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2013 Event - The oldest water ever found is discovered in a Canadian mine; the water dates back 2.6 billion years

2013 Event - Research In Motion, the Canadian manufacturer of wireless devices, releases the Blackberry 10, its newest operating system for Blackberrys; the company also announces two smartphones, the Z10 and Q10

2012 Event - Medical textbooks require rewriting after 39-year-old Canadian Scott Routley becomes the first person believed to be in a vegetative state to tell scientists he isn't in any pain

2012 Event - Lydia Ko, a 15-year old amateur golfer, wins the Canadian Women's Open; she is the youngest winner ever on the LPGA Tour and first amateur to win since JoAnne Carner in 1969

2011 Event - Canadian Auto Workers vote in favor of striking against Caterpillar Inc's locomotive manufacturing plant in London, Ontario

2011 Event - In Quebec, 200,000 Canadian college and university students vote to boycott classes to protest tuition fee increases

2011 Event - After winning a Liberal Party of British Columbia ballot, Canadian politician Christy Clark becomes the second woman to be Premier of British Columbia

2004 Death - Agnes Martin, Canadian Artist

2004 Death - Daniel Petrie, Canadian Director

2003 Death - Carol Shields, Canadian Author

2001 Death - Marcelle Ferron, Canadian Artist

2001 Death - Mordecai Richler, Canadian Novelist

2001 Death - Charles Templeton, Canadian Cartoonist

2000 Death - Pierre Elliott Trudeau, former Canadian Prime Minister, dies at 80

2000 Death - Pierre Trudeau, Canadian Statesman

2000 Death - Al Purdy, Canadian Poet

1999 Death - Hank Snow, Canadian Musician

1999 Death - Greg Moore, promising Canadian racecar driver, competed in Indy Lights, CART World Series, fatally injured in violent car crash on the 10th lap of the CART season finale

1999 Death - Owen Hart, Canadian Entertainer

1997 Event - Steve Jones wins Canadian Golf Open with a 275

1996 Event - Renette Cruz, Vancouver, wins Miss Canadian Universe

1996 Event - Montreal Canadian's 1st game in their new arena

1995 Death - Robertson Davies, Canadian Novelist

1995 Death - Phillip Borsos, Tasmanian/Canadian director (Mean Season), dies

1995 Event - Centennial of Canadian Mounties presence in Canada's Yukon Territory

1994 Death - Sammy Taft, Canadian businessman (coined term "hat trick"), dies at 81

1992 Death - Brian Macleod, Canadian musician, dies of cancer at 39

1992 Event - Labor strike at Royal Canadian Mint ends

1991 Death - Eugene Forsey, Canadian Politician

1991 Event - Joni Mitchel inducted into the Canadian Hall of Fame

1991 Death - Northrop Frye, Canadian Critic

1990 Death - Fred Shero, Canadian Athlete

1990 Death - Hugh MacLennan, Canadian Author

1990 Death - Graig Russel, Canadian travel expert/transvestite, dies

1990 Death - Manly Hall, Canadian Philosopher

1989 Event - Worst Canadian mass murder: Marc Lepine kills 14 women at U Montreal

1989 Event - Houston's Terry Puhl plays in his 1,403rd game, most by a Canadian

1989 Event - Ben Johnson, Canadian Olympian, admits using steroids

1989 Death - William Stephenson, Canadian Soldier

1988 Event - Canadian Senate OK's free trade pact; with US

1988 Death - Gil Evans, Canadian/US jazz composer (Out of the Cool), dies at 75

1988 Event - Canadian Ben Johnson breaks own 50-yard dash world record at 5.15

1987 Death - Lang Jeffries, Canadian actor (Skip-Rescue 8), dies at 55

1987 Death - Margaret Laurence, Canadian author, dies at 60

1986 Death - Tommy Douglas, Canadian Clergyman

1984 Death - Gordon Sinclair, Canadian Journalist

1984 Event - Canadian Prime Minister Pierre Elliott Trudeau announced he is stepping down

1983 Death - Gerald Strang, Canadian composer, dies at 75

1983 Death - Alden Nowlan, Canadian Poet

1982 Birthday - Kristin Kreuk, Canadian Actress

1982 Birthday - Elisha Cuthbert, Canadian Actress

1982 Death - Glenn H Gould, Canadian pianist, dies at 50

1982 Death - Gilles Villeneuve, Canadian auto racer, dies in an accident

1981 Death - Allan Dwan, Canadian Director

1980 Death - Marshall McLuhan, Canadian cultural philosopher, dies at 69

1980 Event - Bank of Canada's Canadian Currency Museum opens

1980 Birthday - Ryan Gosling, Canadian Actor

1979 Death - Donald Creighton, Canadian Historian

1979 Birthday - Shawn Ashmore, Canadian Actor

1979 Birthday - Petra Cada, Prague Czechoslovakia, Canadian table tennis player 1996 Olympics

1978 Birthday - Rachel McAdams, Canadian Actress

1978 Birthday - Devon Sawa, Canadian Actor

1978 Death - Mark Robson, Canadian Director

1978 Birthday - Caroline Dhavernas, Canadian Actress

1976 Birthday - Jennifer Robinson, Barrie Ontario, 1996 Canadian Champ

1976 Birthday - Ryan Reynolds, Canadian Actor

1976 Birthday - Kasia Kulesza, born in Warsaw, Poland, Canadian synchro swimmer, Silver Medal 1996 Olympics

1976 Death - Roy Thomson, Canadian Publisher

1976 Event - Royal Canadian Mint opens a branch in Winnipeg Manitoba

1976 Birthday - Tamas Buday, Jr., Budapest Hungary, Canadian canoeist 1996 Olympics

1975 Birthday - Troy Amos Ross, born in Georgetown, Guyana, Canadian boxer 1996 Olympics

1975 Birthday - Greg Moore, born in New Westminster, British Columbia, promising Canadian racecar driver, competed in Indy Lights, CART World Series

