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1824 – House of Representatives begins process that made John Quincy Adams president
1943 – Franklin Roosevelt, Winston Churchill & Joseph Stalin agree to Operation Overlord (D-Day)
1975 – Gerald Ford visits China
1978 – Jimmy Carter more than doubles national park system
1994 – Lucien Bouchard struck by flesh eating disease
1996 – Dalton McGuinty elected leader Ontario Liberal Party
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1893 – Lord Aberdeen opens Royal Victoria Hospital
1942 – William Lyon Mackenzie King proposes new world order based on human rights and universal rule of law
1963 – Queen Elizabeth II phones Lester Pearson via COMPAC
1968 – Richard Nixon names Henry Kissinger as security advisor
1985 – Robert Bourassa and the Quebec Liberal Party win election
1989 – Audrey McLaughlin wins NDP leadership
1996 – Lucien Bouchard sworn in as Quebec’s 27th Premier
2006 – Stephane Dion elected leader Liberal Party of Canada
2006 – Ed Stelmach elected leader of Alberta PC party
2009 – Stephen Harper arrives on first visit to China
2016 – Donald Trump takes a call from Taiwan’s President
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1953 – Dwight Eisenhower criticizes Joe McCarthy over allegations of Communists in party
1971 – Richard Nixon commutes Jimmy Hoffa’s sentence
1989 – George H. W. Bush and Mikhail Gorbachev declare cold war over
2009 – Stephen Harper begins a 4 day visit to China
2015 – William Bennett passes away
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1783 – George Washington bids farewell to officers at Fraunce’s Tavern in New York City
1837 – Francis Bond Head puts family on steamer to protect against rebels
1918 – Woodrow Wilson sets sail for Versailles becoming first President to travel outside US while in office
1933 – Franklin Roosevelt creates Federal Alcohol Control Administration
1942 – Franklin Roosevelt orders dismantling of Works Progress Administration
1943 – Franklin Roosevelt meets with Winston Churchill & Ismet Inonu in Cairo
1972 – David Crombie and his Civic Action Party win Toronto elections
1973 – Pierre Trudeau passes law outlawing electronic surveillance
1974 – Pierre Trudeau visits Washington
1981 – Ronald Reagan’s executive order allows CIA to engage in domestic counter-intelligence
1985 – Ronald Reagan appoints John Poindexter as security advisor
1992 – George H. W. Bush orders U.S. troops to Somalia
1995 – Brian Tobin signs UN treaty on migrating fish stocks
2008 – Stephen Harper asks Governor General to prorogue parliament to prevent coalition
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1792 – George Washington re-elected as President
1831 – Former President John Quincy Adams takes seat in House of Representatives
1912 – Sir Robert Borden’s government introduces Naval Aid Bill
1912 – Sir Robert Borden proposes gift to Britain to assist with rearmament
1946 – Harry Truman creates Committee on Civil Rights
1992 – Ralph Klein elected leader of the Alberta Progressive Conservative Party
2003 – Jean Charest spearheads formation of Council of the Federation
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1862 – Abraham Lincoln orders hanging of 39 Santee Sioux indians
1921 – William Lyon Mackenzie King and the Liberal Party win election
1921 – Arthur Meighen loses seat in House of Commons
1928 – William Lyon Mackenzie King appoints Royal Commission on Radio Broadcasting
1973 – Pierre Trudeau announces creation of Petro Canada
1973 – Gerald Ford sworn in as first un-elected Vice President
1975 – Bob Dole marries Elizabeth Hanford
1982 – Ted Kennedy and Joan Kennedy get divorced
1994 – Jacques Parizeau sets groundwork for referendum on separation
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1837 – Francis Bond Head orders military to Montgomery’s Tavern in Toronto
1943 – Franklin Roosevelt returns to US after Cairo meeting
1944 – William Lyon Mackenzie King wins confidence vote over conscription
1978 – Ed Schreyer appointed Governor General of Canada
1980 – Rene Levesque calls constitutional repatriation a coup d’etat by a dictator
2015 – Donald Trump proposes banning all Muslims from entering the US
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1776 – George Washington retreats across the Delaware River in New Jersey
1837 – Sir Francis Bond Head orders confrontation with rebels south of Hamilton
1863 – Abraham Lincoln issues Amnesty Proclamation and plan for Southern Reconstruction
