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1949 – Louis St. Laurent give speech welcoming Newfoundland into Canada
1954 – William Lyon Mackenzie King’s family homestead becomes a National Historic Park
1970 – Richard Nixon signs bill limiting cigarette advertising
1981 – April Fools hoax video aired indicating threat to Ronald Reagan
1983 – Bill Bennett’s government sees it’s spending mandate expire
2002 – April Fools story about Paul Martin’s retirement causes dollar to fall
2009 – Stephen Harper gets G20 to agree to not raise trade barriers for 12 months
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1965 – Lester Pearson calls for a stop to bombing of North Vietnam in speech while in US
1968 – Eugene McCarthy wins Wisconsin Primary
1984 – Pierre Trudeau divorces Margaret Trudeau
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1776 – George Washington receives honourary degree from Harvard University
1948 – Harry Truman signs the Marshall Plan
1977 – Jimmy Carter meets with Anwar Sadat for first time
2012 – Stephen Harper suspends further spending on F35 stealth fighter
2012 – Barack Obama officially secures Democratic nomination
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HAPPY BIRTHDAY Claude Wagner, former Quebec Liberal minister, former Progressive Conservative MP
1949 – Lester Pearson signs the North Atlantic Treaty
2006 – Ralph Klein announces intention to step down
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1792 – George Washington casts first ever Presidential veto
1922 – Charles Dunning sworn in as Saskatchewan Premier
1983 – Bill Bennett is summoned to Government House to receive emergency spending warrants
1991 – Kitty Kelly publishes book bashing Nancy Reagan
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HAPPY BIRTHDAY George “Ike” Smith, Nova Scotia’s 18th Premier
1943 – John Glenn marries high school sweetheart Anna Margaret Castor
1966 – Lester Pearson announces plan to promote bilingualism in public service
1968 – Pierre Trudeau wins leadership of Liberal Party of Canada
1987 – Ronald Reagan addresses Canadian House of Commons
1990 – Lucien Bouchard announces agreement to set up Saguenay Marine Park
1991 – Preston Manning stresses Reform Party wants Quebec to stay in Canada
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1868 – Thomas D’Arcy McGee is assassinated
1954 – Dwight Eisenhower first to mention “domino-effect” regarding Communism in Indo-China
1971 – Richard Nixon orders It Calley (Mi Lai) free
1978 – Jimmy Carter defers production of neutron bomb
1980 – Jimmy Carter breaks relations with Iran
1984 – Frank Church passed away
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HAPPY BIRTHDAY John Hamm, 25th Nova Scotia Premier
HAPPY BIRTHDAY Betty Ford, former first lady
1873 – Sir John A. Macdonald moves for creation of committee to look into “pacific scandal”
1943 – Franklin Roosevelt brings in measures to check inflation
1952 – Harry Truman seizes steel mills to avert strike
1963 – Lester Pearson and the Liberal Party win general election
1970 – Richard Nixon’s Supreme Court nominee, G. Harold Carswell, rejected by Senate
2004 – Condoleezza Rice testifies before 9/11 Commission
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HAPPY BIRTHDAY Richard Hatfield, 26th New Brunswick Premier
1961 – John Diefenbaker meets with British Prime Minister in Ottawa
1962 – John Kennedy throws out first pitch at Washington’s new stadium
1990 – Article alleges Rene Levesque showed US government legislation before own cabinet
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1887 – Abraham Lincoln re-buried in Springfield, IL
1942 – William Lyon Mackenzie King approves resolutions of Joint Economic Committees
1961 – John Kennedy talks with Dutch Foreign Minister about New Guinea
1990 – Brian Mulroney meets with US President over acid rain
1990 – George H. W. Bush meets with Canadian Prime Minister over acid rain
2006 – Stephen Harper outlaws the Tamil Tigers in Canada
2014 – Jim Flaherty passed away
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HAPPY BIRTHDAY Robert Stanfield, 24th Nova Scotia Premier
1865 – Abraham Lincoln urges spirit of generous conciliation during reconstruction
1951 – Harry Truman fires Douglas MacArthur
1968 – Lyndon Johnson signs the 1968 Civil Rights Act
1981 – Ronald Reagan returns home after assassination attempt
1991 – Brian Mulroney protests US challenge of Free Trade Tribunal ruling on Canadian pork
