1988 Event Ronald J. Dossenbach sets world record for pedaling across Canada from Vancouver, BC to Halifax, NS in 13 days, 15 hours, 4 minutes 1988 Event Ronald J Dossenbach begins world record ride, pedaling across Canada from Vancouver BC, to Halifax, NS (13 days, 15 hours, 4 minutes) 1963 Birthday Al MacInnis, Inverness NS, NHL defenseman, Team Canada, St. Louis 1960 Birthday Albert McDonald, Dartmouth NS, U.S. canoe alternate for 1996 Olympics 1959 Event 1st nuclear powered merchant ship, NS Savannah, christened, Camden, New Jersey 1947 Birthday Ian Millar, Halifax NS, dressage rider, World Cup 1988, 89, Silver Medal 2008 Olympics 1943 Birthday Joanna Shimkus, Halifax NS, actress, Marriage of a Young Stockbroker 1913 Event Stanley Cup: Quebec Bulldogs sweep Sydney (NS) Millionaires in 2 games 1909 Birthday Ruby Keeler, Halifax NS, dancer, Dames, 42nd Street 1909 Birthday Andrei Gromyko, U.S.S.R., diplomat/U.S.S.R. President, 1985-89, 7/18 NS] 1906 Event Montreal Wanderers beat New Glasgow (NS) for Stanley Cup (2nd of 1906) 1890 Birthday Vaslav Nijinsky, born in Kiev, Ukraine, ballet dancer, 3/12 NS 1845 Birthday Alexander III, St. Petersburg, Russian tsar, 1881-94, 3/10 NS 1844 Birthday Nicolai Rimski-Korsakov, composer, Flight of the Bumble Bee, NS 3/18 1840 Birthday Peter Il'yich Tchaikovsky, Russian composer, 1812 Overture, 5/7 NS 1824 Birthday Alfred Gilpin Jones, Weymouth NS, lieutenant governor of Nova Scotia, 1900 - 1906 1814 Birthday Taras Shevchenko, Ukrainian national poet/painter, 3/9 NS, 1693 Birthday Anna "Ivanovna", tsarina of Russia, 1730-40, 2/7 NS