1941 – Franklin Roosevelt delivers “Day of Infamy” speech to Congress
1953 – John Diefenbaker marries Olive Palmer
1953 – Dwight Eisenhower gives “Atoms for Peace” speech to the United Nations
1959 – Dwight Eisenhower watches cricket match while at Karachi
1970 – John Robarts announces resignation as Ontario Premier
1987 – Ronald Reagan & Mikhail Gorbachev sign treaty eliminating medium range nuclear missiles
1993 – Bill Clinton signs NAFTA into law
2006 – Stephen Harper passes Federal Accountability Act
2008 – Jean Charest and the Quebec Liberal Party win election
2016 – John Glenn passes away
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1939 – Arthur Meighen officially resigns as Conservative Party leader
1957 – Lester Pearson accepts Nobel Peace Prize in Oslo
1975 – Gerald Ford signs loan authorization for New York City
1979 – John Crosbie introduces “tough budget”
2003 – Paul Simon passes away
2005 – Bill Clinton speaks at Montreal climate conference
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1904 – Earl Grey sworn in as Canada’s 9th Governor General
1919 – Woodrow Wilson awarded the Nobel Peace Prize
1936 – Edward VIII signs Instrument of Abdication
1941 – Louis St. Laurent sworn in as Minister of Justice
1984 – Brian Mulroney tells New York audience that “Canada is open for business again”
1990 – Jean Chretien wins by-election in Beausejour
2005 – Eugene McCarthy passes away
2008 – Michael Ignatieff selected as interim leader of Liberal Party
2009 – Barack Obama accepts the Nobel Peace Prize in Oslo
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HAPPY BIRTHDAY John Kerry, 68th US Secretary of State
1753 – George Washington arrives in Ohio Valley with 3 Indian Chiefs to counter French
1928 – Assassination attempt on Herbert Hoover
1942 – John Bracken wins leadership of PC Party
1948 – Joey Smallwood signs Confederation Agreement for Newfoundland
1957 – Lester Pearson delivers his Nobel Peace Prize Lecture
1961 – John Kennedy provides US military helicopters & crews to South Vietnam
1975 – Bill Bennett and the British Columbia Social Credit win election
1983 – Gary Filmon elected leader of Manitoba PC Party
1993 – Stephen Harper marries Laureen Teskey
2003 – Jean Chretien announces resignation as Liberal leader and Prime Minister
2003 – Labour holds province wide protest against Jean Charest
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1753 – George Washington delivers ultimatum to French at Fort Le Boeuf
1866 – Sir John A. Macdonald’s London hotel room catches fire
1946 – Maurice Duplessis’ government faces protests in Montreal over despotism
1952 – Jimmy Carter part of clean up team at Chalk River spill
1975 – Gerald Ford would be assassin Sara Jane Moore pleads guilty
1985 – Robert Bourassa sworn in as Quebec Premier for 2nd time
1991 – Kim Campbell brings in new rape shield law
1992 – Jacques Parizeau marries Lisette Lapointe
1996 – Jean Chretien names Lise Thibault as Lieutenant Governor of Quebec
1998 – Mo Udall passed away
2000 – US Supreme Court releases decision in Bush v. Gore
2003 – Paul Martin sworn in as 21st Prime Minister of Canada
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HAPPY BIRTHDAY Mary Todd Lincoln, former first lady
1964 – Lyndon Johnson & Gustavo Diaz Ordaz set off explosion diverting Rio Grande
1979 – Joe Clark loses non-confidence vote in House of Commons
1993 – Kim Campbell resigns as leader of the PC Party
1995 – Lucien Bouchard resigns from House of Commons to run for Parti Quebecois leadership
1999 – Jean Chretien introduces in the Clarity Act
2000 – Al Gore delivers his concession speech
2003 – Paul Martin cancels the sponsorship program
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1799 – George Washington passed away
1929 – William Lyon Mackenzie King transfers control of natural resources to Alberta & Manitoba
1956 – John Diefenbaker wins leadership of PC Party
1964 – Lester Pearson invokes closure during flag debate
1967 – Lester Pearson announces he will resign as Liberal party leader
1992 – Ralph Klein sworn in as Alberta’s 12th Premier
1998 – Paul Martin prohibits banks from merging
2003 – George W. Bush announces capture of Saddam Hussein
2006 – Ed Stelmach sworn in as Alberta’s 13th Premier
2008 – George W. Bush has shoes thrown at him by journalist while in Iraq
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1944 – Dwight Eisenhower receives 5th star from Congress
1961 – John Kennedy visits Puerto Rico
1995 – Jacques Parizeau resigns as Quebec Premier
