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1962 |
CANADA LAUNCHES FIRST SPACE BIRD
Vandenburg AFB, California - Canada launches its first orbiting satellite, Alouette 1, on a Thor-Agena B rocket from Vandenberg Air Force Base; mass: 145 kg; cost $2.9 million; to study ionosphere from 1000 km in space; joint project of Defence Research Board and Canadian electronics industry. |
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1988 |
Also On This Day...
Seoul Korea - Carolyn Waldo wins a gold medal in synchronized swimming at the 24th Olympiad in Seoul. Two days later she will wins another gold in the duet competition with Michelle Cameron, becoming the first Canadian female to win two gold medals at a summer Olympics competition. |
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1810 |
And in Today's Canadian Birthdays...
Hugh Allan 1810-1882- financier and shipowner, was born on this day at Saltcoats, Ayrshire, Scotland in 1810; died in Edinburgh, Scotland Dec. 9, 1882. Allan built up a steamship line that carried immigrants from Britain to Montreal, and much of his success depended on his lucrative Royal Mail contract, awarded by the government. His contribution of $300,000 to the Conservative Party campaign in 1872 precipitated the Pacific Scandal that brought down John A. Macdonald.
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| In Other Events.... |
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1996 |
Houston, Texas - Ottawa's Alanis Morissette finishes her first U.S. tour. |
| 1995 | Montreal Quebec - Large pro-sovereignty rally held in Montreal Forum. |
| 1995 | Toronto Ontario - Falconbridge Ltd. and Luxembourg-based Minorco SA announce plans to proceed with $1.75-billion development of Collahuasi copper deposit in northern Chile. |
| 1992 | Ottawa Ontario - Statistics Canada says 500 full time jobs a day disappeared during recession of past three years; 11 businesses, 73 people a day go broke. |
| 1989 | Niagara Falls, Ontario - Jeffrey Petkovich and Peter DeBernardi the first to go over Horseshoe Falls on the Canadian side of Niagara and live to tell the tale. |
| 1989 | Ottawa Ontario - NDP leader Ed Broadbent announces his retirement from politics. |
| 1988 | Tadoussac Quebec - International forum on the beluga whale held at Tadoussac; species endangered by pollution in the St. Lawrence and Saguenay. |
| 1985 | Quebec Quebec - Pierre-Marc Johnson elected leader of the Parti Quebecois; decides to keep sovereignty on the back burner and calls an election to get a new mandate. |
| 1982 | Ottawa Ontario - Ottawa bails out debt-laden Dome Petroleum. |
| 1982 | Ottawa Ontario - Canada announces program to put first Canadian in space within 2 years. |
| 1969 | Montreal Quebec - Jean Drapeau 1916- bomb explodes at home of Montreal Mayor; no injuries. |
| 1966 | Montreal Quebec - Montreal police arrest eight people, seize $3 million worth of heroin. |
| 1948 | Detroit Michigan - London Majors score five runs in the top of the ninth to defeat Fort Wayne (Indiana) General Electrics 5-0 in the deciding game of the best-of-seven international sandlot series. |
| 1944 | Montreal Quebec - Defence Minister James Layton Ralston 1881-1948 flies to Europe to check reports of Canadian infantry shortages. |
| 1930 | Hamilton Ontario - Hamilton Tigers play the University of British Columbia in the first Canadian football game played under lights. |
| 1930 | Prince Edward Island - Final section of PEI's 3'6" gauge railway converted to standard gauge; work started in 1919. |
| 1922 | Ottawa Ontario - William Lyon Mackenzie King 1874-1950 declares Canada not automatically at war when Britain is; during Chanak Crisis in Dardanelles; officials leaked British request for troops, to force Canada's hand. |
| 1921 | Ottawa Ontario - Georges-P Vanier marries Pauline Archer; future Governor General. |
| 1914 | France - Arthur Currie 1875-1933 appointed to command the 2nd Canadian Infantry Brigade; a militia commander from Victoria, BC, known for his artillery skills. |
| 1905 | Guelph Ontario - Opening of Carnegie Library at Guelph. |
| 1902 | Dawson City, Yukon - Banks in Dawson City announce that they will no longer accept gold dust as legal tender; concern that miners lost money on transactions as gold dust particles were lost in handling. |
| 1898 | Canada - Canada holds national referendum on the prohibition of alcoholic beverages; 278,380 for, 264,693 against; government takes no action in view of close vote. |
| 1852 | New Brunswick - New Brunswick issues contracts for railroad from Nova Scotia to boundary of Maine. |
| 1710 | Boston Massachusetts - Francis Nicholson 1665-c1728 sails from Boston with 2,000-man force to attack the French at Port Royal. |
| 1668 | Charles Fort NWT - Zachariah Gillam 1636-1682 reaches Rupert River on the 'Nonsuch' with Medart des Groseilliers; they proceed to build Charles Fort, make a treaty with the local chief and spend the winter trading. The success of this venture leads to the creation of the Hudson's Bay Company. |
| 1665 | Quebec Quebec - Germain Morin 1642-1702 ordained at Quebec; first Canadian born priest. |
| 1661 | Quebec - Jacques Lemaître, sculptor, massacred by the Iroquois. |
| 1658 | Montreal Quebec - Marguerite Bourgeoys 1620-1700 departs for France with Jeanne Mance to recruit young girls to be teachers. |
| 1642 | Quebec - Father René Goupil 1608-1642 killed by Iroquois. |
| 1498 | London England - Jean Cabot receives a reward of £200 from King Henry VII for his discoveries in North America. |