On this date: August 2022
1 AUGUST 1957
Canada and the United States form the North American Aerospace Defense Command (Norad) to integrate air defences.
2 AUGUST 1909
The Silver Dart makes its first passenger flight at an army evaluation at Ontario’s Camp Petawawa.
3 AUGUST 1961
Tommy Douglas is elected the first leader of the New Democratic Party at its founding convention.
6 AUGUST 1945
An American nuclear bomb destroys the Japanese city
of Hiroshima.
7 AUGUST 1950
The government approves the Canadian Army Special Force to raise troops for the Korean War.
8 AUGUST 1918
The Hundred Days Offensive of the First World War begins with the launch of a major attack east of Amiens, France.
9 AUGUST 1902
The coronation of King Edward VII takes place at Westminster Abbey.
10 AUGUST 1840
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