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1812 – James Madison lists grievances against Britain
1866 – George-Etienne Cartier order out militia to meet Fenian threat
1909 – Sir Wilfrid Laurier creates the Department of External Affairs
1909 – Lord Grey donates the Grey Cup
1933 – Leonard Tilley sworn in as New Brunswick’s 21st Premier
1979 – Rene Levesque opens Parti Quebecois convention to establish consensus on sovereignty referendum
1992 – Brian Mulroney names non-politicians to the Privy Council
2008 – Stephen Harper authorizes the Truth and Reconciliation Commission
2015 – Jacques Parizeau passed away
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1847 – Sir John A. Macdonald enters cabinet for the first time
1887 – Edward Blake resigns as Liberal Party leader
1915 – Sir Robert Borden establishes commission to monitor war time prices
1925 – Charles Dunning and the Saskatchewan Liberal Party wins election
1933 – Franklin Roosevelt authorizes building of first swimming pool in White House
1944 – Dwight Eisenhower meets with Bernard Montgomery in Portsmouth
1975 – Nelson Rockefeller finds no pattern of illegal activities at CIA
1987 – Brian Mulroney & Premiers finalize Meech Lake Accord
1997 – Jean Chretien and the Liberal Party win re-election
2017 – Donald Trump announces US withdrawal from Paris Climate Agreement
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HAPPY BIRTHDAY Pierre Poilievre, former Conservative Minister
1887 – Sir Wilfrid Laurier elected leader of Liberal Party
1909 – William Lyon Mackenzie King becomes Canada’s first deputy minister of labour
1953 – Louis St. Laurent attends Commonwealth Prime Minister conference
1959 – John Diefenbaker receives message from US President that was bounced off moon
1959 – Dwight Eisenhower sends message to Canadian Prime Minister bounced off the moon
1961 – John Kennedy meets with Nikita Khrushchev in Vienna
1980 – Jimmy Carter secures enough delegates for renomination
1987 – Brian Mulroney & Premiers initial Meech Lake Accord
1990 – Brian Mulroney dines with Premiers to try and save Meech Lake Accord
2014 – Barack Obama announces increased deployment of US troops in Europe
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1944 – Dwight Eisenhower cancels planned D-Day invasion after receiving unfavourable weather reports
1965 – Claude Wagner becomes Quebec’s first Minister of Justice
1979 – Joe Clark sworn in as Canada’s 16th Prime Minister
1990 – Brian Mulroney calls first ministers conference to try and save Meech Lake Accord
1992 – Joe Clark’s referendum bill passes House of Commons
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HAPPY BIRTHDAY Joe Clark, Canada’s 16th Prime Minister
1897 – Sir Wilfrid Laurier sails to England for Queen Victoria’s diamond jubilee
1944 – Dwight Eisenhower sets date for D-Day
1961 – Sir John A. Macdonald’s home, Earnscliffe, declared national historic site
1998 – Sam Yorty passed away
2002 – Alexa McDonnough announces resignation as leader of the NDP
2004 – Ronald Reagan passed away
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1861 – Abraham Lincoln says Union will pay for State’s mobilized volunteers
1891 – Sir John A. Macdonald passed away
1895 – Lord Aberdeen unveils the Sir John A. Macdonald memorial in Montreal
1917 – Sir Wilfrid Laurier declines offer to join Union Government
1956 – Louis St. Laurent forces closure on the Pipeline Debate
1968 – Robert Kennedy assassinated
1988 – George H. W. Bush promises reparations for interned WWII Japanese-Americans
1992 – John Crosbie welcomes international accord on sustainable fishing
2003 – Jean Chretien opens the Juno Beach Centre
2004 – Paul Martin attends the 60th anniversary ceremony of the D-Day invasion
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HAPPY BIRTHDAY John Turner, Canada’s 17th Prime Minister
HAPPY BIRTHDAY Mike Pence, 48th US Vice-President
1864 – Abraham Lincoln renominated for President by Republican Party