2006 – George W. Bush presents Presidential Medal of Freedom to B.B. King
2015 – Justin Trudeau attends reading of final report of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission
2015 – Stephen Harper’s decision to withdraw from the Kyoto Protocol takes effect
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1950 – Harry Truman proclaims state of emergency against communist imperialism
1953 – Dwight Eisenhower holds first ever White House press conference
1978 – Ronald Reagan denounces US recognition of PR China
1980 – Ronald Reagan announces Alexander Haig as Secretary of State
1990 – Brian Mulroney sets up Beaudoin-Edwards Committee on Constitutional Reform
1996 – Jean Chretien apologizes for not telling truth about eliminating GST
1997 – Bill Clinton names new dog Buddy
2002 – Jean Chretien formally signs the Kyoto Protocols
2003 – Robert Stanfield passed away
2010 – Sterling Lyon passes away
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HAPPY BIRTHDAY William Lyon Mackenzie King, Canada’s 10th Prime Minister
1777 – George Washington’s army returns to Valley Forge, PA
1917 – Sir Robert Borden’s Unionist Government wins general election
1945 – William Lyon Mackenzie King passes orders in council allowing deportation of Japanese Canadians
1946 – Paul Martin Sr. sworn is in as Minister of National Health and Welfare
1975 – Gerald Ford’s would be assassin Lynette Fromme sentenced to life in prison
1991 – Joey Smallwood passes away
1992 – Brian Mulroney signs North American Free Trade Agreement
1996 – Gilles Duceppe declares candidacy for Bloc Quebecois leadership
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1799 – George Washington interred at Mount Vernon
1902 – Sir Wilfrid Laurier arrives in Quebec City for ministerial conference
1915 – Woodrow Wilson marries Edith Bolling Galt
1979 – Pierre Trudeau postpones retirement to lead Liberals into election
1988 – Robert Bourassa uses “notwithstanding clause” to pass Bill 178 language law
1990 – George H. W. Bush reiterates “no concessions” to Iraq
1992 – John Crosbie cuts groundfish quotas
1998 – Gerald Regan acquitted of sex related charges
2000 – Jean Chretien and Vladimir Putin sign agreement supporting existing nuclear arms accords
2001 – Jean Chretien’s anti-terrorist legislation passed by Senate
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1777 – George Washington settles troops in Valley Forge for the winter
1950 – Dwight Eisenhower named NATO commander
1958 – Dwight Eisenhower makes first radio broadcast from space
1961 – John Diefenbaker speaks with Queen Elizabeth via new CANTAT cable
1974 – Nelson Rockefeller sworn in as Vice-President
1982 – George Smith passes away
1988 – Gary Filmon withdraws Meech Lake Accord ratification resolution from Manitoba legislature
1998 – 2 articles of impeachment against Bill Clinton forwarded to the Senate
2004 – Paul Martin arrives in Libya for visit with Moammar Gadhafi
2016 – Electoral College selects Donald Trump as President
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HAPPY BIRTHDAY Judy LaMarsh, former Liberal cabinet minister
HAPPY BIRTHDAY Carolyn Bennett, Liberal cabinet minister
1883 – Edward Blake sworn in as Ontario’s 2nd Premier
1901 – W. S. Fielding assures Gugleilmo Marconi of a warm welcome in Nova Scotia
1976 – Richard Daley passes away
1978 – Richard Nixon’s Chief of Staff, H. R. Haldeman, released from jail
1979 – Rene Levesque announces referendum on sovereignty-association
1988 – Robert Bourassa has 3 ministers resign over Bill 178 language law
1993 – Donald Trump marries Marla Maples
2010 – Stephen Harper makes 2 Senate appointments, giving Conservatives majority in Senate
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HAPPY BIRTHDAY Edward Schreyer, 22nd Governor General of Canada
1907 – Earl Grey gives lecture at founding of Women’s Canadian Club
1961 – John Kennedy meets Harold MacMillan in Bermuda
1964 – Paul Hellyer announces military purchase program
1987 – Jacques Parizeau accepts presidency of Parti Quebecois
1988 – Robert Bourassa passes Bill 178 language law
1989 – Dan Quayle sends out Christmas card with spelling error
1990 – Jean Chretien becomes leader of the opposition
1992 – John Crosbie says Europeans will stop overfishing outside Canada’s 200 mile limit
2016 – Donald Trump announces Carl Icahn as special advisor on regulatory reform
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HAPPY BIRTHDAY Lucien Bouchard, 27th Premier of Quebec
