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FRENCH BATTLE IROQUOIS IN MONTREAL
Montreal Quebec - Paul de Chomedey de Maisonneuve 1612-1676 defeats a large band of marauding Iroquois on the site of the Place d'Armes; aided by force of 30 settlers; they had massacred several habitant families. |
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1885 |
Also On This Day...
Battleford Saskatchewan - Cree chief Poundmaker [Pitikwahanapiwiyin] 1826-1886 attacks and surrounds Battleford with 200 warriors; local settlers forced to seek shelter in NWMP barracks for a month. A formidable soldier, Poundmaker had participated in the signing of Treaty 6, and in 1881 had guided the Marquis of Lorne from Battleford to Calgary. But he was distressed at the treatment given the Cree people, and had agitated for fulfillment of the promises made under Treaty.
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1968 |
And in Today's Canadian Birthdays...
Céline Dion 1968-1889
 superstar chanteuse, was born on this day at Charlemagne, Quebec in 1968. Dion is the youngest of 14 children whose parents operated a small club east of Montreal, where she started performing at age 5 with her entire family. Her first song, composed at age 12, caught the eye of manager René Angelil, who financed the recording of her debut album, and later married her. In 1982, she won the Gold Medal at the Yamaha World Song Festival in Tokyo. In 1983, she became the first Canadian ever to receive a Gold Record in France. In 1988, she won the Eurovision Song Contest in Dublin, Ireland, before a TV audience of 600 million. Her English language breakthrough came when she recorded the title track for the Disney hit Beauty and the Beast, which garnered an Academy Award and a Grammy. Her second English album, 'Celine Dion,' had such hit singles as Love Can Move Mountains, Water From The Moon, If You Asked Me To and Did You Give Enough Love. In 'The Colour Of My Love', Dion duetted with British singer Clive Griffin on When I Fall In Love, featured on the soundtrack of the movie Sleepless in Seattle. Her most recent hit is My Heart Will Go On, the theme song from the film Titanic, that she sung at the Oscar ceremony. Here are some web sites:
Also Laurie Graham 1960-
ski racer, was born on this day at Orangeville, Ontario in 1960. Graham started ski racing at age 9, and joined the National Ski team in 1978. In 1983, she won the first FIS World Cup race held in Canada, the Womens Downhill at Mont Tremblant. In 1984, at Puy St-Vincent, France, she became the first Canadian to win a World Cup Super Giant Slalom race. In the 1985-86 season, she notched two more World Cup Downhill victories along with two second and three third place finishes; she retired after winning a total of 6 World Cup races.
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| In Other Events... |
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1990 |
Quebec Quebec - Riot police in Quebec City break up demonstration by 2,000 marchers against university tuition fee increases; students also occupy Montreal Stock Exchange; over 250 arrested. |
| 1981 | St. John's Newfoundland - Newfoundland Court of Appeals rules Ottawa does not have right to change constitution unilaterally. |
| 1976 | Ottawa Ontario - Ottawa announces plans to immunize about 12 million Canadians against 'swine flu' in the autumn. |
| 1973 | Winnipeg Manitoba - Manitoba starts guaranteed annual income experiment; Ottawa to fund 75% of the cost. |
| 1972 | Halifax Nova Scotia - Last daily rum ration issued to Canadian naval personnel. |
| 1972 | Ottawa Ontario - CBC airs first simultaneous FM radio/TV broadcast of a symphony concert; users of both can experience stereo sound. |
| 1968 | Washington DC - Canada and US agree to renew NORAD for 5 year period, from May 12. |
| 1967 | Victoria BC - opening of SEACOM: Southeast Asia Commonwealth Cable; 40,000 km link between Britain, Canada and Australia |
