian government in France.
1874 Aurora Ontario - Edward Blake 1833-1912 makes famous Aurora Speech, urging development of a Canadian spirit.
1873 North West Angle, Ontario - Saulteaux and Chippewa (Ojibway) sign Treaty #3 in southern Manitoba and north-western Ontario; 88,511 sq km; $12 per Indian; schools; farm instruction; acreage.
1535 Montreal Quebec - Jacques Cartier 1491-1557 leaves Hochelaga in the the Émerillon to return to Stadacona [Quebec] for the winter.

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