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1896 – Sir Charles Tupper sworn in as Canada’s 6th Prime Minister
1962 – John Kennedy authorizes Area Redevelopment Act
1937 – Franklin Roosevelt signs Act of Neutrality
1985 – Ronald Reagan ends embargo against Nicaragua
2003 – George W. Bush gives “Mission Accomplished” speech
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HAPPY BIRTHDAY Belinda Stronach, former Canadian Cabinet Minister
1974 – Spiro Agnew disbarred
2000 – Bill Clinton announces that GPS no longer restricted to military
2009 – Jack Kemp passed away
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1861 – Abraham Lincoln asks for 42000 Army Volunteers and 18000 seamen
1960 – John Diefenbaker attends Commonwealth Prime Ministers Conference in London
1963 – Lester Pearson visits London for meeting with British Prime Minister
1971 – Richard Nixon’s administration arrests 13000 anti-war protesters
1982 – Ronald Reagan begins weekly radio broadcasts
1989 – John Turner announces resignation as Liberal leader
1991 – Brian Mulroney announces GST processing centre in Summerside, PEI
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1880 – Edward Blake selected as leader of Liberal Party
1910 – Sir Wilfrid Laurier passes Navel Service Act
1949 – Leslie Frost become Ontario Premier
1991 – George H. W. Bush hospitalized for erratic heart beat
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1939 – Charles Dunning establishes Central Mortgage Bank, later CMHC
1960 – Dwight Eisenhower signs Civil Rights Act
1987 – Gary Hart denies having an affair with Donna Rice
1990 – Brian Mulroney says touch economic measures will make him unpopular
1993 – Robert Bourassa passes Bill 86 language law
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HAPPY BIRTHDAY Harry Truman, 33rd US President
1863 – Sir John A. Macdonald’s government is defeated in the Assembly
1871 – Sir John A. Macdonald signs the Treaty of Washington
1945 – William Lyon Mackenzie King gives VE Day speech
1958 – Dwight Eisenhower orders National Guard out of Central HS, Little Rock, Arkansas
1958 – Richard Nixon confronted by protesters in Peru
1963 – John Kennedy offers Israel assistance against aggression
1974 – Pierre Trudeau loses confidence vote over budget
1982 – Grant Devine sworn in as Saskatchewan Premier
1984 – Shooter enters National Assembly to kill Rene Levesque
1986 – Don Getty and the Alberta PC Party win the general election
1987 – Gary Hart leaves Democratic Presidential race
1994 – Bill Clinton announces US will no longer repatriate boat people
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1914 – Woodrow Wilson proclaims Mother’s Day
1953 – William Bennett and the British Columbia Social Credit Party win election
1955 – Leslie Frost and the Ontario PC Party win 4th straight majority
1969 – William Bennett dedicates the Keenleyside Dam
1974 – US House of Representatives begins formal hearings on Richard Nixon’s impeachment
1977 – Bill Davis and the Ontario PC Party win second straight minority
1979 – Joey Smallwood resigns from Newfoundland’s House of Assembly
1989 – Dan Quayle accidently says, “What a waste it is to lose one’s mind” instead of “a mind is terrible thing to waste”
1990 – Brian Mulroney reaches deal with Provincial Premiers to save Meech Lake Accord
1994 – Bob Rae’s attempt to extend civil union rights to same sex couples is defeated
2012 – Barack Obama declares his support for same sex marriage
2017 – Donald Trump fires FBI Director James Comey
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HAPPY BIRTHDAY Scott Brison, Liberal Minister
1775 – George Washington named Supreme Commander by Continental Congress
1865 – Sir Charles Tupper advocates Maritime Union instead of Confederation
1886 – Sir William Fielding passes resolution asking Nova Scotia be released from Confederation
1960 – John Kennedy wins West Virginia primary
1963 – Lester Pearson begins two days of meetings with US President
1963 – John Kennedy begins two days of meetings with Canadian Prime Minister
1966 – Lester Pearson gives speech suggesting end of isolation of Communist China
1970 – Pierre Trudeau takes part in Canada Day festivities at Expo ’70 in Osaka, Japan
1979 – Bill Bennett and British Columbia Social Credit Party win election
