1 AUGUST 1957 Canada and the United States form the North American Aerospace Defense Command (Norad) to integrate air defences. 2 AUGUST 1909 The
2 JULY 1904 The Canadian Army Medical Corps is authorized. 4 JULY 2007 Six Canadians are killed when their armoured vehicle hits a roadside
2 June 1917 Billy Bishop launches a solo attack on a German aerodrome and is later awarded the Victoria Cross. 4 June 1989 The Tiananmen
Canada’s military faced its first modern mission in response to a domestic natural disaster during the 1948 once-in-a-century flood in southern B.C. It is virtually
1 May 1918 Private Robert Cruickshank is awarded the Victoria Cross for actions under heavy fire east of the Jordan River in Palestine. 2 May 1915
4 April 1968 Martin Luther King Jr. is assassinated in Memphis, Tenn. 5 April 1958 Ripple Rock is blown up to ease sailing of the
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An informative primer on Canada’s crucial role in the Normandy landing, June 6, 1944.