1975 Event - Royal Canadian Mint announces branch opening in Winnipeg Manitoba

1975 Death - Charlotte Whitton, Canadian Politician

1975 Birthday - Aaron Funk, Canadian Musician

1975 Event - 600 employees of Royal Canadian Mint go on strike

1974 Event - Canadian John Hathaway begins 2-yr ride of 50,600 miles

1974 Birthday - Natasha Henstridge, Canadian Actress

1974 Event - Trudeau's Liberal Party wins Canadian parliamentary election

1974 Birthday - Atilla Buday, born in Budapest, Hungary, Canadian canoeist 1996 Olympics

1974 Birthday - Jana Nejedly, born in Prague, Czechoslovakia, Canadian tennis player 1996 Olympics

1974 Birthday - Alanis Morissette, Canadian Musician

1974 Death - Ernest Becker, Canadian Scientist

1974 Event - "The Americans (A Canadian's Opinion)" by Gordon Sinclair peaks at #24

1973 Event - Canadian actor William Shatner (Star Trek) marries Marcy Lafferty

1973 Birthday - Rufus Wainwright, Canadian Musician

1973 Birthday - Lexa Doig, Canadian Actress

1973 Birthday - Natalie Appleton, Canadian Musician

1973 Event - Canadian ANIK A2 becomes 1st commercial satellite in orbit

1972 Death - Lester B. Pearson, 14th Canadian Prime Minister, Nobel 1957, dies at 75

1972 Death - Lester B. Pearson, Canadian Politician

1972 Event - Pierre Trudeau forms Canadian government

1972 Birthday - Daniel Nestor, born in Belgrade Yugo, Canadian tennis player 1996 Olympics

1972 Birthday - Craig Howard, born in Redding, California, Canadian Tour golfer, 1989 Rolex

1972 Birthday - Molly Parker, Canadian Actress

1972 Birthday - Robert Esmie, born in Jamaica, Canadian 4X100m runner, 1996 Olympics gold

1972 Birthday - Edward Reevey, St. John NB, Canadian Tour golfer, 1992 South Carolina Intercol

1972 Birthday - Michelle Menzies, born in Barrie, Ontario, Canadian ice pairs, 1995, 96 Can champs

1972 Birthday - Melissa Auf der Maur, Canadian Musician

1971 Birthday - David Defiagbon, Sapele Nigeria, Canadian boxer, 1996 Olympics silver

1971 Birthday - Bryn Parry, Vancouver BC, Canadian Tour golfer, 1994 BC Amateur-2nd

1971 Birthday - Oleg Ladik, born in Kiev, Ukraine, Canadian 100 kg freestyle wrestler 1996 Olympics

1971 Birthday - Cory Doctorow, Canadian Journalist

1971 Birthday - Paul Ragusa, born in Bulach, Switzerland, Canadian 48 kg freestyle wrestler 1996 Olympics

1971 Birthday - Jeff Stavroff, Columbus, Ohio, Canadian Tour golfer, 1994 Space Coast-4

1971 Birthday - Mihai Apostal, born in Bucharest, Romania, Canadian kayaker 1996 Olympics

1971 Birthday - Trey Maples, born in Wheat Ridge, Colorado, Canadian Tour golfer, 1993 Canadian

1971 Birthday - Lara St. John, Canadian Musician

1971 Birthday - Jacques Villeneuve, Canadian Celebrity

1971 Birthday - Victor Kraatz, born in Berlin, Germany, Canadian ice dancer, 1995 World Champs-4th

1971 Birthday - Jordan Young, Thunder Bay Ont, Canadian Tour golfer, 1992 Purdue

1970 Birthday - Jon Cleveland, born in Fresno California, Canadian 100m/200m swimmer, Bronze Medal 1992, 1996 Olympics

1970 Birthday - Victoria Pratt, Canadian Actress

1970 Birthday - Rob Olson, Victoria BC, Canadian Tour golfer, 1990 Newlands Open

1970 Birthday - Guy Hill, Atlanta Georgia, Canadian Tour golfer, 1993 NCAA-3rd

1970 Birthday - Nicky Goetze, born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Canadian Tour golfer, 1992 NCAA Acad

