11/5/1937 Hitler announces his plans to create more “living space” for his people. 11/5/1966 Canada’s first and only military hydrofoil, Bras d’Or (2nd), is damaged

10/29/1899 The first contingent of volunteers troops departs Quebec for the “splendid little war” in South Africa. 10/29/1942 Canadian merchant ship Bic Island is torpedoed

10/22/1940 Assigned as the sole escort for a small convoy of five ships outbound from the United Kingdom, His Majesty’s Canadian Ship Margaree is stationed

10/15/1964 Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev steps down. He had held the positions of party leader and prime minister since the late 1950s. 10/16/1944 His Majesty’s

10/8/2001 The federal government sends the navy as Canada’s immediate contribution to the war on terror. Within days, Canadian warships are en route to the

10/01/1813 Canadian militiamen engage American forces who have crossed the frontier south of Montreal. 10/01/1916 Canadians on the Somme begin a series of costly attacks