2015 – Barack Obama meets with Raul Castro, first meeting by US and Cuban Presidents since revolution
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HAPPY BIRTHDAY Lord Durham, 37th Governor General of Canada
1945 – Franklin Roosevelt passed away
1945 – Harry Truman sworn in as 33rd US President
1999 – Bill Clinton is cited for contempt of court
2015 – Hillary Clinton announces her second run for the Presidency
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HAPPY BIRTHDAY Thomas D’Arcy McGee, Father of Confederation
1868 – Thomas D’Arcy McGee given a state funeral
1870 – George-Etienne Cartier receives report on situation in Red River
1885 – Sir John A. Macdonald’s government introduces “An Act to Restrict and Regulate Chinese Immigration”
1943 – Franklin Roosevelt dedicates the Jefferson Memorial
1972 – Richard Nixon arrives in Ottawa for two day visit
1972 – Pierre Trudeau signs Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement with US President
1972 – Richard Nixon signs Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement with Canadian Prime Minister
1981 – Rene Levesque and the Parti Quebecois win re-election
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HAPPY BIRTHDAY William “Bill” Bennett, 27th British Columbia Premier
HAPPY BIRTHDAY Olive Diefenbaker, wife of former Prime Minister
1865 – Abraham Lincoln is shot by John Wilkes Booth at Ford’s Theatre
1943 – Dwight Eisenhower, Kenneth Anderson, Harold Alexander & Omar Bradley discuss assault on Tunis
1944 – Dwight Eisenhower becomes Supreme Commander of Allied Expeditionary Force
1969 – Lester Pearson throws first pitch at first ever Montreal Expos home game
1971 – Richard Nixon ends blockade against People’s Republic of China
1975 – Judy LaMarsh chairs Ontario Royal Commission to Examine Violence in Media
1983 – Ronald Reagan signs Social Security rescue
2003 – Jean Charest and the Quebec Liberals win the election
2004 – Paul Martin announces extension of mission in Afghanistan
2010 – Jean Charest appoints public inquiry into how judges are appointed in Quebec
2013 – Justin Trudeau elected leader of the Liberal Party of Canada
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1865 – Abraham Lincoln passed away
1945 – Franklin Roosevelt buried at Hyde Park
1991 – Michael Wilson announces contribution to the founding of European Bank for Reconstruction and Development
2002 – Ernie Eves sworn in as Ontario Premier
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1789 – George Washington heads for first Presidential Inauguration
1861 – Abraham Lincoln outlaws doing business with Confederate States
1941 – William Lyon Mackenzie King meets with US President at White House
1941 – Franklin Roosevelt meets with Canadian Prime Minister in White House
1980 – Rene Levesque accepts amending formula without veto for Quebec
2011 – Allan Blakeney passed away
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1967 – Lester Pearson announces creation of Order of Canada
1969 – Robert Kennedy’s murderer is convicted
1982 – Pierre Trudeau proclaims the Constitution Act, 1982
1990 – Lucien Bouchard announces draft rules forcing pulp and paper mills to install secondary waste treatment plants
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1872 – Sir John A. Macdonald introduces a bill legalizing trade unions
1919 – Richard Bennett drives his car into a building
1963 – Lester Pearson and the Liberal Party win federal election
1994 – Audrey McLaughlin announces resignation as NDP leader
1994 – Richard Nixon suffers a stroke
1998 – Terry Sanford passed away
2007 – Jean Charest appoints Canada’s first gender balanced cabinet
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1861 – Abraham Lincoln orders blockade of Confederate ports
1932 – Herbert Hoover proposes 5 day work week
1933 – Franklin Roosevelt announces US will leave gold standard
2016 – Brian Pallister and the Manitoba Progressive Conservative Party win election
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HAPPY BIRTHDAY Maurice Duplessis, 16th Quebec Premier
1941 – William Lyon Mackenzie King signs Hyde Park Agreement with US President
1941 – Franklin Roosevelt signs Hyde Park Agreement with Canadian Prime Minister
1968 – Pierre Trudeau sworn in as Canada’s 15th Prime Minister
1982 – Peter Pocklington held hostage in his home
1983 – Ronald Reagan signs bail out for social security
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HAPPY BIRTHDAY Queen Elizabeth II, Queen of Canada…Long Live the Queen!
