03/11/1935 Established by an act of Parliament the previous year, the Bank of Canada officially begins operations and becomes Canada’s central bank. 03/11/1985 The Soviet

03/4/1885 The first contingent of returning Nile voyageurs arrives in Halifax. Taken into service in 1884 to guide a British expeditionary force up the Nile

02/25/1941 British forces capture Mogadishu in North Africa. 02/25/1942 The Royal Mail Ship Queen Elizabeth is refitted in Esquimalt, B.C., to carry thousands of troops.

02/18-27/1900 The Battle of Paardeberg Drift is Canada’s first great victory overseas, a defining moment in Canadian history. The Royal Canadian Regiment scores the first

02/11/1940 Governor General Lord Tweedsmuir dies. 02/11/1944 A Wellington bomber of 407 Squadron, RCAF, piloted by Flying Officer P.W. Heron, sinks U-283 in the North

02/4/1915 Lieutenant W.F. Sharpe is killed at Shoreham, England, during his first solo flight, becoming the first Canadian military aviator killed in the First World