1963 – Official mourning period for John Kennedy comes to an end
1967 – Pierre Trudeau says “There is no place for the state in the bedrooms of the nation”
1968 – Julie Nixon married David Eisenhower
1969 – Pierre Trudeau meets with John Lennon & Yoko Ono
1975 – William Bennett sworn in as 27th BC Premier
1975 – Gerald Ford signs Energy Policy & Conservation Act
1976 – Olive Diefenbaker passed away
1980 – Ronald Reagan appoints Jeane Kirkpatrick & James Watt to cabinet
1995 – Lucien Bouchard announces candidacy for Parti Quebecois leadership
2008 – Stephen Harper names Thomas Cromwell to the Supreme Court of Canada
2008 – Stephen Harper names 18 new senators
2010 – Barack Obama signs repeal of “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell”
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1783 – George Washington resigns as Commander in Chief of army
1912 – Sir Robert Borden meets with a Canadian Suffrage Association delegation
1913 – Woodrow Wilson signs Federal Reserve Act into law
1966 – It is announced that John Diefenbaker’s childhood home will be moved
1983 – Jeanne Sauve appointed Canada’s first female Governor General
1986 – Robert Stanfield named first Canadian head of Commonwealth Foundation
1987 – Gerald Ford’s would be assassin Lynette Fromme escapes from prison
1999 – Brian Mulroney appointed chair of Sun Media
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HAPPY BIRTHDAY Joey Smallwood, first Premier of Newfoundland
1943 – Franklin Roosevelt appoints new Supreme Commander of Allied forces
1943 – Dwight Eisenhower appointed Supreme Commander of the Allied forces
1974 – John Glenn becomes a member of the US Senate
1992 – George H. W. Bush pardons Caspar Weinberger
2001 – Rudy Giuliani named Time Magazine’s Person of the Year
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HAPPY BIRTHDAY Justin Trudeau, Canada’s 23rd Prime Minister
1776 – George Washington crosses Delaware
1965 – Lyndon Johnson orders a halt to bombing in North Vietnam
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1776 – George Washington defeats Hessians at Battle of Trenton
1799 – George Washington eulogized “1st in war, 1st in peace & 1st in hearts of his countrymen”
1972 – Harry Truman passes away
1989 – Maryon Pearson passes away
2006 – Gerald Ford passed away
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1972 – Lester Pearson passed away
1985 – Ronald Reagan blames Libya for terrorist attacks in Rome & Vienna
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HAPPY BIRTHDAY Woodrow Wilson, 28th US President
HAPPY BIRTHDAY David Peterson, Ontario’s 20th Premier
1837 – Francis Bond Head approves raising of 6 regiments of incorporated militia
1857 – Thomas D’Arcy McGee elected MLA for Montreal West
1944 – Dwight Eisenhower meets with Bernard Montgomery
1947 – Leonard Tilley passes away
1973 – Richard Nixon signs the Endangered Species Act
1977 – Pierre Trudeau tours NORAD headquarters
1980 – Pierre Trudeau discusses constitution in year end interview on CTV
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1921 – William Lyon Mackenzie King sworn in as Canada’s 10th Prime Minister
1944 – Dwight Eisenhower’s train returns to Versailles
1992 – John Crosbie bans capture of beluga whales for export
2016 – Barack Obama ejects 35 Russian spies from the US
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HAPPY BIRTHDAY Jim Flaherty, former Canadian finance minister
1881 – Marquis of Lorne founds the Royal Society of Canada
1931 – George Foster passes away
1963 – John Kennedy half dollar authorized by Congress
1972 – Richard Nixon halts bombing of North Vietnam
1972 – Richard Nixon announces peace talks with North Vietnam
1977 – Jimmy Carter hold first ever Presidential press conference in Eastern Europe
1988 – Ronald Reagan receives subpoena from Oliver North’s defense
1988 – George H. W. Bush receives subpoena from Oliver North’s defense
2004 – Paul Martin welcomes King Mohammed VI of Morocco to Ottawa
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1857 – George-Etienne Cartier advises Queen Victoria to pick Ottawa as capital
1862 – Abraham Lincoln signs act admitting West Virginia into Union
1946 – Harry Truman proclaims end of World War II
1966 – Lester Pearson lights Centennial Flame on Parliament Hill
1967 – Harry Strom sworn in as Alberta’s 9th Premier
1970 – Dwight Eisenhower dollar authorized by Congress
2004 – John Gomery refers to Jean Chretien’s distribution of autographed golf balls as “small town cheap”