1970 Birthday - Sebastien Britten, Brossard Que, figure skater, 1995 Canadian Champ

1970 Birthday - Mike Weir, Sarnia Ont, Canadian Tour golfer, Ontario Amateur-1990, 92

1970 Birthday - Ben Weir, born in Rock Island, Illinois, Canadian Tour golfer, 1993 Bogey Hills-2nd

1970 Birthday - Barry Pepper, Canadian Actor

1970 Birthday - Brett Liddle, born in Boksburg, South Afrrica, Canadian Tour golfer, 1993 Newcastle

1970 Birthday - Nigel Wilson, Canadian/US baseball outfielder for the Florida Marlins

1969 Birthday - Craig Jones, born in Nambour, Australia, Canadian Tour golfer, New Zealand Open 1994

1969 Birthday - John McMullen, Santa Rosa California, Canadian Tour golfer, 1992 NCAA-15th

1969 Birthday - Brent Dorman, Ocala Florida, Canadian Tour golfer

1969 Event - Carol Mann wins LPGA Molson's Canadian Golf Open

1969 Birthday - Derek Fung, Hong Kong, Canadian Tour golfer

1969 Birthday - Dave Pashko, born in Toronto, Canadian Tour golfer, 1992 CPGA Winter Tour

1969 Birthday - Jaimie Dawson, born in Geneva, Switzerland, Canadian badminton player 1996 Olympics

1969 Birthday - Mark Telerico, born in Cleveland, Ohio, Canadian Tour golfer, 1994 S Florida

1969 Event - Tobacco advertising is banned on Canadian radio and TV

1969 Event - Royal Canadian Mint formally forms as a Crown Corp

1969 Death - John Bracken, Canadian Politician

1969 Birthday - Stephen Leaney, born in Australia, Canadian Tour golfer, 1993 Infinit TPC-7th

1968 Birthday - Jill Hennessy, Canadian Actress

1968 Birthday - Dave Jukes, born in Toronto, Ontario, Canadian Tour golfer, 1991 Kawartha Lakes

1968 Birthday - Michelle Buckingham, born in Los Angeles, California, Canadian 61 kg judoka, Olympic-20-92, 96

1968 Birthday - Glenroy Gilbert, Trinidad, Canadian 4X100m sprinter, 1996 Olympics gold

1968 Birthday - Terri Clark, Canadian Musician

1968 Event - Carol Mann wins LPGA Supertest Canadian Golf Open

1968 Birthday - Mike Lee, born in Neptune, New Jersey, Canadian Tour golfer, 1992 Tommy Armour Tour

1968 Birthday - Jean Charest, Canadian Lawyer

1968 Birthday - Brian Wright, born in Stillwater Oklahoma, Canadian Tour golfer, 1991 New Mexico Open-2nd

1968 Birthday - Craig Roberts, born in Everett, Washington, Canadian 68 kg freestyle wrestler 1996 Olympics

1968 Birthday - Jerry Springer, born in White Plains, New York, Canadian Tour golfer

1968 Birthday - Sebastian Bach, Canadian Musician

1968 Birthday - Ian Hutchings, born in Zimbabwe, Canadian Tour golfer, 1994 Klondike Klassic

1968 Birthday - Rob Anderson, born in Kamloops BC, Canadian Tour golfer, BC Amateur-1990, 92

1968 Birthday - Penny "Stamper" Davis, Carlisle England, Canadian 470 yachter, 1996 Olympics

1968 Birthday - Marcus Meloan, Agana Guam, Canadian Tour golfer, 1992 U.S. Amat Champ

1967 Birthday - Ashleigh Banfield, Canadian Journalist

1967 Birthday - Scott Schrader, California, Canadian Tour golfer, 1992 Golden State

1967 Birthday - Derek Porter, Belfast Ireland, Canadian rower, Olympic-gold/silver-92/96

1967 Birthday - Oswald Drawdy, Hampton, South Carolina, Canadian Tour golfer, 1987 South Carolina Amateur

1967 Birthday - Dan Dupuis, Ashcroft BC, Canadian Tour golfer, 1994 Canadian Golf

1967 Birthday - Ben Fouchee, born in Kuruman, South Africa, Canadian Tour golfer, 1987 South Africa Amateur

1967 Birthday - Bruny Surin, born in Cap Haitien, Haiti, Canadian 4X100m sprinter, Gold Medal 1996 Olympics

1967 Event - Royal Canadian Mint ordered to start converting 10 cent and 25 cent coins to pure nickel as soon as possible