2005 – A hand grenade thrown 65 feet from George W. Bush malfunctions
2016 – Carolyn Bennett announces Canada’s support for the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples
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HAPPY BIRTHDAY Ed Stelmach, 13th Alberta Premier
HAPPY BIRTHDAY Mitchell Sharp, Liberal Minister
1963 – Lester Pearson announces that Canada will accept US nuclear warheads
1963 – John Turner marries Geils Kilgour
1989 – George H. W. Bush orders troops into Panama
2000 – Ralph Klein passes the Health Care Protection Act, expanding role of private sector
2005 – Paul Martin announces that coming vote on budget will be a matter of confidence
2011 – Michael Ignatieff resigns as Liberal Party leader
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HAPPY BIRTHDAY Michael Ignatieff, former Liberal MP
1901 – William McKinley visits San Francisco
1952 – William Bennett and the British Columbia Social Credit Party win election
1984 – Bill Davis announces extension of funding to Roman Catholic school boards through grade 13
1986 – Ronald Reagan appoints James Fletcher as NASA Administrator
1995 – Jacques Parizeau announces a common front to fight the referendum campaign
2002 – Jimmy Carter arrives in Cuba
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1958 – Rioters attack Richard Nixon in Venezuela
2003 – John Savage passed away
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HAPPY BIRTHDAY Frank Miller, 19th Premier of Ontario
HAPPY BIRTHDAY Aline Chretien, former Canadian first lady
1872 – George-Etienne Cartier passes the General Charter of the Canadian Pacific Railway
1940 – John Diefenbaker first takes seat in House of Commons
1949 – Harry Truman signs bill creating missile range at Cape Canaveral
1964 – Bill Davis sworn in as Ontario’s first Minister of University Affairs
1984 – Jeanne Sauve sworn in as Canada’s first female Governor General
1991 – John Nunziata alleges that RCMP know who bombed Air India-182, but don’t have enough evidence to prosecute
1998 – Camille Theriault sworn in as New Brunswick’s 29th Premier
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HAPPY BIRTHDAY Richard J. Daley, 40th Chicago Mayor
1873 – Sir John A. Macdonald accused of receiving money for CPR contract
1879 – Sir John A. Macdonald brings in protective tariff as part of National Policy
1913 – Sir Robert Borden uses closure for the first time in Canadian history on Naval Aid Bill
1944 – Dwight Eisenhower meets with Montgomery, Churchill & George VI
1972 – Assassination attempt on George Wallace
1991 – Robert Bourassa brings in bill for referendum on Quebec sovereignty
1991 – George H. W. Bush takes Queen Elizabeth to a baseball game
1992 – Brian Mulroney brings in bill allowing referendum on constitutional reform
1992 – Donald Cameron sets up inquiry into Westray Coal Mine disaster
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1865 – Sir John A. Macdonald presented to Queen Victoria
1865 – George-Etienne Cartier presented to Queen Victoria
1961 – John Kennedy begins 3 day visit to Ottawa
2008 – Stephen Harper unveils Canada’s version of the Victoria Cross
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1878 – Lord Dufferin shown phonograph by Thomas Edison
1917 – Sir Robert Borden announces conscription
1944 – Dwight Eisenhower sets date for D-Day
1946 – Harry Truman takes control of nation’s railways to delay a strike
1961 – John Kennedy addresses Canadian Parliament
1971 – Pierre Trudeau begins 10 day visit to Soviet Union
1990 – Jean Charest’s committee recommends adopting Meech Lake Accord
2001 – George W. Bush calls for reduced regulation to encourage oil, gas & nuclear production
2005 – Belinda Stronach crosses the floor of the House of Commons
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1860 – Abraham Lincoln selected as presidential nominee by Republican party
1917 – Sir Robert Borden announces compulsory conscription
1917 – Sir Robert Borden offers to form coalition government with opposition
1917 – Sir Wilfrid Laurier rejects offer to participate in coalition government
1933 – Franklin Roosevelt signs Tennessee Valley Act to build dams
1942 – Franklin Roosevelt writes to Canadian Prime Minister about dispersing French Canadians to assimilate them
