On This Date

1 December 1941 Emperor Hirohito of Japan gives final approval to commence hostilities with the United States. 2 December 1943 Members of the First Special

1 November 1914 Four recent graduates of the Royal Naval College of Canada are among those lost when Germany’s Asiatic Squadron sinks HMS Good Hope.

1 OCTOBER 1917 Lieutenant-Colonel Philip Bent is awarded the Victoria Cross for leading a successful counterattack to re-gain lost positions at Polygon Wood. 2 OCTOBER

1 September 1985 Canada provides aid to the United Nations multinational force supervising security provisions of the Egypt-Israel Peace Treaty. Illustrations by Sharif Tarabay 2

1 AUGUST 1957 The North American Air Defence Command is created to unify control of air defences between Canada and the United States. 2 AUGUST

1 July 1867 The first four provinces enter Confederation. 2 July 1940 HMCS St. Laurent rescues 861 German and Italian PoWs from a torpedoed ship