1887 – Sir Wilfrid Laurier becomes leader of Liberal Party
1948 – George Drew and the Ontario PC Party win second majority
1955 – Dwight Eisenhower become first President to appear on colour TV
1968 – Robert Kennedy lies in state at St. Patrick’s Cathedral
1982 – Ronald Reagan meets with Pope John Paul II at Vatican City
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HAPPY BIRTHDAY Barbara Bush, former first lady
1789 – James Madison introduces a proposed Bill of Rights in House of Representatives
1877 – Edward Blake appointed President of the Council
1891 – Sir John A. Macdonald lies in state
1908 – James Whitney and the Ontario Conservative Party win re-election
1960 – Tommy Douglas and the Saskatchewan CCF win fifth straight majority
1968 – Robert Kennedy laid to rest at Arlington Cemetery
1969 – Richard Nixon says 25,000 troops to leave Vietnam by end of August
1972 – Lester Pearson receives Order of Merit from Queen Elizabeth II
1982 – Ronald Reagan addresses British Parliament
1985 – Mike Pence marries Karen Batten
1995 – Mike Harris and the Ontario PC Party win election
2017 – James Comey testifies that Donald Trump told lies
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1915 – Woodrow Wilson sends second 2nd note to Germany protesting sinking of Lusitania
1949 – Joey Smallwood’s first government is sworn in
1968 – William Bennett dedicates Keenleyside Dam on Columbia River
1979 – Joey Smallwood resigns from Newfoundland House of Assembly
1980 – Pierre Trudeau and Premiers agree to discuss 12 items on the constitution
1990 – Brian Mulroney reaches compromise with Premiers over Meech Lake Accord
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HAPPY BIRTHDAY Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh
HAPPY BIRTHDAY Preston Manning, founding leader Reform Party
HAPPY BIRTHDAY John Edwards, former US Senator
1937 – Sir Robert Borden passed away
1942 – William Lyon Mackenzie King states, “conscription if necessary, but not necessarily conscription”
1943 – Franklin Roosevelt signs withholding tax bill
1943 – Franklin Roosevelt become first President to visit foreign country during wartime
1947 – Harry Truman begins two day visit to Ottawa
1952 – Harry Truman suggests nationalizing the steel industry
1957 – John Diefenbaker and the PC Party of Canada win minority in election
1963 – John Kennedy signs law for equal pay for equal work
1975 – Nelson Rockefeller’s committee reports on 300,000 CIA files on Americans
1984 – Pierre Trudeau returns to Canada after tour of Europe
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1906 – Sir Hector Langevin passed away
1917 – Sir Robert Borden introduces the Conscription Act
1917 – Sir Robert Borden creates the Canadian Board of Grain Commissioners
1920 – Republicans nominate Warren Harding for President
1939 – Franklin Roosevelt serves hot dogs to King & Queen of England
1945 – William Lyon Mackenzie King and the Liberal Party of Canada win federal election
1952 – Tommy Douglas and the Saskatchewan CCF win their third election
1959 – Leslie Frost and the Ontario PC Party win a fifth straight majority
1962 – John Kennedy accepts honorary degree from Yale
1963 – George Wallace tries to prevent blacks from registering at University of Alabama
1963 – John Kennedy calls segregation morally wrong
1975 – Alan Blakeney and the Saskatchewan NDP win a second majority
1983 – Brian Mulroney wins PC Party leadership
1990 – Brian Mulroney tells of “knowing when to roll all the dice”
1990 – Brian Mulroney appoints first elected Senator, Stanley Waters
1992 – Joe Clark closes 3 months of constitutional talks
1993 – John Savage sworn in as Nova Scotia’s 23rd Premier
1996 – Bob Dole resigns from Senate to run for President
1997 – Paul Martin reappointed Minister of Finance
1998 – Jean Chretien appoints Hockey Hall of Fame member Frank Mahovolich to the Senate
2004 – Ronald Reagan’s funeral is held at Washington National Cathedral
2008 – Stephen Harper apologizes to First Nations over residential school abuses
