2015 Event U.S. President Barack Obama vetoes the Keystone XL project, which would extend the existing Keystone pipeline and connect Canadian oil directly to U.S. Gulf Coast refineries; environmentalists claim the pipeline extension will add to climate change 2015 Event Canadian journalist Mohamed Fahmy and Egyptian journalist Baher Mohamed are released on bail in Cairo while awaiting trial for allegedly assisting the Muslim Brotherhood; a third journalist, Australian Peter Grest, was deported earlier this month 2014 Event Burger King Worldwide Inc. will purchase Canadian restaurant chain Tim Hortons Inc. and move its headquarters to Canada; Burger King will pay a little over $11 billion in U.S. dollars, and the merger will create the third-largest global fast food company 2013 Event The 2013 Nobel Prize in Literature is awarded to Canadian writer Alice Munro 2013 Event U.S. Senator Ted Cruz ignites speculation about a 2016 Presidential run when he announces plans to renounce his Canadian citizenship 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
