SEPTEMBER 1, 1944
Dieppe, France, is liberated, predominantly by Canadian troops.

September 2, 1998
Swissair 111 crashes off Nova Scotia, killing 229.

September 3, 1916
The Canadian Corps takes a three-kilometre section of the front along Pozières Ridge near the Somme River in northern France.

[LAC]

September 4, 2006 
Private Mark Anthony Graham is killed, dozens are injured as U.S. aircraft mistakenly fire on a Canadian platoon in Afghanistan.

September 5, 1939
No. 10 Squadron bomber unit is formed and goes on to make 22 attacks on U-boats, a record. 

September 6, 1944
Canadian troops occupy the Pas-de-Calais region of northern France, where V-1 flying bombs were launched against London.

September 7, 1955
Royal Canadian Navy involvement in Korea ends when HMCS Sioux heads home.

[DND]

September 8, 1954
Flight Lieutenant D.E. MacLeod braves a conflagration in efforts to save a Canuck fighter crew that crashed in North Bay, Ont. He is awarded the Queen’s Commendation for Brave Conduct.

September 9, 1916
Corporal Leo Clarke wards off, then chases and dispatches 20 attackers, despite his wounds. He is awarded the Victoria Cross.

[Sharif Tarabay]

September 10, 1813
U.S. Captain Oliver Perry defeats six British warships at the Battle of Lake Erie.

[Peter Rindlisbacher]

September 11, 2001
Islamic terrorists fly jets into the World Trade Center in New York and the Pentagon.

September 12, 1918
The Hindenburg Line is first pierced in Havrincourt, France, a turning point in the First World War. 

September 13, 1814
Fort McHenry does not fall, despite British naval bombardment; the battle inspires the U.S. national anthem.

September 14, 1942
HMCS Ottawa, one of Canada’s six original destroyers, is torpedoed while defending a convoy; 114 are lost.

September 15, 1884
The Canadian Nile Voyageurs depart on Canada’s first overseas military mission, an attempt to rescue Governor General C.G. Gordon in Khartoum, Sudan.

September 15-16, 1993
Four Canadians are wounded in 15 hours of fierce fighting with Croatian forces in the Battle of the Medak Pocket.

September 17-26, 1944
Operation Market Garden fails to end the war; Canadian forces wage difficult battles to secure the channel ports.

September 18, 1867
John A. Macdonald’s Conservative Party wins the first Dominion election.

September 19, 2006
Prime Minister Stephen Harper says that involvement in Afghanistan underscores Canada’s leadership role in world affairs.

September 20, 1918
Canadian railway troops sail from Marseilles, France, to Palestine to assist in repairing bridges pending defeat of Turkish forces at Damascus, Syria.

September 21, 1921
The United Nations establishes the International Day of Peace.

September 22, 1916
The Canadian Corps, aided by the first use of armoured tanks, captures Courcelette, France.

September 23, 1948
The RCAF completes an 11-day search for a missing American aircraft in northern Manitoba and Saskatchewan, saving the lives of four American and one British personnel.

September 23-28, 1944
The 5th Canadian Armoured Division pursues German forces to the Fiumicino River in Italy during the battles for the Gothic and Rimini lines.

September 27, 1806
Isaac Brock is appointed to command British forces in Upper Canada.

September 28, 1917
The Newfoundland Regiment is granted the term “Royal” by King George V.

September 29, 1962
Alouette I, Canada’s first orbiting satellite, is launched.

September 30, 1731
The first warship in New France is built in Terrebonne, Que.