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HAPPY BIRTHDAY George H. W. Bush, 41st US President
1952 – William Bennett invited to form government in British Columbia
1977 – Groundbreaking at the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum
1980 – Ronald Reagan says he will submit to periodic medical tests
1984 – Bill Davis announces extension of funding for Ontario’s Catholic High Schools
1987 – Ronald Reagan challenges Mikhail Gorbachev to “tear down this wall”
1991 – Michael Wilson says culture not on the table for NAFTA negotiations
1995 – Jacques Parizeau announces team for upcoming referendum
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HAPPY BIRTHDAY Martha Washington, former 1st lady
1789 – George Washington has ice cream for dessert
1942 – Franklin Roosevelt creates Department of War
1986 – Ronald Reagan criticises South African state of emergency
1991 – Brian Mulroney meets with Germany’s Helmut Khol in Ottawa
1993 – Kim Campbell wins leadership of PC Party
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HAPPY BIRTHDAY Donald Trump, 45th US President
1864 – Sir John A. Macdonald’s government loses vote of censure
1872 – Sir John A. Macdonald’s government passes Canadian Pacific Railway charter
1872 – Sir John A. Macdonald’s government passes Trade Unions Bill, legalizing unions
1922 – Warren Harding becomes first President to use radio
1928 – Herbert Hoover nominated for President by Republican Party
1953 – Dwight Eisenhower condemns Joseph McCarthy’s book burning proposal
1954 – Dwight Eisenhower signs order adding “under God” to pledge of allegiance
1961 – Bank of Canada Governor James Coyne resigns over differences with John Diefenbaker
1973 – Richard Nixon imposes 60 day economy wide price freeze
1974 – All the President’s Men by Bob Woodward & Carl Bernstein is published
1984 – Pierre Trudeau gives farewell address to Liberal Party convention
1989 – Ronald Reagan knighted by Queen Elizabeth II
1991 – Brian Mulroney announces scaling down of military in Europe
1991 – Michael Wilson announces Canadian win on pork at free trade tribunal
1993 – Bill Clinton nominates Ruth Bader Ginsberg to the Supreme Court
1994 – Bob Rae plays a tin drum at the Massey Hall 100th Anniversary Concert
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HAPPY BIRTHDAY Mo Udall, former US Representative
1775 – George Washington appointed commander in chief of US Army
1886 – Sir William Fielding and the Nova Scotia Liberals win third straight majority
1944 – Tommy Douglas and the Saskatchewan CCF win election
1955 – Dwight Eisenhower stages first “operation alert” determining readiness under nuclear attack
1967 – Ronald Reagan signs California’s liberalized abortion bill
1971 – Vernon Jordan appointed head of National Urban League
1977 – Judy LaMarsh issues report on Royal Commission on Violence in Media
1985 – Brian Mulroney announces closure of embassy in Beirut
1990 – Gary Filmon’s attempt to introduce Meech Lake resolution in Manitoba is blocked
1990 – Brian Mulroney loses an MP over handling of Meech Lake
1991 – Lucien Bouchard founds the Bloc Quebecois
1992 – Dan Quayle misspells “potato”
1993 – Ralph Klein and the Alberta PC Party win election
1993 – John Connally passed away
2012 – Stephen Harper announces funding for construction of bridge between Windsor and Detroit
2015 – Donald Trump launches his campaign for President
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HAPPY BIRTHDAY Arthur Meighen, Canada’s 9th Prime Minister
1858 – Abraham Lincoln accepts Illinois Republican Senate nomination
1928 – Thomas Dewey married Frances Eileen Hutt
1932 – Herbert Hoover re-nominated for President by Republican Party
1935 – Franklin Roosevelt’s “New Deal” accepted by Congress
1958 – Duff Roblin and the Manitoba PC Party win election
1960 – Dwight Eisenhower cancels trip to Japan
1972 – Pierre Trudeau starts the Churchill Falls hydro electric power station
1976 – Pierre Trudeau visits Washington