1967 Birthday - Todd Doohan, Sarnia Ont, Canadian Tour golfer, Western Ont Amateur-92

1966 Birthday - Bruce Bulina, Vancouver BC, Canadian Tour golfer, 1990 Alberta Open

1966 Birthday - Drew Hartt, Calgary Alta, Canadian Tour golfer, 1995 Desert Tour

1966 Birthday - Rob Sullivan, born in Chicago, Illinois, Canadian Tour golfer, 1991 Tri-City Pro-Am

1966 Birthday - Peter Fonseca, Lisbon Portugal, Canadian marathoner 1996 Olympics

1966 Birthday - Kevin Baker, Montreal, Canadian Tour golfer, Manitoba Amateur-1988

1966 Birthday - Rosey Edeh, born in London, England, Canadian 400m hurdler, Olympics-4-92, 96

1966 Birthday - Mike Pero, Canadian Tour golfer, 1990 CPGA Winter

1966 Birthday - John Randle, golfer, 1992 Canadian Tour Fall-3rd

1966 Birthday - Jessica Monroe, Palo Alto California, Canadian rower 1996 Olympics

1966 Event - Canadian Minister of Finance announces a $20 Centennial gold coin

1966 Birthday - Richard Greenwood, born in Los Angeles, California, Canadian Tour golfer, 1990 Napa Valley

1966 Birthday - Paul Devenport, New Zealand, Canadian Tour golfer, 1991 Texas Tour

1966 Event - Canadian Pacific airliner explodes on landing at Tokyo, 64 die

1966 Birthday - Mike Small, born in Aurora Illinois, Canadian Tour golfer, 1993 Emerald Coast

1965 Birthday - Julie Doucet, Canadian Artist

1965 Birthday - Brent Franklin, Barrie Ont, Canadian Tour golfer, 1992 Japan Open-2nd

1965 Birthday - Andy Beal, Germany, Canadian Tour golfer, 1989 West of England Pro

1965 Birthday - Chima McLean, Vancouver BC, Canadian Tour golfer, 1991 Conestoga

1965 Birthday - Cynthia Meyer, New York, Canadian trap shooter 1996 Olympics

1965 Birthday - Peter MacKay, Canadian Politician

1965 Birthday - Ian Leggatt, Cambridge Ont, Canadian Tour golfer, 1990 Canadian Tour

1965 Death - George Black, Canadian Public Servant

1965 Death - James B Collip, Canadian bio-chemist (insulin), dies at 72

1965 Birthday - David Bolton, born in Guyana, Canadian Tour golfer, 1992 Lando Mem Amateur

1965 Birthday - Joe Cioe, Cranston, Rhode Island, Canadian Tour golfer, New Hampshire Open - 1992, 1993

1965 Event - Canadian Football Players Association organizes

1965 Birthday - Owen Hart, Canadian Entertainer

1965 Death - Henry D G Crerar, Canadian general (WW I, Normandy), dies at 76

1965 Birthday - Matt Jackson, Birmingham, Michigan, Canadian Tour golfer, 1994 Payless

1965 Birthday - Tim Berrett, Tunbridge Wells Engl, Canadian 20k walker, 1992, 1996 Olympics

1965 Birthday - Steven Cojocaru, Canadian Critic

1965 Event - Obverse design of all Canadian coins is changed to depict present-day

1964 Birthday - Kevin Patterson, Canadian Writer

1964 Birthday - Anil Kaul, Amritsar India, Canadian badminton player 1996 Olympics

1964 Birthday - Diana Krall, Canadian Musician

1964 Birthday - Stuart Hendley, born in Houston, Texas, Canadian Tour golfer, 1989 Manitoba Open

1964 Birthday - Cam Emerson, Hamilton Ont, Canadian golfer, 1989 Canadian Long Drive

1964 Birthday - Pete McCutcheon, born in Boston, Massachusetts, Canadian Tour golfer, 1993 Quebec Open

1964 Birthday - Jack Kay, born in Jr., Montreal Que, Canadian Tour golfer, 1991 Singapore Open

1964 Death - William Maxwell Aitken, Canadian Businessman

1964 Birthday - Tom Harding, Kalamazoo, Michigan, Canadian Tour golfer, 1991 Transamerica

1964 Birthday - Dean Spriddle, Plymouth, England, Canadian Tour golfer, 1994 Oak Valley

1964 Birthday - Mike Grob, Billings Montana, Canadian Tour golfer, 1988 Manitoba-3rd

1964 Death - Edwin John Pratt, Canadian poet (Towards the Last Spike), dies at 81

1964 Birthday - Caroline Rhea, Canadian Comedian

1964 Birthday - Eric Woods, born in California, Canadian Tour golfer, 1993 Xerox BC Open

1964 Birthday - Arturo Huerta, born in Mexico, Canadian walker 1996 Olympics

1964 Birthday - Remi Bouchard, Lasalle Que, Canadian Tour golfer, 1989 India Open

1963 Birthday - Brian Clark, Brandon Man, Canadian Tour golfer, 1994 Morden Pro-Am

1963 Event - Worst Canadian air disaster kills 118 in Montreal

1963 Birthday - Norm MacDonald, Canadian Actor

1963 Birthday - Scott Dunlap, born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Canadian Tour golfer, 1995 South Africa Masters

1963 Birthday - Jeff Bloom, born in Seattle, Washington Canadian Tour golfer, 1988 Montana Open

1963 Birthday - Si-An Deng, born in Shanghai, China, Canadian badminton player 1996 Olympics

1963 Event - Charter members of Canadian Football Hall of Fame chosen

1963 Birthday - John Restino, born in Westchester, New York, Canadian Tour golfer, 1993 Tommy Armour

1963 Birthday - Jay B Cooper, Coral Gables, Florida, Canadian Tour golfer, 1992 Jamaica

1963 Birthday - Tim Balmer, Milwaukee Wis, Canadian Tour golfer, Bermuda Open-1990

1963 Birthday - Blair Piercy, Vancouver, Canadian Tour golfer, 1992 Cordova Bay Open

1963 Birthday - Eric McCormack, Canadian Actor

1963 Birthday - Joe Lloyd, Highland Park, Illinois, Canadian Tour golfer, 1993 Space Coast

1963 Birthday - Lijuan Geng, Hebei China, Canadian tennis player 1996 Olympics

1963 Birthday - Ashley Chinner, Cape Town South Africa, golfer, 1992 CGIA Canadian Tour

1962 Birthday - Rick Todd, Toronto, Canadian Tour golfer, 1992 Ben Hogan Dakota

1962 Event - Launch of Alouette 1, 1st Canadian satellite (on U.S. Delta rocket)

1962 Event - Alouette (Canada), 1st Canadian satellite, launched

1962 Birthday - Arden Knoll, Saskatoon Sask, Canadian Tour golfer, 1994 Klondike-2nd

1962 Birthday - Robert Meyer, Sacramento Cal, Canadian Tour golfer, 1994 Morningstar

1962 Birthday - Adam Kase, born in Socorro, New Mexico, Canadian Tour golfer, 1989 Alberta Open-3rd

1962 Birthday - Brad Wilson, born in Pomona, California, Canadian Tour golfer, 1993 9 Pro-Am

1962 Birthday - Nicholas Lea, Canadian Actor

1962 Birthday - Phillip Hatchett, born in Russellville, Kentucky, Canadian Tour golfer, 1991 Quebec

1962 Death - Cairine R Wilson, 1st Canadian female senator (appointed), dies at 77

1962 Birthday - Philip Jonas, born in Johannesburg, South Africa, Canadian Tour golfer, 1993 Payless-2nd

1962 Birthday - Angela Bailey, England, Canadian 4X100m relayer 1984 Olympics silver

1962 Event - Canadian Marine Service renamed Coast Guard

1961 Birthday - Douglas Coupland, Canadian Writer

1961 Birthday - Mark McKoy, Canadian track star, world record 50m indoor

1961 Birthday - Carlos Espinosa, Mexico, Canadian Tour golfer, 1995 Philippine Open

1961 Birthday - Rick Gibson, Calgary Alta, Canadian Tour golfer, 1990 CPGA

1961 Birthday - Greg Petersen, born in Iowa City, Iowa, Canadian Tour golfer, 1993 Klondike-6th

1961 Birthday - Danuta Bartoszek, born in Pyrzyce, Poland, Canadian marathoner 1996 Olympics

1961 Birthday - Charmaine Crooks, born in Jamaica, Canadian 4X400m relayer, Silver Medal 1984 Olympics

1961 Birthday - Kevin McDonald, Canadian Comedian

1961 Birthday - Bruce McCulloch, Canadian Actor

1961 Birthday - Ian Doig, born in Seaforth, Ontario, Canadian Tour golfer, 1985 Florida Classic

1961 Birthday - Matt Cole, born in Stratford, Ontario, Canadian Tour golfer, 1990 Space Coast

1961 Birthday - Todd McFarlane, Canadian Artist

1961 Birthday - Roger Wessels, born in Port Elizabeth, South Africa, golfer, 1994 Canadian Masters

1960 Birthday - Danny Mijovic, Belgrade Yugo, Canadian Tour golfer, 1984 Mexican

1960 Birthday - Darryl James, Kamloops BC, Canadian Tour golfer, Glenco-1992, 93

1960 Birthday - Kelli McMullen-Temple, Columbus, Ohio, Canadian equestrian 1996 Olympics

1960 Birthday - Derek James, Durban South Africa, Canadian Tour golfer, 1994 Infiniti

1960 Birthday - Hank Baran, born in San Diego, California, Canadian Tour golfer, 1988 Won Mexican

1960 Birthday - Tom Jackson, Oakville, Ontario, Canadian Tour golfer, 1991 CPGA Winter

1960 Birthday - Chester Brown, Canadian Cartoonist

1960 Birthday - Lee Chill, born in Cleveland, Ohio, Canadian Tour golfer, 1977 Ohio Jr

1960 Birthday - Oliver Platt, Canadian Actor

1959 Birthday - Jim Rutledge, Victoria, Canadian Tour golfer, 1995 Indian Open

1959 Birthday - Richard Zokol, Kitimat BC, Canadian Tour golfer, 1982 BC Open

1959 Birthday - Stuart Young-Black, born in Cheshire, England, Canadian equestrian 1996 Olympics

1959 Birthday - Mark McKinney, Canadian Comedian

1959 Birthday - Danny Sharp, born in Hamilton, Ontario, Canadian Tour golfer, 1986 Quinte Festival

1959 Event - Eisenhower routes Canadian premier Diefenbaker message off the Moon

1959 Birthday - Scott Hood, born in Seattle, Washington Canadian Tour golfer, 1989 Montana Open-2nd

1959 Birthday - Stephen Harper, Canadian Politician

1959 Birthday - David Delong, born in Portland, Oregon, Canadian Tour golfer, 1988 BC Open

1958 Birthday - Frank Edmonds, Thunder Bay Ont, Canadian Tour golfer, 1989 Alberta

1958 Birthday - Marty Schiene, born in Chicago, Illinois, Canadian Tour golfer, 1992 Illinois Open

1958 Birthday - Ray Freeman, born in Greensboro, North Carolina, Canadian Tour golfer, 1992 Coast Carolina

1958 Event - Canadian Football League plays 1st game (Winnipeg 29, Edmonton 21)

1958 Event - Canadian Football Council renamed Canadian Football League

1957 Birthday - J. C. Watts, born in Eufaula, Oklahoma, politician, U.S. House of Representatives, Oklahoma's 4th district, formerly a football player playing for the Canadian Football League

1957 Event - Canadian Prime Minister Lester Bowles Pearson wins Nobel Peace Prize

1957 Birthday - Craig Marseilles, Toronto, Canadian Tour golfer, 1995 Gold Coast

1957 Birthday - Bruce Plummer, born in Seattle, Washington Canadian Tour golfer, 1994 West Coast

1957 Birthday - Shannon Tweed, Canadian Actress

1956 Death - Charles Richards, Canadian Politician

1956 Birthday - Kelly Murray, Vancouver, Canadian Tour golfer, 985 Alberta Open

1956 Birthday - Dave Sim, Canadian Cartoonist

1956 Event - Canadian Football Council forms

1955 Birthday - Jerry Anderson, Montreal, Canadian Tour golfer, Quebec Open-1982, 83

1955 Birthday - John Kricfalusi, Canadian Artist

1955 Birthday - Tom Inskeep, Bluffton, Indiana, Canadian Tour golfer

1955 Birthday - Tim Bray, Canadian Inventor

1955 Birthday - David Pratt, Canadian Politician

1954 Birthday - Kip Byrne, born in Detroit, Michigan, Canadian Tour golfer, Michigan State Jr. 1970, 1971

1954 Birthday - Steven Pinker, Canadian Scientist

1954 Birthday - Frank Marino, born in Montreal, Canada, Francesco Antonio Marino, guitarist, rocker, musician, songwriter, leader of Canadian band Mahogany Rush

1954 Birthday - John Colwell, Kingston Ont, Canadian Tour golfer, 1978 Simon Fraser

1953 Birthday - Ray Stewart, Matsqui BC, Canadian Tour golfer, 1994 Dunhill Cup

1953 Birthday - Jerry Pate, born in Macon, Georgia, PGA golfer, U.S. Open 1976, Canadian Open 1976

1953 Birthday - Bruce Heuchan, Kingston Ont, Canadian Tour golfer, 1992 Alberta-7th

1953 Birthday - Paul Haggis, Canadian Director

1953 Event - Canadian Comet crashes at Karachi, 11 killed

1953 Birthday - Mike Ford, New York City, Canadian Tour golfer, 1976 Port Jefferson Open

1952 Event - Canadian TV begins in Montreal

1952 Birthday - Mac Cone, born in Memphis, Tennessee, Canadian equestrian jumper 1996 Olympics

1952 Birthday - Michael Daly, born in Toronto, Canadian Tour golfer, 1991 BC Winter Tour

1952 Birthday - Dan Halldorson, born in Winnipeg, Canadian Tour golfer, 1985 World Cup

1951 Birthday - Bruce Alan Lietzke, born in Kansas City, Kansas, PGA golfer, 1978 Canadian Open

1951 Birthday - Karen Kain, Canadian Dancer

1950 Birthday - Robert Bryan Gilder, Corvallis OR, PGA golfer, 1980 Canadian Open

1950 Birthday - Stockwell Day, Canadian Politician

1950 Birthday - Terry Miskolczi, Dunnville ON, Canadian Tour golfer, 1976 Alberta-3rd

1950 Birthday - Cathy Sherk, born in Bancroft, Ontario, professional golfer, achieved No. 1 World ranking by Golf Digest, 1978, earned silver medal with Canadian team at 1978 World Amateur Golf Team Championships, joined LPGA tour, inducted into Canadian Golf Hall of Fame, 1995

1950 Birthday - Dave McCurdy, born in Canadian, Texas, Representative-D-Oklahoma 1981 - 1995

1950 Birthday - Stephen Chatman, born in Faribault, Minnesota, Canadian composer, received Fulbright grant for study at Hochschule fur Misik in Cologne, since 1976 has served as professor and Head of the Composition Division at the University of British Columbia, Vancouver

