On this date: January 2021
1 January 1945
Losses are heavy as hundreds of aircraft attack Allied airfields in Belgium and the Netherlands in the Luftwaffe’s last major offensive of the war.
2 January 1908
The Royal Mint of Ottawa opens, later known as the Royal Canadian Mint, and the penny coin—95.5 per cent copper—is produced domestically.
3-4 January 1951
UN forces evacuate Seoul, Korea, as it is captured for the second time by North Korean forces.
4 January 1971
Troops are withdrawn from Montreal following the October Crisis.
5 January 1838
U.S. President Martin Van Buren orders Americans not to participate in the Canadian Rebellions of 1837-38.
6 January 2008
Corporal Éric Labbé and Warrant Officer Hani Massouh are killed in a vehicle rollover incident in the volatile Zhari district...