1981 – Ronald Reagan presents Congressional Gold Medal to Ken Taylor
1984 – John Turner wins leadership of Liberal Party
1991 – Brian Mulroney holds joint press conference with Germany’s Helmut Kohl
2008 – Dalton McGuinty’s government announces two new nuclear reactors at Darlington plant
2017 – Donald Trump reinstates Cuban travel and business restrictions
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HAPPY BIRTHDAY Duff Roblin, 14th Manitoba Premier
HAPPY BIRTHDAY Ernie Eves, 23rd Ontario Premier
1864 – Sir John A. Macdonald hosts opposition leaders to discuss coalition
1950 – Robert Kennedy married Ethel Kennedy
1977 – Joe Biden married Jill Jacobs
1980 – Jean Chretien co-chairs constitutional talks in Ottawa
1980 – Roy Romanow co-chairs constitutional talks in Ottawa
1982 – Ronald Reagan makes first address to United Nations
1988 – Brian Mulroney welcomes G-7 leaders to Toronto
1996 – Sheila Copps re-elected in by-election after resigning over broken GST promise
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1812 – James Madison asks Congress to declare war on Britain
1940 – William Lyon Mackenzie King proposes National Resources Mobilization Bill which includes registration and training of men 21-45
1962 – John Diefenbaker and the PC Party win minority in election
1973 – Richard Nixon hosts Leonid Brezhnev
1975 – Pierre Trudeau creates the Federal Investment Review Agency (FIRA)
1979 – Jimmy Carter and Leonid Brezhnev sign Salt II Treaty
1985 – Frank Miller defeated on a series of confidence motions
1991 – Michael Wilson suspends export of automatic arms to Middle East
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1778 – George Washington’s troops leave Valley Forge
1900 – Republican Party re-nominates William McKinley for President
1934 – Mitch Hepburn and the Ontario Liberals win election
1941 – Franklin Roosevelt signs Two Ocean Navy Expansion Act
1959 – Dwight Eisenhower’s choice for Secretary of Commerce rejected by Senate
1991 – Jean Chretien hires new Chief of Staff
2013 – Bob Rae leaves politics after 35 year career
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1882 – Sir John A. Macdonald and the National Liberal-Conservative Party wins federal election
1897 – Sir Wilfrid Laurier attends Queen Victoria’s Diamond Jubilee
1940 – William Lyon Mackenzie King passes a conscription law that fulfils his earlier pledge
1947 – Harry Truman vetoes Taft-Hartley Act
1956 – Tommy Douglas and the Saskatchewan CCF win 4th straight election
1967 – Lester Pearson opens National Library and Archives building
1985 – Rene Levesque announces he will resign as Parti Quebecois leader
1986 – Ronald Reagan has 2 polyps removed from colon
1988 – Lucien Bouchard wins Lac-St.-Jean by-election
1991 – Brian Mulroney attends conference on Security and Co-Operation in Europe
1991 – Robert Bourassa passes bill requiring referendum on sovereignty
1992 – John Savage wins leadership of Nova Scotia Liberal Party
1997 – Preston Manning announces he will move into Stornaway
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HAPPY BIRTHDAY 1st Marquess of Dufferin, 3rd Governor General of Canada
1870 – Sir Charles Tupper appointed President of the Privy Council
1937 – Richard Nixon marries Pat Ryan
1940 – William Lyon Mackenzie King brings in conscription for homeland service
1942 – Franklin Roosevelt meets with Winston Churchill in Washington
1957 – John Diefenbaker sworn in as 13th Prime Minister of Canada
1957 – Louis St. Laurent resigns as Prime Minister
1968 – Earl Warren resigns from Supreme Court
1982 – Ronald Reagan’s would be assassin found not guilty by reason of insanity
1985 – Rene Levesque resigns as Quebec Premier
1986 – Ronald Reagan gives speech defending judicial appointments
1990 – Brian Mulroney flies to Newfoundland to address legislature over Meech Lake
1995 – Roy Romanow and the Saskatchewan NDP win a second majority
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1864 – Sir John A. Macdonald welcomes George Brown into coalition cabinet