| 1954 | Toronto Ontario - Toronto Transit Commission opens Yonge Street subway; first line in Canada. |
| 1939 | Ottawa Ontario - Prime Minister Mackenzie King said Canada will not conscript men for foreign service. |
| 1925 | Montreal Quebec - Victoria Cougars beat Montreal Maroons 3 games to 1 for the Stanley Cup. |
| 1918 | Toronto Ontario - Toronto Arenas beat Vancouver Millionaires 3 games to 2 for the Stanley Cup. |
| 1916 | Montreal Quebec - Montreal AAAs beat Portland Rosebuds 3 games to 2 for the Stanley Cup. |
| 1901 | Ottawa Ontario - Supreme Court rules that marriages of Catholics by Protestant clergymen are valid. |
| 1885 | Stratford Ontario - Stratford incorporated as a city. |
| 1874 | Hull Quebec - Louis Riel arrives in the east from Manitoba to claim his parliamentary seat of Provencher; he stays in Quebec because of a warrant for his arrest in Ontario for the killing of Thomas Scott. |
| 1872 | Toronto Ontario - First issue of Toronto 'Mail' published; part of today's Globe and Mail. |
| 1864 | Ottawa Ontario - Etienne-Paschal Taché 1795-1865 forms Taché-Macdonald government with John A. Macdonald. |
| 1852 | London England - Imperial Government authorizes railroad from Halifax to Quebec. |
| 1838 | London England - John Lambton, Lord Durham 1792-1840 appointed Governor-in-Chief of Lower Canada, and Governor-General of British North America; serves from May 29, 1838 to Nov. 1, 1838 |
| 1834 | Toronto Ontario - William Lyon Mackenzie 1795-1861 appointed first mayor of Toronto by the Council, defeating John Rolph. |
| 1832 | Halifax Nova Scotia - Incorporation of Bank of Nova Scotia; first bank in the province. |
| 1814 | Lacolle Quebec - James Wilkinson leads 4,000 Americans into defeat at Lacolle; forced to retreat back across border to Plattsburg; Americans were occupying Odelltown during the War of 1812. |
| 1809 | London England - Labrador Act gives Labrador to Newfoundland; boundaries later disputed by Quebec; Privy Council make final decision in 1927. |
| 1784 | Montreal Quebec - Hotel Dieu collects a subscription of £345, 10s, 9d 'in favour of the poor.' |
| 1743 | Pierre South Dakota - François de Varennes de La Vérendrye buries lead plaque in territory of Little Cherry Indians, claiming the country for France; with brother Louis-Joseph. |
Battleford Saskatchewan - Cree chief Poundmaker [Pitikwahanapiwiyin] 1826-1886 attacks and surrounds Battleford with 200 warriors; local settlers forced to seek shelter in NWMP barracks for a month. A formidable soldier, Poundmaker had participated in the signing of Treaty 6, and in 1881 had guided the Marquis of Lorne from Battleford to Calgary. But he was distressed at the treatment given the Cree people, and had agitated for fulfillment of the promises made under Treaty.
superstar chanteuse, was born on this day at Charlemagne, Quebec in 1968. Dion is the youngest of 14 children whose parents operated a small club east of Montreal, where she started performing at age 5 with her entire family. Her first song, composed at age 12, caught the eye of manager René Angelil, who financed the recording of her debut album, and later married her. In 1982, she won the Gold Medal at the Yamaha World Song Festival in Tokyo. In 1983, she became the first Canadian ever to receive a Gold Record in France. In 1988, she won the Eurovision Song Contest in Dublin, Ireland, before a TV audience of 600 million. Her English language breakthrough came when she recorded the title track for the Disney hit Beauty and the Beast, which garnered an Academy Award and a Grammy. Her second English album, 'Celine Dion,' had such hit singles as Love Can Move Mountains, Water From The Moon, If You Asked Me To and Did You Give Enough Love. In 'The Colour Of My Love', Dion duetted with British singer Clive Griffin on When I Fall In Love, featured on the soundtrack of the movie Sleepless in Seattle. Her most recent hit is My Heart Will Go On, the theme song from the film Titanic, that she sung at the Oscar ceremony. Here are some web sites: