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1894 |
STANLEY CUP DAY
Montreal Quebec - The Montreal Amateur Athletic Association win the first Stanley Cup championship game, beating the Ottawa Capitals 3-1, and winning the Canadian Amateur Hockey Association tournament 3 games to 2. The AAAs (later the Montreal Victorias) were the first team to win what was known as known as Lord Stanley's Cup. A year earlier, Sir Frederick Arthur Stanley, Lord Stanley of Preston, former Governor General, had purchased the silver bowl in London for $48.67 to donate to the Canadian amateur champions; he said his sons had enjoyed playing hockey on the rink at Rideau Hall. Today, the Stanley Cup is the oldest professional sports competition in North America. |
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1909 |
And in Today's Canadian Birthdays...
Gabrielle Roy 1909-1983
 Franco-Manitoban novelist, was born on this day at St-Boniface, Manitoba in 1909, the youngest of 11 children; dies in Quebec City July 13, 1983. Roy was educated in St-Boniface and taught in country schools in Manitoba for several years. In 1939, she travelled to Europe to study drama in London and Paris, then married in 1947 and moved to Quebec City. She is the author of Bonheur d'Occasion (1945), translated as The Tin Flute (1947), a realistic portrayal of life in a Montreal slum, that won the Prix Femina in France and the Governor-General's award; La Petite Poule d'eau (1950) translated as Where Nests the Water Hen, Alexandre Chenevert (1954) translated as The Cashier; La Montagne secrète (1961) translated as The Hidden Mountain, and La Route d'Altamont (1966) translated as The Road Past Altamont. Bell Canada and the Stentor Alliance have sponsored an excellent Gabrielle Roy site at the National Library of Canada.
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1972 |
And in Other Canadian Birthdays...
Elvis Stojko 1972-
 three-time world champion figure skater, was born on this day at Richmond Hill, Ontario in 1972. A martial arts and dirt bike enthusiast, Stojko has shown he can win or lose with equal dignity. His Olympic Silver Medal performance at Nagano, accomplished with a pulled groin, shows his sheer guts [this CP photo shows him grimacing in pain at the end of his free routine]. But he also conquered poor judging at the 1997 world championships in Lausanne, Switzerland by skating the performance of his life in the free skate - especially his quadruple toe, triple toe combination jump - to move from fourth after the short program to first place and the gold medal. At the 1991 Worlds, he was the first person to land a quadruple jump combination in competition - a quadruple toe loop/double toe loop. In 1994 he was awarded the Lionel Conacher Award for Athlete of the Year by the Canadian Press. For more, check out this great Elvis fan site .
Also Barbara Parkins 1942-
actress, was born on this day at Vancouver, BC in 1942. Parkins is known for her roles in Peyton Place, Asylum.
Also Dave Keon 1940-
hockey player, was born on this day in 1940. Keon was NHL Rookie of the Year in 1961. Playing with the Toronto Maple Leafs, he won the Lady Byng Trophy (1962 & 1963), and was Stanley Cup playoff MVP in 1967.
Also William Shatner 1931-
actor, TV host, novelist, film director, vegetarian, was born on this day at Montreal in 1931. Shatner is best known for his roles as Star Trek's Capt. James Tiberius Kirk, Barbary Coast's Jeff Cable, T.J. Hooker's Sgt. T.J. Hooker, and in Rescue 911; author, Tek War.