1935 – Richard Bennett meets On to Ottawa trekkers
1944 – Franklin Roosevelt signs GI Bill of Rights
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HAPPY BIRTHDAY Paul Martin Sr., former cabinet minister
HAPPY BIRTHDAY Laureen Harper, former Canadian first lady
1887 – Sir John A. Macdonald passes Rocky Mountain Parks Act, creating Banff National Park
1896 – Sir Wilfrid Laurier and the Liberal Party win the federal election
1929 – Sir William Fielding passed away
1930 – Nelson Rockefeller married Mary Todhunter Clark
1936 – William Lyon Mackenzie King convinced to replace the CRBC with the CBC
1947 – Harry Truman’s veto of Taft-Hartley is overridden by congress
1963 – John Kennedy tours Western Europe
1971 – Robert Bourassa rejects the Victoria Charter constitutional package
1971 – Alan Blakeney and the Saskatchewan NDP win election
1972 – Richard Nixon signs act barring sexual discrimination in college sports
1972 – Richard Nixon agrees to use CIA to cover up Watergate
1974 – John Diefenbaker sworn in as an MP for a record 12th time
1986 – Ronald Reagan refused invitation to address House of Representatives
1987 – Robert Bourassa and the Quebec National Assembly ratify the Meech Lake Accord
1990 – Jean Chretien wins leadership of Liberal Party
1990 – Brian Mulroney went on TV to announce the Meech Lake Accord was dead
1990 – Robert Bourassa announces he will not, again, meet with provincial Premiers on the constitution
1992 – Brian Mulroney announces purchase of 50 helicopters for the military
2010 – Stephen Harper apologizes to families of Air India flight 182 bombing
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HAPPY BIRTHDAY Jean Charest, 29th Quebec Premier
1834 – George-Etienne Cartier sings “O Canada, Mon Pays, Mes Amours” at founding of St-Jean Baptiste Society
1904 – Arthur Meighen marries Jessie Isabel Cox
1909 – Lady Aberdeen hosts conference of The International Council of Women
1940 – Mackenzie King says, government I lead will not bring in measures for conscription of Canadians for service overseas
1948 – Tommy Douglas wins second majority
1948 – Thomas Dewey nominated for President by Republican convention
1968 – Pierre Trudeau showered with rocks and bottles while on reviewing stand at St-Jean Baptiste parade
1974 – Pierre Trudeau says Canada will not seek extradition of FLQ members who fled
1977 – IRS reveals Jimmy Carter paid no taxes in 1976
1990 – Brian Mulroney says no more constitutional talks without Quebec’s participation
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1878 – George Walkem forms his second government
1926 – William Lyon Mackenzie King defeated on motion of censure in House of Commons
1929 – Herbert Hoover authorizes building of Boulder Dam (renamed Hoover Dam)
1941 – Franklin Roosevelt issues executive order 8802 forbidding discrimination
1942 – Dwight Eisenhower appointed commander of US forces in Europe
1948 – Harry Truman signs Displaced Persons Bill bringing 205,000 Europeans to the US
1957 – George Drew appointed Canada’s High Commissioner to Britain
1963 – John Kennedy speaks at Pauls Church in Frankfurt, Germany
1968 – Pierre Trudeau and the Liberal Party win general election
1968 – Ed Broadbent first elected to House of Commons
1969 – Ed Schreyer and the Manitoba NDP win election
1978 – Pierre Trudeau meets with Margaret Thatcher to discuss patriation of constitution
1990 – George H. W. Bush welcomes Nelson Mandela to the White House
1993 – Kim Campbell sworn in as Canada’s first female Prime Minister
1993 – Jean Charest becomes Canada’s Deputy Prime Minister
1998 – Supreme Court rules in Clinton v. City of New York that line item veto is unconstitutional
2015 – Barack Obama’s subsidies in Affordable Care Act upheld by Supreme Court
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HAPPY BIRTHDAY Sir Robert Borden, Canada’s 8th Prime Minister
1797 – John Quincy Adams marries Louisa Johnson
1835 – Sir John A. Macdonald opens his own law office in Kingston
