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1912 – Edward Blake passed away
1914 – Gilbert, 8th Earl of Minto, passed away
1936 – The Herbert Hoover Dam is completed
1945 – Franklin Roosevelt announces success of Yalta conference
1961 – John Kennedy establishes the Peace Corps
1971 – Bill Davis sworn in as Ontario Premier
1974 – 7 of Richard Nixon’s aids are indicted
1980 – Jimmy Carter enacts the Crude Oil Windfall Profit Tax Act
1981 – Marc Lalonde subsidizes oil imports to counter Alberta production cut
2004 – Paul Martin fires VIA Chairman, Jean Pelletier, over Sponsorship Scandal
2009 – Stephen Harper tells US TV interview, “we are not going to ever defeat the insurgency,” in Afghanistan
2014 – Barack Obama warns Vladimir Putin over involvement in Ukraine
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1903 – Martha Washington Hotel open in NYC
1962 – John Kennedy announces resumption of above ground nuclear testing
1974 – Grand Jury concludes Richard Nixon involved in Watergate
1977 – Peter Pocklington becomes sole owner of Edmonton Oilers
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1863 – Abraham Lincoln approves charter for National Academy of Sciences
1871 – Terms of BC confederation, negotiated by George-Etienne Cartier, accepted by Parliamen
1962 – Cairine Wilson passed away
1980 – Pierre Trudeau sworn in as Prime Minister for the second time
1992 – George H. W. Bush apologizes for breaking his “no new taxes” promise
2004 – Former Jean Chretien aide, Jean Carle, is linked to Sponsorship Scandal
2009 – Gilbert Parent passed away
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1791 – George Washington calls the US Senate into it’s first session
1793 – George Washington’s second inauguration
1825 – John Quincy Adams inaugurated
1861 – Abraham Lincoln inaugurated
1861 – Abraham Lincoln opens Government Printing Office
1865 – Samuel Leonard Tilley defeated in New Brunswick election
1865 – Abraham Lincoln’s second inauguration
1929 – Herbert Hoover inaugurated
1933 – Franklin Roosevelt inaugurated for the first time
1933 – Franklin Roosevelt closes banks and stock exchanges
1961 – John Diefenbaker begins 3 day tour of Ireland
1968 – Lester Pearson suspends relations with Gabon
1971 – Pierre Trudeau marries Margaret Sinclair
1989 – Ed Broadbent announces resignation as NDP Leader
1997 – Bill Clinton bans federal funding for human cloning research
2007 – Thomas Eagleton passed away
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1891 – Sir John A. Macdonald wins general election
1933 – Franklin Roosevelt proclaims 10 day bank holiday
1945 – Dwight Eisenhower, George Patton & Alexander Patch meet in Luneville
1976 – Pierre Trudeau says federal government can move unilaterally to change constitution
2004 – Paul Martin fires Via President, Marc Lefrancois over sponsership scandal
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1839 – Sir Francis Bond Head praises black citizens for their loyalty during rebellions
1865 – Abraham Lincoln’s second inaugural ball
1880 – The Marquis of Lorne helps found the Royal Canadian Academy of the Arts
1933 – Franklin Roosevelt declares a nationwide bank holiday
1957 – Supreme Court nullifies Maurice Duplessis’ Padlock Law
1960 – National Library puts on a display of Sir Wilfrid Laurier’s papers & memorabilia
1991 – George H. W. Bush announces of Iraq, that, “aggression is defeated. The war is over”
2004 – Sheila Copps loses Hamilton East-Stoney Creek Liberal nomination
2016 – Nancy Reagan passed away
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1866 – Sir George-Etienne Cartier puts 10,000 militia on alert over fear of Fenian raids
1934 – Lord Aberdeen passed away
1968 – Paul Martin says Canada will participate with US in developing airborne radar system
1977 – Jimmy Carter meets with Yitzhak Rabin
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1871 – Sir John A. Macdonald invited by Britain to join team that negotiated Treaty of Washington
1952 – Ronald Reagan marries Nancy Davis
1954 – Louis St. Laurent visits Canadian Brigade in Korea