1950 Birthday - Gilles Villeneuve, Canadian auto racer

1949 Birthday - Victor Ostrovsky, Canadian/Israel, Mossad agent, By Way of Deception

1949 Event - 128 die as fire guts Canadian passenger steamer Noronic in Toronto

1949 Birthday - Rob Walton, Canadian Athlete

1949 Birthday - Larry Wall, Canadian Author

1948 Birthday - Margaret Trudeau, Vancouver BC, former Canadian 1st lady

1948 Birthday - Dini Petty, Canadian talk show host, CITY-TV

1947 Birthday - Michael Ignatieff, Canadian Politician

1947 Birthday - Kim Campbell, Canadian Statesman

1947 Birthday - Bill Weberniuk, Canadian snookers player

1947 Birthday - Igor Ivanov, Leningrad, Canadian chess champion, 1981-84, 1985-

1946 Event - Canadian Library Association established

1945 Birthday - Tom McMillan, Canadian Politician

1945 Event - Canadian football's Calgary Bronks changes its name to Stampeders

1945 Birthday - Anne Murray, Canadian Musician

1945 Event - Canadian troops move into Amsterdam

1945 Event - British and Canadian troops liberate Nazi camp of Bergen-Belsen

1945 Event - Canadian army liberates Teuge and Assen Netherlands from Nazis

1945 Event - Canadian troops liberate Nazi concentration camp Westerbork, Netherlands

1945 Event - Canadian troops conquer Deventer

1945 Event - Hengelo freed from nazi control by Canadian army

1945 Event - Canadian troop free Doetinchem, Enschede, Borculo and Eibergen

1945 Event - Operation Varsity: British, U.S. and Canadian airborne landings East of Rhine

1945 Death - Emily Carr, Canadian Artist

1945 Event - Canadian troops occupy Kalkar

1945 Death - Aubrey Cousins, Canadian sergeant (Victoria Cross), dies in battle

1945 Event - Canadian 3rd Division occupies Moyland

1944 Event - Canadian and British troops liberate Dinteloord

1944 Event - Canadian troops occupy Knokke

1944 Event - Canadian troops occupy Breskens

1944 Event - Canadian troops liberate Aardensburg

1944 Event - Canadian offensive in West-Zeeuws-Flanders

1944 Event - Canadian troops liberate Abbeville, France

1944 Event - 4th Canadian Armour division occupiers Trun Normandy

1944 Event - Canadian 2nd division conquerors Falaise Normandy

1944 Event - 2nd Canadian Division occupies Falaise Normandy

1944 Event - Operation Tractable: new Canadian offensive

1944 Event - British/Canadian troops occupy Hill 67/Ifs/Bras/Frenouville, Normandy

1944 Event - Canadian Cameroon Highlanders conquer St-Andre

1944 Event - British/Canadian troops occupy Pontecorvo Italy

1943 Birthday - J. Philippe Rushton, Canadian Psychologist

1943 Birthday - Michael Ondaatje, Canadian Author

1943 Death - Harry Oakes, Canadian ruler of Bahamas, murdered

1943 Event - Airship Canadian Star torpedoed and sinks

1943 Event - Canadian Army troops arrive in North Africa

1942 Death - Frank D. Adams, Canadian geologist, dies at 83

1942 Birthday - Jack Carroll, Canadian Politician

1942 Event - Canadian Broadcasting Corporation authorized for radio service

1942 Event - 4,000 Canadian and British soldiers killed raiding Dieppe, France

1942 Birthday - Preston Manning, Canadian Politician

1941 Event - Winston Churchill addresses Canadian parliament

1941 Birthday - Bob Panasik, Windsor Ont, Canadian Tour golfer, 1986 Canadian TPC

1941 Death - John S Plaskett, Canadian astronomer (Plaskett's twins), dies

1941 Birthday - Kermit Zarley, born in Seattle, Washington, PGA golfer, 1970 Canadian Open

1941 Birthday - Bernard Ebbers, Canadian Businessman

1940 Birthday - Galen Weston, English/Canadian industrial/multi-millionaire

1940 Birthday - David McFadden, Canadian Poet

1940 Event - Franklin D. Roosevelt and Canadian Prime Minister William M. King agree to joint defense commission

1940 Birthday - Herve Filion, sulky driver, 1969 Canadian Sports Hall of Fame

1939 Birthday - Margaret Atwood, Canadian Novelist

1939 Birthday - Joe Clark, Charles Joseph, P-C, 16th Canadian PM, 1979-80

1939 Birthday - Sidney Altman, Canadian Scientist

1939 Birthday - Adrienne Clarkson, Canadian Journalist

1938 Birthday - Lucien Bouchard, Canadian Lawyer

1938 Birthday - Paul Martin, Canadian Politician

1938 Birthday - Moshe Safdie, Canadian Architect

1938 Birthday - Francis W "Frank" Mahovlich, Canadian ice hockey player

1937 Birthday - Stephen Lewis, Canadian Politician

1936 Birthday - David Suzuki, Canadian Scientist

1935 Birthday - Carol Shields, Canadian Author

1935 Death - John J R Macleod, Scot/Canadian physiologist (Nobel 1923), dies at 58

1934 Birthday - Donald Stewart Cherry, Canadian Journalist

1933 Birthday - Alex Campbell, Canadian Politician

1933 Death - Emily Murphy, Canadian Activist

1933 Birthday - Ian Tyson, born in British Columbia, Canada, singer, songwriter, guitarist, song 'Four Strong Winds' chosen as greatest Canadian song of all time, in Canada's Country Music Hall of Fame

