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Newfoundland
1985 DC-8 crashes near Gander, Newfoundland; 258 die

1985 U.S. - French expedition locates wreckage of Titanic off Newfoundland

1982 Ocean Ranger oil-drilling platform lost off Newfoundland, 84 die

1979 44-kg Newfoundland dog pulls 2293-kg load, Bothell, Wash

1949 Newfoundland becomes Canada's 10th province

1941 Franklin D. Roosevelt and Churchill's 2nd meeting at Placentia Newfoundland

1941 Winston Churchill reaches Newfoundland for 1st talk with FDR

1941 Canada and U.S. acquire air bases in Newfoundland (99 yr lease)

1940 U.S. gives Britain 50 destroyers in exchange for Newfoundland base lease

1935 Newfoundland changes time to 3 hours W of Greenwich, repeats 44 sec

1933 Newfoundland reverts to being a crown colony

1932 Amelia Earhart leaves Newfoundland 1st woman fly solo across Atlantic

1912 Titanic sinks at 2:27 AM off Newfoundland as band plays on

1805 Sailing ship "Aeneus" sinks off Newfoundland killing 340

1583 Gilbert claims Newfoundland (1st English colony in North America)

1534 French navigator Jacques Cartier reaches Newfoundland



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