1961 – John Diefenbaker attends 9 day Commonwealth Prime Ministers conference
1973 – World’s longest tunnel, the Dwight Eisenhower Tunnel, opens
1983 – Ronald Reagan first uses term, “Evil Empire” with regards to the Soviet Union
1990 – Michael Wilson gets budget through House of Commons
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HAPPY BIRTHDAY Ben Mulroney, former Prime Minister’s son
1873 – Sir John A. Macdonald proposes establishment of Mounted Police Force for Northwest Territories
1933 – Franklin Roosevelt calls Congress into special session, beginning the “100 days”
1970 – Pierre Trudeau opens first Arctic Games
1988 – Ronald Reagan presides over unveiling of Knute Rockne stamp
1989 – George H. W. Bush’s nominee for Defence Secretary is rejected by the Senate
2004 – Belinda Stronach wins Conservative nomination in Newmarket-Aurora
2004 – Sheila Copps files appeal of her Liberal nomination loss
2015 – Barack Obama signs executive order declaring Venezuela a national security threat
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HAPPY BIRTHDAY Kim Campbell, Canada’s 19th Prime Minister
1849 – Abraham Lincoln applies for patent on device to lift boats over shoals and obstructions
1981 – Ronald Reagan arrives in Ottawa for official state visit
1982 – Ronald Reagan proclaims economic sanctions against Libya
1991 – Robert Bourassa declares that Canada is the best choice for Quebec
1996 – Rudy Giuliani visits Israel
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1935 – Bank of Canada issues $500 note with Sir John A. Macdonald’s portrait
1935 – Bank of Canada issues $1000 note with Sir Wilfrid Laurier’s portrait
1941 – Franklin Roosevelt signs Lend-Lease
1981 – While in Ottawa, Ronald Reagan agrees to ease social security eligibility
1987 – Brian Mulroney meets with Premiers to brief them on free trade talks
1997 – Ralph Klein wins 8th straight majority for Alberta Progressive Conservative Party
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1878 – Sir John A. Macdonald moves his “National Policy” in the House of Commons
1933 – Franklin Roosevelt conducts first “fireside chat”
1947 – Harry Truman introduces “Truman Doctrine”
2006 – Stephen Harper visits Kandahar Province, giving a speech to troops
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1953 – USSR vetoes Lester Pearson as UN Secretary General
1961 – John Kennedy sets up the Alliance for Progress
1974 – Jean Chretien bans off-shore drilling in Beaufort Sea
1991 – Brian Mulroney signs Air Quality Agreement with US President
1991 – George H. W. Bush signs Air Quality Agreement with Canadian Prime Minister
2013 – David Johnston approves a new badge for Royal Canadian Air Force
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HAPPY BIRTHDAY Michael Ford, son of former President
1879 – Samuel Leonard Tilley brings in 25% tariff on US goods
1959 – John Diefenbaker rejects Newfoundlands request for inquiry into labour problems
1967 – John Kennedy moved from temporary grave to permanent memorial
1979 – Peter Lougheed leads Alberta Progressive Conservative Party to 3rd straight majority
1997 – Quebec City Chamber of Commerce purchases Jacques Parizeau’s home as official residence
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HAPPY BIRTHDAY Lady Aberdeen, wife of former Governor General
1783 – George Washington asks his officers to not support Newburgh Conspiracy
1995 – Gerald Regan charged with child abuse and sex crimes
1997 – Gilles Duceppe elected leader of Bloc Quebecois
2000 – Stephane Dion sees his Clarity Act pass through House of Commons
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1855 – George-Etienne Cartier passes Militia Act
1955 – Dwight Eisenhower upholds use of nuclear weapons in case of war
1964 – Lyndon Johnson asks Congress to pass Economic Opportunity Act
1968 – Robert Kennedy announces presidential campaign
1971 – Thomas Dewey passed away
1977 – Jacques Parizeau abolishes provincial Anti-Inflation Board
1977 – Jimmy Carter pleads for a Palestinian home land