HAPPY BIRTHDAY Keith Davey, former Liberal Party of Canada Senator
1864 – Thomas D’Arcy McGee publishes letter saying, “…the threat of assassination…has no terrors for me.”
1865 – Abraham Lincoln’s funeral train leaves Washington
1948 – William Lyon Mackenzie King sets record as longest serving Commonwealth Prime Minister
1960 – John Diefenbaker departs for Mexico
1989 – George W. Bush becomes co-CEO of the Texas Rangers
1991 – Jean Chretien recommends referendum on constitutional change
2005 – Paul Martin addresses the nation about the Sponsorship Scandal
2005 – Jack Layton offers to keep parliament alive in exchange for concessions in the budget
2014 – Herb Gray passed away
2016 – Barack Obama begins visit to United Kingdom
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HAPPY BIRTHDAY John Buchanan, 27th Nova Scotia Premier
1793 – George Washington attends opening of first circus in US
1897 – William Fielding introduces a new tariff in the federal budget
1963 – Lester Pearson sworn in as Canada’s 14th Prime Minister
1980 – Mark McGuigan announces Canada will boycott 1980 Olympic Games in Moscow
1991 – Brian Mulroney announces Royal Commission on Aboriginal Affairs to settle land claims
1991 – Joe Clark named Minister of Constitutional Affairs
1994 – Richard Nixon passed away
1996 – John Nunziata expelled from Liberal caucus for voting against budget
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HAPPY BIRTHDAY Lester Pearson, Canada’s 14th Prime Minister
1789 – George Washington moves into Franklin House
1995 – Bill Clinton declares national day of mourning for Oklahoma City
2004 – Paul Martin attends interfaith prayer event with Dalai Lama
2013 – Hacked news story about Barack Obama being injured causes 1% flash drop of markets
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HAPPY BIRTHDAY David Crombie, 56th Toronto Mayor, former Progressive Conservative Minister
1950 – Harry Truman denies there are communists in US Government
1961 – Tommy Douglas predicts the Royal York Hotel’s Hotel & Employees Union strike will be short
1961 – John Kennedy accepts sole responsibility for Bay of Pigs
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1862 – George-Etienne Cartier introduces Militia Bill leading to fall of government
1980 – Jimmy Carter announces failed rescue attempt in Iran
1989 – Michael Wilson’s budget leaked to Doug Small of Global News
2014 – Supreme Court rules Stephen Harper cannot unilaterally change Senate appointment process
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HAPPY BIRTHDAY Jeanne Sauve, 66th Canadian Governor General
1954 – Lester Pearson leads Canadian delegation at conference on Korea
1982 – Grant Devin and the Saskatchewan Progressive Conservative Party win the election
1984 – Ronald Reagan visits China
1988 – Gary Filmon and the Manitoba Progressive Conservative Party win election
1989 – Michael Wilson reads budget at news conference because of leak
1991 – Richard Hatfield passed away
1998 – Jean Chretien begins official visit to Cuba
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1846 – Sir John A. Macdonald gives maiden speech in Assembly of the Province of Canada
1861 – Abraham Lincoln suspends writ of habeas corpus
1880 – Edward Blake becomes leader of the Liberal Party
1942 – William Lyon Mackenzie King relieved of election promise on conscription through plebiscite
1967 – Lester Pearson officially opens Expo ’67
1982 – Trial of Ronald Reagan’s would be assassin begins
1994 – Richard Nixon is buried at his Presidential Library
2005 – Christina McCall passed away
2011 – Barack Obama releases a copy of his birth certificate
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1934 – Franklin Roosevelt signs the Home Owners Loan Act
1944 – Frank Knox passed away
1952 – Dwight Eisenhower resigns as Supreme Commander of NATO
1958 – Richard Nixon begins goodwill tour of Latin America
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HAPPY BIRTHDAY Stephen Harper, 22nd Prime Minister of Canada