On This Date: May 2016
1 MAY 1961
No. 415 Maritime Patrol Squadron, RCAF is formed, based in Prince Edward Island.
2 MAY 1885
In the Battle of Cut Knife, Chief Poundmaker’s Cree warriors deal Canadian troops their last defeat of the Northwest Rebellion.
3 MAY 1917
Nearly 500 Germans are captured as Canadians attack at Fresnoy, east of Vimy Ridge.
4 MAY 1910
The Royal Canadian Navy is established.
5 MAY 1945
Canadian Gen. Charles Foulkes accepts the German surrender in the Netherlands.
6 MAY 2010
Lt.-Col. Maryse Carmichael becomes the first female commander of the Canadian Forces Snowbirds.
7 MAY 1944
A U-boat sinks HMCS Valleyfield in the Atlantic Ocean; 125 perish.
8 MAY 1915
The Princess Patricia’s Canadian Light Infantry helps prevent a German break...