1933 Birthday - Richard Williams, Canadian Director

1933 Birthday - Alden Nowlan, Canadian Poet

1932 Birthday - Glenn Gould, Canadian Musician

1932 Birthday - Gay Robert Brewer, born in Middletwon, Ohio, PGA golfer, 1972 Canadian

1931 Event - Ottawa branch of Royal Mint begins operation as Royal Canadian Mint

1931 Birthday - Ted Kotcheff, Canadian Director

1931 Birthday - Jane Rule, Canadian Author

1931 Birthday - Bob Goalby, golfer, British Open-1968, Canadian Open-1968, New Zealand 1970

1931 Event - Canadian Rugby Union adopts the forward pass

1930 Event - 1st Canadian football game played under lights, Hamilton-UBC

1930 Event - Richard Bedford Bennet forms Canadian government

1930 Death - Emma Albani, Canadian Musician

1929 Birthday - Moe Norman, born in Kitchener, Ontario, Canadian Tour golfer, 1966 Quebec Open

1929 Birthday - John Turner, born in Richmond, England, L, 17th Canadian PM, 1984

1929 Birthday - Maurice Strong, Canadian Businessman

1929 Event - USCG vessel sank Canadian schooner suspected of carrying liquor

1929 Birthday - John Polanyi, Berlin, Canadian chemist, Nobel 1986

1929 Birthday - John Charles Polanyi, Canadian Scientist

1928 Birthday - James Randi, Canadian Entertainer

1928 Event - Canadian hockey team wins 3rd consecutive gold medal

1928 Birthday - Elizabeth Joan Smith, Canadian Politician

1927 Birthday - Romeo LeBlanc, Canadian Politician

1926 Event - Vincent Massey becomes 1st Canadian minister to USA

1926 Event - Canadian government of MacKenzie King forms

1926 Birthday - Margaret Laurence, Canadian Novelist

1926 Birthday - Leslie Nielsen, Canadian Actor

1925 Birthday - Albert Bandura, Canadian Psychologist

1925 Birthday - Fred Shero, Canadian Athlete

1925 Birthday - Ted Lindsay, Canadian Athlete

1924 Birthday - Arthur Erickson, Canadian Architect

1924 Birthday - Al Balding, born in Toronto, Ontario, Canadian Tour golfer, Quebec Open-1952

1924 Birthday - Marcelle Ferron, Canadian Artist

1923 Birthday - Gordon R. Dickson, Canadian Author

1923 Birthday - Rudolph A. Marcus, Canadian Scientist

1922 Birthday - Mavis Gallant, Canadian Author

1921 Event - William Lyon Mackenzie King succeeded Arthur Meighen as Canadian PM

1921 Death - George Stephen, Canadian Businessman

1921 Event - Franklin D. Roosevelt stricken with polio at summer home on Canadian Is of Campobello

1921 Event - Canadian 5 cent nickel coin is authorized

1920 Birthday - Daniel Petrie, Canadian Director

1920 Birthday - Pierre Berton, Canadian Author

1920 Event - New Canadian small cent coin is released

1920 Event - Royal Canadian Mounted Police forms as Royal Northwest Mounted Police merge with Dominion Police

1919 Death - William Osler, Canadian Scientist

1919 Event - Canadian National Railways established (North America's longest, 50,000 KM)

1919 Birthday - Pierre Trudeau, 15th Canadian PM, 1968-79, 1980-84

1919 Event - Assent is given to an Act to amend the Canadian Currency Act, 1910

1919 Death - William W. Campbell, Canadian poet (Ian of the Orcades), dies at 60

1918 Birthday - Al Purdy, Canadian Poet

1918 Event - Canadian steamship "Princess Sophia" hit a reef off Alaska, 398 die

1918 Death - Wilfrid Laurier, Canadian Prime Minister 1896 - 1911, dies

1918 Death - John McCrae, Canadian poet/physician, dies

1917 Event - Vimy Ridge France stormed by Canadian troops

1915 Birthday - Charles Templeton, Canadian Cartoonist

1914 Event - Proclamation prohibits Canadian mint from issuing gold coins

1914 Event - Ship rams Canadian ship Empress of Ireland on St. Lawrence R; 1024 die

1913 Birthday - Mark Robson, Canadian Director

1913 Birthday - Robertson Davies, Canadian Novelist

1912 Birthday - Northrop Frye, Canadian Critic

1912 Birthday - Agnes Martin, Canadian Artist

1912 Birthday - Irving Layton, Canadian Poet

1912 Death - Edward Blake, Canadian Politician

1911 Event - Proclamation sets designs for Canadian $5 and $10 gold coins

1910 Birthday - George D Kilpatrick, Canadian/British bible scholar

1910 Event - Canadian Currency Act, 1910, receives Royal Assent

1910 Event - Canadian parliament accept creation of Royal Canadian Navy

1909 Event - Canadian Football exhibition game played in Van Cortlandt Park in Bronx, Hamilton Tigers beat Ottawa Rough Riders, 11-6 before 15,000

