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0 MAY 1, 1888 The Earl of Derby, Sir Frederick Arthur Stanley, is appointed Governor General of Canada. The cup he originally donated to the top-ranking amateur hockey club becomes a treasured national icon. MAY 2, 1915 Lieutenant Alexis Helmer is killed by shellfire near Ypres,...
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0 Lighthouse at Louisbourg PHOTO: CAPE BRETON UNIVERSITY APRIL 1, 1734 On Cape Breton Island, the lighthouse at Louisbourg is officially lit; the only other on the entire eastern coast of North America is in Boston, Mass. APRIL 2, 1871 Canada’s population is 3,689,257, according to...
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0 HMCS Champlain PHOTO: LIBRARY AND ARCHIVES CANADA—PA126719 MARCH 1, 1928 Two British destroyers are transferred to the Royal Canadian Navy and renamed. HMCS Vancouver and HMCS Champlain are replacements for the aging HMCS Patriot and HMCS Patrician. MARCH 2, 1951 The Department of National Defence...
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0 Inspection of Royal Canadian Mounted Police Coronation Contingent and Review of Musical Ride, April 1953. PHOTO: LIBRARY AND ARCHIVES CANADA—PA144092 February 1, 1920 Legislation takes effect, merging the Royal North West Mounted Police and Dominion Police into the Royal Canadian Mounted Police. Soldiers in a...
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0 January 1, 1923: The Air Board and the departments of Naval Services, Militia and Defence are amalgamated, creating the Department of National Defence. January 2, 1940: Pilot Officer S.R. Henderson and Wing Commander J.F. Griffiths, serving with the Royal Air Force, are awarded the Distinguished Flying...
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0 DECEMBER 1, 1943: Winston Churchill, Franklin D. Roosevelt and Joseph Stalin meet in Tehran and express their determination to win the war in Europe. DECEMBER 2, 1988: A cyclone claims thousands of lives in...
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JUNE 1, 1876 In Kingston, Ont., the first class of 18 cadets attends the Military College of...
