09/24/1939
Quebec Premier Maurice Duplessis calls and election, stating that a “vote for him is a vote for autonomy against conscription.”
09/24/1988
Canadian sprinter Ben Johnson wins gold in the 100-metre race at the Olympic games in Seoul, South Korea. He is later stripped of his medal after testing positive for anabolic steroids.
09/25/1950
Three months after it fell to North Korean forces, United Nations forces have taken control of Seoul, the capital of South Korea.
09/25/1990
In Iraq, President Saddam Hussein tells the United States that war with Iraq will be an experience not unlike the U.S. experience during the Vietnam War.
09/26/1904
Earl Grey becomes Governor General of Canada.
09/26/1939
Britain proposes that Canada be responsible for training Commonwealth airmen.
09/26/1969
At Bagotville, Que., 433 Squadron—a francophone squadron—is formed under Lieutenant-Colonel Claude LaFrance.
09/27/1942
German forces launch massive attack on Stalingrad.
09/27/2005
Governor General Michaëlle Jean is appointed.
09/28/1942
A Royal Canadian Air Force aircraft flown by Squadron Leader K.A. Boomer destroys a Japanese seaplane over Kiska in the Aleutian Islands.
09/28/1972
Paul Henderson scores for Team Canada, giving Canada the win in the Canada-Russia hockey series.
09/28/2000
Former Canadian prime minister Pierre Elliott Trudeau dies.
09/29/1950
General Douglas MacArthur and Korean leader Syngman Rhee arrive in Seoul shortly after the city is liberated.
09/29/1979
Pope John Paul II calls on the people of Ireland to end violence and return to peace.
09/30/1811
General Brock becomes Lieutenant Governor of Upper Canada.
09/30/1938
Following a conference in Germany, British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain returns to England with a non-aggression pact signed by Adolf Hitler.
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