1990 – Brian Mulroney signs 10 bilateral agreements with Mexico
2016 – Barack Obama nominates Merrick Garland to the Supreme Court
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1776 – George Washington seizes Dorchester Heights in night attack
1905 – Franklin Roosevelt marries Eleanor Roosevelt
1908 – Sir Wilfrid Laurier creates National Battlefields Commission
1960 – Dwight Eisenhower forms anti-Fidel Castro exile army
1985 – Brian Mulroney hosts Shamrock Summit with US President
1985 – Ronald Reagan attends Shamrock Summit with Canadian Prime Minister
2003 – Jean Chretien announces Canada will not join coalition against Iraq
2003 – George W. Bush gives Saddam Hussein and his sons 48 hours to leave Iraq
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1959 – Dwight Eisenhower signs Hawaii Statehood Bill
1969 – John Bracken passed away
1986 – Brian Mulroney comes to agreement with US President to fight acid rain
1986 – Ronald Reagan comes to agreement with Canadian Prime Minister to fight acid rain
2006 – Paul Martin resigns leadership of Liberal Party
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HAPPY BIRTHDAY Lloyd Francis, 30th Speaker of the House of Commons
HAPPY BIRTHDAY Earl Warren, 30th Governor of California, 14th Chief Justice of Supreme Court
1942 – Franklin Roosevelt orders men between 45 and 64 to register for non-military duty
1973 – Richard Nixon is told, “There is a cancer growing on the presidency”
1981 – Bill Davis & Ontario Progressive Conservative Party win election
1988 – Jacques Parizeau wins leadership of Parti Quebecois
1990 – Brian Mulroney forgives $182 million in Caribbean debt
2004 – Mitchell Sharp passed away
2011 – Stephen Harper attends meeting in Paris to discuss Middle East
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HAPPY BIRTHDAY Brian Mulroney, Canada’s 18th Prime Minister
1910 – William Fielding meets with US President to discuss reciprocity
1939 – William Lyon Mackenzie King tells Parliament that an attack on Britain is an attack on the Commonwealth
1965 – Peter Lougheed elected leader of Alberta Progressive Conservative Party
1968 – Lyndon Johnson signs bill removing gold backing of US paper currency
1969 – Richard Nixon vows to end Vietnam War by 1970
1989 – Don Getty and the Alberta Progressive Conservative Party win election
1990 – Joe Clark says Canada will open High Commission in Namibia
1990 – Pierre Trudeau publishes book of anti-Meech Lake Accord speeches
2002 – Stephen Harper wins leadership of Canadian Alliance
2004 – Stephen Harper wins leadership of Conservative Party
2016 – Barack Obama becomes first President to visit Cuba in 88 years
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HAPPY BIRTHDAY Ed Broadbent, 3rd leader New Democratic Party
1871 – Edward Blake and the Ontario Liberal Party win election
1917 – Robert Borden attends Imperial War Conference
1944 – Dwight Eisenhower delays invasion of south of France until after Normandy
1947 – Harry Truman signs Executive Order requiring federal employees have allegiance to US
1980 – J.R. Ewing is shot
1997 – John Savage announces his resignation
2014 – Supreme Court rejects Stephen Harper’s latest nominee
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1933 – Franklin Roosevelt legalizes wine and beer with up to 3.2% alcohol
1988 – Ronald Reagan’s veto of civil rights legislation is overridden by Congress
1990 – Brian Mulroney says he is optimistic Meech Lake Accord can be saved
2004 – Stephen Harper appoints a deputy leader of Conservative Party of Canada
2004 – Peter MacKay appointed deputy leader of Conservative Party of Canada
2004 – Paul Martin announces aid package for farmers affected by mad cow disease
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1962 – John Kennedy visits San Francisco
1983 – Ronald Reagan releases Strategic Defence Initiative details
2001 – Preston Manning announces retirement from politics
2002 – Ernie Eves wins leadership of Ontario Progressive Conservative Party
2005 – Paul Martin signs Security and Prosperity Partnership for North America with Mexican and US Presidents
