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1 March 1633 Samuel de Champlain becomes the first governor of New France. 2 March 1923 Canada signs its first independent international treaty—with the United States— to preserve the Pacific halibut fishery. 3 March 1942 Avro Lancasters lay mines off the coast of Germany in...
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1 FEBRUARY 1944 For the first time since the First World War, a Canadian Corps operates in the front line, in Italy. 2 FEBRUARY 1943 The German 6th Army surrenders at Stalingrad. 3 FEBRUARY 1916 The Parliament Buildings in Ottawa are destroyed...
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1 January 1885 Standard time goes into effect, the brainchild of Canadian Pacific Railway chief engineer Sir Sandford Fleming. 2 January 1940 The first Canadians decorated in the Second World War, Pilot Officer S.R. Henderson and Wing Commander J.F. Griffiths, are awarded the Distinguished Flying... -
1 DECEMBER 1941 Wartime wage and price controls begin. 2 DECEMBER 1970 James Cross, kidnapped by the Front de libération du Québec, is located and freed two days later. 3 DECEMBER 1943 Devil’s Brigade member Private Daniel Wade of Stewart, B.C., is... -
1 NOVEMBER 1918 Sgt. Hugh Cairns earns the Victoria Cross for capturing machine-gun crews near Valenciennes, France. He is mortally wounded. 2 NOVEMBER 1971 A Canadian Forces Dakota crashes on a rescue mission to the remote Arctic, killing eight. 3 NOVEMBER 1944 Japan begins launching... -
1 OCTOBER 1944 Battle of the Scheldt begins; the First Canadian Army has a hard slog to open the port of Antwerp. 2 OCTOBER 2001 The U.S. anti-terrorism campaign is boosted by NATO’s affirmation that an attack on one member is an attack on...
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On this date: October 2018
1 October 1943 Allied forces enter Naples. 2 October 1944 The Battle of the Scheldt begins. 3 October 1914 More than 30,000 men of the Canadian Expeditionary Force depart en route to Europe, the largest convoy ever to sail from Canada. 4 October 1957 The Avro Canada CF-105 Arrow is unveiled at Malton, Ont....