1942 – William Lyon Mackenzie King receives letter from US President with plan to disperse French Canadians in order to assimilate them
1971 – Richard Nixon rejects 60 demands of Congressional black caucus
1973 – John Diefenbaker’s former home donated to University of Saskatchewan
2016 – Justin Trudeau formally apologises for the Komagata Maru incident
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HAPPY BIRTHDAY Steve Ford, former first son
1828 – John Quincy Adams signs Tariff of Abominations
1875 – Edward Blake made Minister of Justice
1908 – Louis St. Laurent marries Jeanne Osbourne
1909 – Sir Wilfrid Laurier establishes Commission of Conservation
1970 – Al Gore marries Tipper Aitcheson
1992 – Dan Quayle attacks TV character Murphy Brown
2005 – Paul Martin survives two non-confidence votes
2013 – Stephen Harper’s chief of staff resigns over revelation he wrote cheque to cover a Senator’s expenses
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1862 – George-Etienne Cartier’s Militia Bill is defeated
1873 – George-Etienne Cartier passed away
1879 – Sir Charles Tupper appointed the first head of Department of Railways and Canals
1879 – Hector-Louis Langevin appointed Minister of Public Works
1980 – Quebecers vote NO in referendum on sovereignty
1984 – Robert Skelly elected leader of the British Columbia New Democratic Party
1990 – Federal minister, Lucien Bouchard sends telegram of support to Parti Quebecois National Council meeting
1997 – Bill Clinton signs executive order barring new US investment in Burma
2010 – Stephen Harper appoints David Braley to the Senate
2017 – Donald Trump begins his first foreign trip
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HAPPY BIRTHDAY Leonard Tilley, 21st New Brunswick Premier
1933 – Franklin Roosevelt lights Mount Davidson Cross via telegraph
1965 – George Drew installed as first chancellor of University of Guelph
1969 – Robert Kennedy’s assassin is sentenced to death
1990 – Lucien Bouchard resigns from cabinet and the PC Party
1993 – Joe Clark named UN Special Envoy to find peace settlement in Cyprus
2012 – Stephen Harper announces that Canada’s military operation in Afghanistan will end in March 2014
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1802 – Martha Washington passed away
1849 – Abraham Lincoln receives patent for device that lifts boats over shoals and obstructions
1868 – George-Etienne Cartier’s Canadian Militia Bill receives royal assent
1872 – Lord Dufferin appointed Governor General of Canada
1878 – George Walkem is returned to office in the British Columbia general election
1893 – Lord Aberdeen appointed Governor General of Canada
1947 – The Truman Doctrine goes into effect
1953 – Dwight Eisenhower signs Offshore Oil Bill
1964 – Lyndon Johnson introduces the “Great Society”
1972 – Richard Nixon begins visit to Moscow
1973 – Richard Nixon confesses role in Watergate cover-up
1979 – Joe Clark and the PC Party of Canada win election
1997 – Jean Charest says he would only recognize Quebec independence if referendum question was clear
1998 – Judge rules that Secret Service must testify in grand jury against Bill Clinton
2016 – Barack Obama begins 3 day visit to Vietnam
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1856 – Sir John A. Macdonald forms a new government
1856 – George-Etienne Cartier sworn in as Attorney General
1879 – Lord Dufferin holds an investiture of the most distinguished order of St. Michael and St. George
1918 – Sir Robert Borden brings in the Act to Confer the Electoral Franchise Upon Women
1932 – Richard Bennett sets up the Canadian Radio Broadcasting Commission
1967 – Sir John A. Macdonald’s Kingston home is opened as a museum
1991 – George H. W. Bush gets Senate fast track approval to negotiate NAFTA
1992 – Brian Mulroney recalls ambassador to Belgrade and expels Yugoslavian diplomats
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HAPPY BIRTHDAY Herb Grey, Canada’s first Jewish federal cabinet minister
1787 – George Washington presides over the opening of the Constitutional Convention
1882 – Lord Lorne hosts the founding meeting of the Royal Society of Canada
1961 – John Kennedy announces goal of putting a man on the moon before the end of the decade
1967 – Lyndon Johnson gives The Great Ring of Canada as a centennial gift from the US
