2 January 1929
W.R. (Wop) May and Vic Homer deliver a diphtheria vaccine by Avro Avian biplane to Fort Vermilion, Alta.
Credit: Wilfred Reid May/LAC/C-057809
3 January 1962
A Royal Canadian Air Force helicopter crew rescues 23 men from a freighter stranded off Ucluelet, B.C.
4 January 1951
Seoul falls to forces from the North for the second time during the Korean War.
5 January 1945
FO Norman Pearce of Portage la Prairie, Man., destroys six enemy vehicles while serving with No. 73 Squadron.
6 January 1900
In South Africa, Boer forces attack the fortress at Ladysmith, but are driven back by British defenders.
8 January 1916
Allies complete the withdrawal of troops from Gallipoli.
11 January 1914
Canadian Arctic Expedition ship Karluk sinks north of Siberia, leaving its crew stranded. Capt. Robert Bartlett embarks on a 1,000-kilometre journey to find help, resulting in a September rescue.
Credit: George Hubert Wilkins/LAC/3407944
12 January 1910
The Naval Service Act is introduced by the federal government.
13 January 1943
HMCS Ville de Québec sinks U-224 in the western Mediterranean.
Credit: CWM/19710261-1031
14 January 1952
HMCS Uganda, the only Canadian warship to fight the Japanese, is recommissioned as HMCS Quebec.
21 January 1945
Maj.-Gen. William A. Griesbach, veteran of three wars, dies.
22 January 1992
Roberta Bondar blasts off on the U.S. space shuttle Discovery on an eight-day mission.
Credit: NASA/Wikimedia
23 January 1813
Wounded Americans are killed in a massacre by First Nations warriors at River Raisin.
24 January 1942
The Wartime Prices and Trade Board rations sugar to three-quarters of a pound (340 grams) per person, per week.
25 January 1951
HMC ships Nootka and Cayuga are fired on in Korea.
27 January 1987
Col. Sheila Hellstrom is promoted to brigadier-general, becoming Canada’s first female general.
28 January 1918
Lt.-Col. John McCrae, author of “In Flanders Fields,” dies of pneumonia and meningitis in Boulogne, France.
Credit: Guelph Museums/Wikimedia
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