2005 – George W. Bush signs Security and Prosperity Partnership for North American with Mexican President & Canadian Prime Minister
2011 – Stephen Harper repeals “faint hope” clause on early parole
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HAPPY BIRTHDAY Thomas Dewey, 47th Governor of New York
1838 – Francis Bond Head heads for England after term as Lieutenant Governor of Upper Canada
1865 – Sir John A. Macdonald leaves for England to discuss union of British North America
1945 – Dwight Eisenhower meets with Bernard Montgomery & Omar Bradley
1964 – John Kennedy half dollar issued
1965 – Robert Kennedy climbs to summit of Mount Kennedy
1969 – Pierre Trudeau begins two day visit to Washington
1972 – Joey Smallwood loses Newfoundland election
1981 – Pierre Trudeau’s constitutional package held up by filibuster in House
2005 – Paul Martin makes 9 Senate appointments
2010 – Shawn Graham announces failure of sale of NB Power to Hydro-Quebec
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1776 – George Washington granted medal by Continental Congress
1957 – Louis St. Laurent begins two days of meetings with British Prime Minister
1964 – Britain sets memorial for John Kennedy
1996 – Jean Chretien wins 5 bye-elections
2011 – Stephen Harper’s government loses non-confidence vote
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1940 – William Lyon Mackenzie King and the Liberal Party win federal election
1945 – Dwight Eisenhower with George Patton & Omar Bradley, attack Remagen the Rhine
1951 – Harry Truman officially adopts United States Air Force flag
1956 – Louis St. Laurent meets with US and Mexican Presidents
1956 – Dwight Eisenhower meets with Canadian Prime Minister & Mexican President
1964 – Paul Hellyer announces merging of army, navy and air force
1975 – Peter Lougheed and Alberta Progressive Conservative Party win Alberta election
1985 – Brian Mulroney announces end of National Energy Program
1987 – Sheila Copps becomes first MP to give birth while in office
1990 – Brian Mulroney sends Meech Lake Accord to all party committee
1996 – Edmund Muskie passed away
2007 – Jean Charest and Quebec Liberal Party win general election
2011 – Geraldine Ferraro passed away
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1935 – Lord Tweedsmuir appointed Governor General of Canada
1945 – Dwight Eisenhower declares German defences on Western Front to be broken
1998 – Jean Charest announces he will seek leadership of Quebec Liberal Party
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HAPPY BIRTHDAY Edmund Muskie, former US Senator, 64th Governor of Maine, 58th US Secretary of State
1843 – Sir John A. Macdonald elected Alderman in Kingston
1969 – Dwight Eisenhower passed away
1990 – George H. W. Bush awards Jesse Owens the Congressional Medal of Honor
1991 – Joe Clark announces External Affairs will operate Radio Canada International
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HAPPY BIRTHDAY Eugene McCarthy, former US Senator, former member US House of Representatives
1867 – Abraham Lincoln memorial approved by Congress
1909 – George Foster introduces Commons resolution to establish Canadian Naval Service
1990 – Lucien Bouchard releases green paper on the environment
1991 – Bill Vander Zalm announces he’s stepping down as BC Premier
2012 – Jim Flaherty tables budget
2013 – Ralph Klein passed away
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1838 – Lord Durham appointed Governor General of Canada
1864 – Sir John A. Macdonald forms new government
1939 – William Lyon Mackenzie King says will not conscript men for military service
1964 – John Glenn withdraws from Ohio Senate race
1981 – Ronald Reagan shot
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HAPPY BIRTHDAY Al Gore, 45th US Vice-President
HAPPY BIRTHDAY David Eisenhower, first grandson/son-in-law
1949 – Joey Smallwood becomes first Premier of Province of Newfoundland
1958 – John Diefenbaker wins federal election
1968 – Lyndon Johnson announces he will not seek re-election
1980 – Jimmy Carter deregulates banking industry