2 November 1869
As part of the Red River Resistance, Louis Riel and some 100 men seize Upper Fort Garry. The uprising helps lead to the creation of the province of Manitoba.
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3 November 1997
Canada destroys its last stocks of landmines to increase awareness of its efforts to ban the weapon worldwide.
4 November 1914
Nurse Margaret Macdonald is appointed matron-in-chief of the Canadian Army Medical Corps. She is the first woman in the British Empire to hold the rank of major.
5 November 1942
The first members of the Canadian Women’s Army Corps arrive in Britain.
6 November 1917
Canada and Britain launch an assault to capture the ruined village of Passchendaele, Belgium.
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7 November 1956
The first United Nations Emergency Force is created to end the Suez Crisis. Canada provides 1,000 personnel.
8 November 1944
The Battle of the Scheldt ends; by late in the month, the Scheldt River is cleared of mines and the crucial port of Antwerp opened to Allied shipping.
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10 November 1812
The British fleet is driven into Kingston Harbour in Upper Canada as the U.S. navy gains control of Lake Ontario.
11 November 1931
Canada observes its first Remembrance Day; previously, Armistice Day was held on the first Monday in the week of Nov. 11.
12 November 2001
HMCS Vancouver departs San Diego, Calif., for the Persian Gulf as part of a U.S. battle group.
14 November 1775
U.S. Gen. Benedict Arnold and some 700 troops arrive in Quebec City intent on capturing it. The next day, his demand that the garrison surrender is ignored.
15 November 2009
Operation Hydra is launched. It is a Canadian-Afghan mission aimed at clearing insurgents from Nakhonay and Haji Baba villages in the Panjwaii district of Afghanistan.
21 November 1950
Twelve Korea-bound soldiers, all members of the Royal Canadian Horse Artillery, die in a train collision near Canoe River, B.C.; five more succumb to injuries in the following days.
22 November 1943
Group Cmdr. Clarence Dunlap is appointed commander of 139 Wing, Royal Air Force, becoming the only Royal Canadian Air Force officer to command an RAF operational unit.
23 November 1809
Convicted in Canada’s first piracy trial, Edward Jordan is hanged in Halifax.
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