1971 – Paul Hellyer launches Action Canada
1989 – Michael Wilson’s budget is leaked
1990 – Brian Mulroney begins meeting with Premiers to try and save Meech Lake Accord
1993 – John Savage and the Nova Scotia Liberal Party win election
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HAPPY BIRTHDAY Estes Kefauver, former US Senator
1932 – Richard Bennett passes the Canadian Radio Broadcasting Act
1972 – Richard Nixon & Leonid Brezhnev sign SALT Treaty
1973 – Brian Mulroney marries Mila Pivnicki
1984 – Ronald Reagan rules out US military intervention in Iran-Iraq war
1995 – John Kerry marries Teresa Heinz
1998 – Bill Clinton’s trial against Paula Jones begins
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HAPPY BIRTHDAY Hubert Humphrey, 38th US Vice President
1754 – George Washington ordered to attack the French
1838 – Lord Durham appointed Governor General of Canada
1846 – Sir John A. Macdonald makes first speech in House of Commons
1891 – Sir John A. Macdonald suffers a stroke
1916 – Woodrow Wilson addresses League to Enforce Peace
1935 – Franklin Roosevelt’s National Recovery Act declared unconstitutional
1941 – Franklin Roosevelt declares state of emergency over sinking of Robin Moor
1949 – Louis St. Laurent and the Liberal Party of Canada win election
1949 – Joey Smallwood and the Newfoundland Liberal Party wins first Newfoundland election
1964 – Lester Pearson releases his prefered choice for a new Canadian flag
1968 – Pierre Trudeau promises to make French available in federal institutions
1977 – Pierre Trudeau agrees to separation from wife
1985 – Ronald Reagan reviews parading inaugural bands
1986 – Ronald Reagan orders 2 poseidon submarines dismantled
1987 – Pierre Trudeau publicly attacks Meech Lake Accord
2011 – Ed Stelmach resigns as leader of the Alberta PC Party
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HAPPY BIRTHDAY Rudy Giuliani, 107th Mayor of New York City
1754 – George Washington’s forces fight Battle of Jumonville Glen
1884 – Sir Charles Tupper resigns seat to become first High Commissioner to Britain
1956 – Dwight Eisenhower signs bill allowing for storage of agricultural surpluses
1968 – Eugene McCarthy wins Democratic primary in Oregon
1985 – David Peterson signs agreement with NDP to become Ontario Premier
1990 – Brian Mulroney meets with UN General Secretary in Ottawa
1996 – Bill Clinton’s former Whitewater partners convicted of fraud
2005 – Justin Trudeau marries Sophie Gregoire
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HAPPY BIRTHDAY John Kennedy, 35th US President
HAPPY BIRTHDAY Bill Vander Zalm, 28th British Columbia Premier
1838 – Lord Durham lands in Quebec
1849 – Abraham Lincoln says, “You can fool some of the people all of the time, and all of the people some…
1888 – George Foster enters cabinet as Minister of Finance
1902 – George Ross and the Ontario Liberal Party win second consecutive majority
1943 – Dwight Eisenhower meets with Churchill & Marshall, Confederacy of Algiers
1980 – Vernon Jordan Jr. faces assassination attempt
1987 – Preston Manning becomes leader at Reform Party founding convention
1990 – Brian Mulroney meets Mikhail Gorbachev in Ottawa
1998 – Barry Goldwater passes away
2014 – Barack Obama approves US military training of “moderate” Syrian rebels
2015 – Peter MacKay announces he will not seek re-election
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1922 – Lincoln Memorial is dedicated
1991 – Kim Campbell introduces new gun control legislation
2003 – Jean Chretien unveils a bust of Emile Nelligan
2010 – Duff Roblin passed away
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HAPPY BIRTHDAY Henry “Scoop” Jackson, former US Senator
1961 – John Kennedy visits Charles de Gaulle in Paris
1968 – Pierre Trudeau opens the National Arts Centre
1972 – Pierre Trudeau announces new civilian and military awards
1990 – Brian Mulroney invites Premiers to Ottawa to try and save Meech Lake Accord
1990 – Don Getty announces privatization of Alberta Government Telephones
1997 – Frank McKenna and the PEI Premier open the Confederation Bridge
2003 – Peter MacKay elected leader of Progressive Conservative Party of Canada
2017 – Kathy Griffin fired from CNN after photo posted of her with severed head of Donald Trump