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HAPPY BIRTHDAY Francis Bond Head, 6th Lieutenant Governor of Upper Canada
HAPPY BIRTHDAY Barry Goldwater, former US Senator
1776 – George Washington hoists Continental Union Flag
1861 – Abraham Lincoln declares slavery in Confederate states unlawful
1863 – Abraham Lincoln issues the Emancipation Proclamation
1976 – John Diefenbaker appointed a Companion of Honour by Queen Elizabeth
1992 – George H. W. Bush becomes first US President to address Australian Parliament
2005 – Shirley Chisholm passes away
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1908 – Lord Grey strikes Canada’s first domestically struck coin
1935 – Richard Bennett outlines his “new deal” programme
1960 – John Kennedy announces candidacy for US Presidency
1974 – Richard Nixon imposes 55 MPH speed limit
1983 – Joe Clark announces a leadership convention after receiving 2/3 support among PC Party delegates
1983 – Pierre Trudeau begins 18 day tour of Asia
1988 – Brian Mulroney signs free trade agreement with US President
1988 – Ronald Reagan signs free trade agreement with Canadian Prime Minister
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1777 – George Washington defeats British at Battle of Princeton
1919 – Herbert Hoover placed in charge of war relief in Europe
1946 – Thomas Dewey commutes Lucky Luciano’s sentence
1947 – William Lyon Mackenzie King receives Canadian Citizenship certificate 0001
1993 – George H. W. Bush and Boris Yeltsin sign Start II arms reduction treaty
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1965 – Lyndon Johnson’s “Great Society” state of the Union address
1974 – Richard Nixon refuses to hand over tapes to Watergate Committee
1975 – Gerald Ford issues executive order on CIA activities in the US
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HAPPY BIRTHDAY Sir John A. Macdonald, Canada’s First Prime Minister
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HAPPY BIRTHDAY Erin O’Toole, Leader Conservative Party of Canada
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HAPPY BIRTHDAY John Crosbie, 80th Lieutenant Governor of Newfoundland and Labrador
HAPPY BIRTHDAY Franklin Roosevelt, 32nd US President
HAPPY BIRTHDAY Sterling Lyon, 17th Premier of Manitoba
HAPPY BIRTHDAY Dick Cheney, 46th US Vice President
1839 – Lord Durham completes his Report on the Affairs of British North America
1946 – The first issue of the Franklin Roosevelt dime
1957 – Congress accepts the “Eisenhower Doctrine”
1961 – John Kennedy asks for an Alliance for Progress and Peace Corps
1976 – George H. W. Bush becomes CIA Director
1989 – Brian Mulroney shuffles cabinet
1989 – Lucien Bouchard sworn in as Minister of the Environment
1990 – Michael Wilson gets GST through first reading
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HAPPY BIRTHDAY Richard Gephardt, US House Minority Leader
1839 – Lord Durham hands in his Report on the Affairs in British North America
1884 – Sir John A. Macdonald passes Railway Relief Bill providing further loans to CPR
1934 – Franklin Roosevelt devalues US dollar relative to gold to $35
1950 – Harry Truman announces support for development of hydrogen bomb
1982 – Pierre Trudeau urges end to martial law on Polish TV
1995 – Bill Clinton authorizes $20 billion loan to Mexico