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On This Day

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Month: Day: September 27
maple leafToday's Canadian Headline....
1918 CANADIANS BREAK LAST GERMAN LINE

Canal du Nord France - Arthur William Currie 1875-1933 leads Canadian troops in a three day offensive against the Canal du Nord, outflanking the last section of the Germans' defensive Hindenburg Line. Canadians capture over 7,000 prisoners and 205 heavy guns. Germans abandon the line and continue retreating east, finally signing the Armistice Nov. 11.

1972

Also On This Day...

Ottawa Ontario - Lester Bowles 'Mike' Pearson 1897-1972 dies in Ottawa at the age of 75; buried at Wakefield, Quebec; Canada's 14th Prime Minister 1963-68.

1943

And in Today's Canadian Birthdays...

Randy Bachman 1943-
rock & roll singer/guitarist, songwriter, music producer, was born on this day in 1943. Bachman was one of the leaders of Winnipeg supergroup The Guess Who, and wrote ShakinŐ All Over, These Eyes, Laughing, No Time, American Woman, and No Sugar Tonight. In 1970 he founded Bachman-Turner Overdrive; some of his more notable BTO songs are Let it Ride, Roll On Down The Highway, TakinŐ Care of Business, You Ain't Seen Nothing Yet, Gimme Your Money Please and Blue Collar Lookin' Out for #1. Check out this seven part interview at his Official Web site.

Also Charles Sise 1834-1918
business executive, was born on this day at Portsmouth, New Hampshire in 1834; died in Montreal April 9, 1918. Sise came to Canada in 1880 as an agent of Alexander Graham Bell's Boston based National Bell Telephone Company, and incorporated the Bell Telephone Company of Canada. He was its President from 1890 to 1915, and was responsible for building a unified eastern service, as well as founding Northern Electric in 1895 (today Northern Telecom or Nortel.)

Also Harry Saltzman 1915-1994
Movie Producer, was born on this day in 1915. Saltzman co-produced the first nine James Bond films - such as Dr. No and Goldfinger - with Cubby Broccoli.

In Other Events....
1994 Argentia, Newfoundland - US Navy closes Argentia submarine detection base; last US military base in Canada.
1990Montreal Quebec - Robert Bourassa undergoes an operation to remove a malignant melanoma from his back; the skin cancer will eventually take his life.
1990Ottawa Ontario - Brian Mulroney 1939- increases the size of the Senate to 112, appointing 8 new senators: Keon, Meighen, Forrestal, Grimard, Lavoie-Roux, Ross, Johnson, Berntson; now 54 PCs, 52 Liberals; to stop Senate from blocking GST.
1990Ottawa Ontario - Minister of State for Finance Gilles Loiselle revises Trust and Loan Companies Act; lets banks own insurance and trust companies; no shareholder over 10%..
1990Toronto Ontario - Dalai Lama arrives in Canada for four-day visit; spiritual leader of Tibetan Buddhists.
1990Toronto Ontario - Canada Packers (60%) and John Labatt (40%) merge into Maple Leaf-Ogilvie; operate Country Style Doughnuts and Buns Master franchises.
1989Toronto Ontario - Singer Elton John apologizes to 35,000 people for poor sound quality at a concert in SkyDome.
1989Niagara Falls, Ontario - Jeff Petkovich and Peter DeBernardi survive a barrel drop over Horseshoe Falls; the first two-man team to succeed.
1988Toronto Ontario - Canadian sprinter Ben Johnson returns to Canada in disgrace after being stripped of his gold medal at the Seoul Olympics for using steroids.
1988New York City - Guy Lafleur signs a one year contract with the NHL New York Rangers.
1987Montreal Quebec - Jacqueline Gareau wins the Montreal Marathon; André Viger comes second.
1983Montreal Quebec - Expo slugger Tim Raines hits a three-run homer against St. Louis to become the first player in National League history to knock in at least 70 runs and steal 70 bases in one season.
1982Moncton, New Brunswick - L'Evangeline stops publishing; this voice of Acadia was the only French language newspaper east of Quebec.
1982London Ontario - General Motors of Canada wins $625 million contract to build armoured cars for US Army and Marines.
1977Milan Italy - Gilles Villeneuve signs a 2 year contract to drive Formula One with Ferrari.
1977Quebec - Quebec credit union manager Charles Marion released on payment of $50,000 ransom; held for 83 days in Canada's longest kidnapping.
1973Quebec - Marcel Pépin elected President of La Confédération mondial du Travail.
1972Ottawa Ontario - Ottawa bans sale of firecrackers.
1968Ottawa Ontario - Postmaster-General Eric William Kierans 1914- ends Saturday mail and post office service, effective Feb. 1,1969.
1967Ottawa Ontario - Bank of Canada raises lending rate from 4 1/2% to 5%.
1963Toronto Ontario - Founding of C.D. Howe Memorial Foundation; financial aid to young people with promise of leadership.
1962Ottawa Ontario - Opening of first session of 25th Parliament; until February 5, 1963.
1954Ottawa Ontario - Shigeru Yoshida Prime Minister of Japan, starts two-day visit to Canada.
1954Toronto Ontario - Founding of the Muscular Dystrophy Association of Canada.
1943Ottawa Ontario - Canadian Wheat Board takes over from optional Wheat Board; price of wheat increased from 90˘ a bushel to $1.25.
1934Montreal Quebec - Official opening of the Montreal Neurological Institute of McGill University.
1922Montreal Quebec - Radio station CKAC starts broadcasting at Montreal.
1919Montreal Quebec - The 'Seagull' the first seaplane to land at Montreal.
1916Montreal Quebec - 148th and 150th Battalions of Montreal Infantry, and the 189th Battalion of Infantry of Fraserville embark for service in France.
1896Montreal Quebec - CPR telegraph operators and despatchers strike for shorter hours and higher wages; until October 7.
1879Ottawa Ontario - Opening of the Dominion Industrial Exhibition at Ottawa; Ottawa's fall fair became the Central Exposition in 1896; now called the Central Canada Exhibition.
1858Stratford Ontario - Grand Trunk Railway completed to Stratford from London.
1853Montreal Quebec - First provincial agricultural exhibition held in Montreal.
1839Quebec Quebec - Group of 58 convicted rebels leave Quebec for exile in Australia.
1806Kingston Ontario - Isaac Brock 1769-1812 appointed to command British forces in Upper Canada.
1759Quebec Quebec - First Protestant religious service on record in Quebec.
1612Paris France - Comte de Soissons awarded a 12 year monopoly of the fur trade in New France.
1610Honfleur France - Samuel de Champlain returns to France; stops writing in his journal for a time.

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