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1995 |
Buenos Aires Argentina - Victoria BC rower Silken Laumann 1965- tests positive for banned stimulant ephedrine at the Pan-American Games; the next day she and her three teammates are stripped of the gold medals they won in quadruple sculls; says she unknowingly took drug in a cold medicine.. |
| 1990 | St. John's Newfoundland - Premier Clyde Wells introduces resolution to rescind Newfoundland support of Meech Lake accord; fears Meech Lake will cut Ottawa's ability to aid Newfoundland economically; effectively kills the deal. |
| 1990 | Ottawa Ontario - Brian Mulroney 1939- says he is optimistic Meech Lake can be saved by June 23rd deadline; in rare TV address. |
| 1990 | Ottawa Ontario - Parliament gives all party group mandate to study Meech Lake accord and to report back May 18; studying McKenna Option for companion agreement. |
| 1984 | London, Ontario - Jane Gray dies; Canada's first woman broadcaster began her career in 1924 at CJGC (now CFPL) radio London by hosting Canada's first advice show. |
| 1979 | New York City - NHL votes to absorb four World Hockey Association teams; the Edmonton Oilers, Winnipeg Jets, Quebec Nordiques and New England Whalers; end of the WHA. |
| 1978 | St-Jerome Quebec - Three prisoners emerge from St. Jerome prison with their six hostages after a two-week standoff, ending Canada's longest hostage-taking. |
| 1973 | Caughnawaga Quebec - St. Lawrence Seaway Authority grants $1.5 million and 321.7 hectares of land to Caughnawaga Indians; to compensate for 526 hectares expropriated in 1955 for Seaway. |
| 1971 | Halifax, Nova Scotia - First radio and TV coverage of the proceedings of the Nova Scotia legislature. |
| 1971 | Ottawa Ontario - Ottawa starts $2 million program to hire 276 Francophone graduates for public service jobs; jobs where French is 'la Langue du travail'. |
| 1955 | Mississauga Ontario - Fire at Malton Airport causes $5 million in damage. |
| 1942 | Ottawa Ontario - Department of Labour brings in National Selective Service Mobilization Regulations; program for industry meets wartime manpower shortage by directing people to jobs. |
| 1929 | New Orleans Louisiana - U.S. Coast Guard vessel sinks Canadian schooner 'I'm Alone' carrying 2,800 cases of liquor, in the Gulf of Mexico off coast of Louisiana; Captain John Thomas Randell 1878-1939 and crew taken to New Orleans as prisoners for violating prohibition laws; manufacture of liquor still legal in Canada. |
| 1922 | Canada - 12,000 BC and Alberta coal miners go on strike; until August 24, 1923. |
| 1914 | Martin Point Alaska - Vilhjalmur Stefansson 1879-1962 leaves Martin Point with two companions and heads east toward Banks Island. |
| 1885 | Ottawa Ontario - Canadian troops ordered mobilized because of the Northwest Rebellion. |
| 1878 | Victoria BC - R. B. McMicking demonstrates Victoria's first 2 telephones. |
| 1849 | Toronto Ontario - Robert Baldwin burned in effigy at a Toronto demonstration against Rebellion Losses Bill; with effigies of Mackenzie and Blake. |
| 1834 | Fredericton New Brunswick - Central Bank of New Brunswick chartered. |
| 1740 | Halifax Nova Scotia - Paul Mascarene c1684-1760 takes office as President of Council of Nova Scotia and administrator; until July 12, 1749. |
| 1739 | Paris France - François-Louis de Pourroy de Lauberivière 1711-1740 appointed 5th Bishop of Quebec. |
| 1723 | Paris France - Compagnie des Indes [French West India Company] awarded tobacco monopoly in New France. |
Franco-Manitoban novelist, was born on this day at St-Boniface, Manitoba in 1909, the youngest of 11 children; dies in Quebec City July 13, 1983. Roy was educated in St-Boniface and taught in country schools in Manitoba for several years. In 1939, she travelled to Europe to study drama in London and Paris, then married in 1947 and moved to Quebec City. She is the author of Bonheur d'Occasion (1945), translated as The Tin Flute (1947), a realistic portrayal of life in a Montreal slum, that won the Prix Femina in France and the Governor-General's award; La Petite Poule d'eau (1950) translated as Where Nests the Water Hen, Alexandre Chenevert (1954) translated as The Cashier; La Montagne secrète (1961) translated as The Hidden Mountain, and La Route d'Altamont (1966) translated as The Road Past Altamont. Bell Canada and the Stentor Alliance have sponsored an excellent Gabrielle Roy site at the National Library of Canada.
three-time world champion figure skater, was born on this day at Richmond Hill, Ontario in 1972. A martial arts and dirt bike enthusiast, Stojko has shown he can win or lose with equal dignity. His Olympic Silver Medal performance at Nagano, accomplished with a pulled groin, shows his sheer guts [this CP photo shows him grimacing in pain at the end of his free routine]. But he also conquered poor judging at the 1997 world championships in Lausanne, Switzerland by skating the performance of his life in the free skate - especially his quadruple toe, triple toe combination jump - to move from fourth after the short program to first place and the gold medal. At the 1991 Worlds, he was the first person to land a quadruple jump combination in competition - a quadruple toe loop/double toe loop. In 1994 he was awarded the Lionel Conacher Award for Athlete of the Year by the Canadian Press. For more, check out this great Elvis fan site .