1909 Birthday - Sandra Oh, Canadian Actress

1909 Birthday - Naomi Klein, Canadian Journalist

1909 Birthday - Leonard Peikoff, Canadian Philosopher

1908 Event - Canadian branch of the Royal Mint opens in Ottawa

1907 Event - Test tokens are struck in 1st production of Canadian coins

1907 Birthday - Hugh MacLennan, Canadian Author

1905 Event - Alberta and Saskatchewan become 8th and 9th Canadian provinces

1904 Birthday - Tommy Douglas, Canadian Clergyman

1904 Death - William Hall, Canadian Soldier

1904 Birthday - Eugene Forsey, Canadian Politician

1902 Birthday - Donald Creighton, Canadian Historian

1901 Birthday - Manly Hall, Canadian Philosopher

1901 Death - George Mercer Dawson, Canadian Scientist

1900 Birthday - Gordon Sinclair, Canadian Journalist

1900 Birthday - Graham Spry, St. Thomas Ontario, Canadian radio pioneer

1898 Event - 1st Canadian Intercollegiate football game: McGill beats Queen's, 3-2

1898 Birthday - Sybil Andrews, English/Canadian painter

1897 Event - Canadian Intercollegiate Rugby Football Union forms in Kingston

1897 Birthday - Lester Bowles Pearson, L, 14th Canadian PM, 1963-68, Nobel 1957

1897 Birthday - Lester B. Pearson, Canadian Politician

1897 Birthday - William Stephenson, Canadian Soldier

1896 Birthday - Charlotte Whitton, Canadian Politician

1895 Birthday - John G Diefenbaker, Neustadt Ontario, 13th Canadian PM, C, 1957-63

1894 Birthday - Roy Thomson, Canadian Publisher

1892 Birthday - James B Collip, Canadian biochemist/physiologist, insulin

1892 Death - Alexander Mackenzie, Canadian Statesman

1891 Event - Canadian Rugby Union forms

1891 Death - John McDonald, Canadian Leader

1889 Birthday - Alan M Bateman, Canadian geologist, Yale professor

1888 Death - William Alexander Henry, Canadian Lawyer

1888 Birthday - Henry DG Crerar, Canadian general, WW I/Italy/Netherland

1885 Event - Canadian Pacific Railway completed at Craigellachie

1885 Event - Canadian Meti insurgent Louis Reil captured, Saskatchewan

1885 Birthday - Allan Dwan, Canadian Director

1885 Event - Louis Riel's forces defeat Canadian forces at Duck Lake, Sask

1885 Birthday - Cairine Ray Wilson, Montreal, 1st female Canadian senator, appointed

1884 Event - Canadian Rugby Football Union forms

1883 Birthday - John Bracken, Canadian Politician

1882 Birthday - Louis St. Laurent, Compton Quebec, L, 12th Canadian PM, 1948-57

1881 Event - Canadian ferry Princess Victoria sinks near London Ontario, 200 die

1879 Birthday - Charles Richards, Canadian Politician

1879 Birthday - William Maxwell Aitken, Canadian Businessman

1876 Birthday - John J R Macleod, Scottish/Canadian physiologist, Nobel 1923

1875 Death - Francis Bond Head, Canadian Statesman

1874 Birthday - William Lyon Mackenzie King, L, 10th Canadian PM, 1921-30, 1935-48

1874 Birthday - Lucy Maud Montgomery, Canadian Educator

1874 Birthday - Robert Service, England, Canadian poet, Cremation of Sam McGee

1873 Event - Prince Edward Island becomes 7th Canadian province

1873 Death - Joseph Howe, Canadian Politician

1873 Birthday - George Black, Canadian Public Servant

1873 Event - Royal Canadian Mounted Police founded

1873 Death - Robert Nelson, Canadian Politician

1872 Death - Cornelius Kreighoff, Canadian, dies

1871 Birthday - Emily Carr, Canadian Artist

1871 Event - British Columbia becomes 6th Canadian province

1870 Death - Henry TP Comstock, Canadian silver prospector, dies at 50

1870 Event - Manitoba becomes 5th Canadian province and NW Territories created

1870 Birthday - Richard B. Bennett, C, 11th Canadian PM, 1930-35

1868 Event - 1st written account of a Canadian football game

1868 Birthday - Emily Murphy, Canadian Activist

1867 Death - John Strachan, Canadian Clergyman

1867 Event - Ottawa Rough Riders and Senators play Canadian Football game

1867 Event - British North America Act (Canadian constitution) passes

1865 Birthday - John S Plaskett, Canadian astronomer, Plaskett's twins

1865 Death - Thomas Chandler Haliburton, Canadian Author

1862 Death - Simon Fraser, Canadian explorer, dies

1861 Event - 1st documented Canadian football game (at University of Toronto)

1861 Death - William Lyon MacKenzie, Canadian Journalist

1861 Birthday - Bliss Carman, Canadian Poet

1858 Event - 1st Canadian coins circulated (1 cent, 5 cent, 10 cent and 20 cent)

1858 Birthday - William W. Campbell, Canadian poet, Beyond the Hills of Dream

1854 Birthday - Robert Laird Borden, C, 8th Canadian PM, 1911-20

1852 Death - John Richardson, Canadian writer (War of 1812), dies

1849 Birthday - George Mercer Dawson, Canadian Scientist

1848 Birthday - C Grant B Allen, Canadian writer, Woman Who Did

1847 Birthday - Emma Albani, Canadian Musician

1841 Birthday - Wilfrid Laurier, L, 7th Canadian PM, 1896-1911

1841 Event - 1st Canadian parliament opens in Kingston, Ontario

1839 Event - 1st Canadian track and field meet held (Caer Howell Grounds)

1837 Event - Canadian militia destroy Caroline, a U.S. steamboat docked at Buffalo

1836 Event - 1st Canadian RR opens, between Laprairie and St. John, Quebec

1833 Birthday - Edward Blake, Canadian Politician

1829 Birthday - George Stephen, Canadian Businessman

1827 Birthday - William Hall, Canadian Soldier

1821 Birthday - Charles Tupper, C, 6th Canadian PM, 1896

1821 Birthday - John Abbott, born in Quebec, Canada, C, 3rd Canadian PM, 1891-92

1820 Birthday - Oliver Mowat, a founder of the Canadian Confederation

1817 Birthday - Alexander Tilloch Galt, a Canadian founding father

1816 Birthday - William Alexander Henry, Canadian Lawyer

1815 Birthday - John McDonald, Canadian Leader

1814 Birthday - George Cartier, C, Canadian co-PM, 1858-62

1804 Birthday - Joseph Howe, Canadian Politician

1796 Birthday - Thomas Chandler Haliburton, Canadian Author

1796 Birthday - John Richardson, Canadian writer, Wacousta, or the prophecy

1795 Birthday - William Lyon MacKenzie, Canadian Journalist

1794 Birthday - Robert Nelson, Canadian Politician

1793 Birthday - Francis Bond Head, Canadian Statesman

1778 Birthday - John Strachan, Canadian Clergyman

1770 Birthday - David Thompson, English/Canadian explorer, Columbia River

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