1877 – Sir Wilfrid Laurier denounces clergy interference in elections
1926 – William Lyon Mackenzie King asks Governor General for election and is refused
1934 – Franklin Roosevelt signs Federal Credit Union Act
1947 – Richard Bennett passed away
1957 – John Diefenbaker attends Commonwealth Prime Ministers conference in London
1957 – Dwight Eisenhower and Queen Elizabeth II open St. Lawrence Seaway
1961 – John Diefenbaker opens the Hockey Hall of Fame
1963 – John Kennedy gives “Ich bin ein Berliner” speech in West Germany
1985 – David Peterson sworn in as Ontario Premier
1990 – Kim Campbell introduces gun legislation banning certain semi-automatic assault weapons
1990 – Jacques Parizeau and Lucien Bouchard meet to discuss forming a separatist party in Ottawa
1993 – Bill Clinton launches missile attack into Baghdad intelligence headquarters
1995 – Mike Harris sworn in as Ontario Premier
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HAPPY BIRTHDAY Ross Perot, 3rd Party Presidential Candidate
1949 – Louis St. Laurent and the Liberal Party win federal election
1950 – Harry Truman order US Air Force & Navy into Korean conflict
1962 – Ross Perot starts Electronic Data Systems
1963 – John Kennedy spends first full day in Ireland
1969 – Richard Nixon begins visit to Ottawa
1973 – Watergate Committee learns of Richard Nixon’s “enemies list”
1974 – Richard Nixon visits USSR
1975 – Pierre Trudeau opens L’Anse aux Meadows National Historic Park
1984 – Pierre Trudeau wins Albert Einstein Peace Prize
1988 – Joe Clark meets with Soviet Ambassador over expulsion of Soviet diplomats from Canada
1991 – Brian Mulroney hires Hugh Segal as senior advisor
1993 – Don Henley booed at concert for dedicating song to Bill Clinton
2008 – Court clears Jean Chretien of responsibility for Sponsorship Scandal
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HAPPY BIRTHDAY David Johnston, 28th Governor General of Canada
1838 – Lord Durham banishes 8 Patriote leaders to Bermuda without trial
1919 – Harry Truman marries Elizabeth Truman
1925 – William Lyon Mackenzie King resigns his government in advance of confidence motion
1935 – Franklin Roosevelt orders gold vault to be built at Fort Knox, Kentucky
1961 – John Diefenbaker announces drought relief for farmers
1965 – John Robarts opens Trans-Canada Highway from Fort Frances to Atikokan
1965 – Lyndon Johnson authorizes first US ground combat forces in Vietnam
1973 – Ed Schreyer and the Manitoba NDP win re-election
1977 – Supreme Court allows Federal control of Richard Nixon’s tapes and papers
1992 – Dorothy Bush marries Bobby Koch
2004 – Paul Martin and the Liberal Party win a minority in the election
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1914 – James Whitney and the Ontario PC Party win a 4th straight election
1926 – Arthur Meighen sworn in as Prime Minister for a second time
1936 – Franklin Roosevelt presents the US Congressional Gold Medal to George Cohan
1978 – Walter Mondale begins visit to Middle East
2002 – George W. Bush undergoes a colonoscopy
2006 – Supreme Court rules George W. Bush’s plan to try Guantanamo Bay detainees in military tribunals is unconstitutional
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1864 – The Great Coalition Ministry begins with Reformers joining Sir John A. Macdonald’s government
1865 – 8 conspirators in Abraham Lincoln assassination are found guilty
1923 – William Lyon Mackenzie King passes An Act Respecting Chinese Immigration which defines Chinese persons excluded from Canada
1941 – William Lyon Mackenzie King brings in bill confirming no conscription
1948 – William Lyon Mackenzie King gives final speech in House of Commons
1960 – John Diefenbaker opens Ottawa International Airport
1971 – Alan Blakeney sworn in as Saskatchewan’s 10th Premier
1973 – Joe Clark marries Maureen McTeer
1977 – Jimmy Carter ends the B-1A bomber
1984 – John Turner sworn in as Canada’s 17th Prime Minister
1984 – Pierre Trudeau officially steps down as Prime Minister