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1834	ST-JEAN-BAPTISTE SOCIETY SINGS CARTIER'S O CANADA Montreal Quebec – Ludger Duvernay hosts founding banquet as President of the of St-Jean-Baptiste Society; the maple leaf is chosen as the emblem of the association, and ‘Nos institutions, notre langue nos droits’ the motto. At the close of the evening, the gathering rise to sing a patriotic song, ‘O Canada, mon pays, mes amours,’ composed for the occasion by a 20 year old lawyer, former rebel and Secretary of the Society, George-Etienne Cartier.
1880	Also On This Day... Quebec Quebec – Calixa Lavallée 1842-1891 first performs his O Canada at a St-Jean Baptiste Day banquet attended by the Governor General, the Marquis of Lorne and Princess Louise; the lyrics, by Sir Adolphe-Basile Routhier, are at the time only in French.
1958	And in Today's Canadian Birthdays... Jean Charest 1958- politician, was born on this day at Sherbrooke Quebec in 1958. Charest studied law degree at the University of Sherbrooke and was called to the Quebec Bar in 1981; first elected in 1984, appointed Minister of State for Youth in June 1986, the youngest person ever to serve in Cabinet; 1988 Minister of State for Fitness and Amateur Sport; 1989 Deputy Leader of the Government in the House of Commons; 1990 Chairman of the Special House of Commons Committee to study a proposed companion resolution to the Meech Lake Accord; 1991, Environment Minister. In June 1993, Charest finished second to Kim Campbell at the PC Leadership Convention; Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Industry and Science, Minister responsible for the Federal Office of Regional Development (Quebec); Dec. 14, 1993, interim Leader of the Progressive Conservative Party of Canada; April 29, 1995, elected leader of the Progressive Conservative Party by 96% of the delegates attending the 1995 National Meeting in Hull. In 1998, called to lead the Liberal Party of Quebec on the resignation of Daniel Johnson. Also John Ross 1777-1856 naval officer, explorer, was born on this day at Balsarroch, Wigtownshire, Scotland in 1777; dies Aug. 30, 1856 in London, England. Ross located the north magnetic pole on his second Arctic expedition in search of the Northwest Passage. Also Dan George (Teswahno) 1899-1856 actor, was born on this day at the Burrard Reserve #3 in 1899; dies Sept. 12 1981 in Vancouver. George was Chief of the Squamish Band in Burrard Inlet BC from 1951-63. He acted in CBC’s Cariboo Country in 1961, and George Ryga’s The Ecstasy of Rita Joe (1967), and played in over 10 films and TV series, including Centennial (1978), The Outlaw Josey Wales (1976), Harry and Tonto (1974), The Beachcombers (1971), Little Big Man (1970) and Smith! (1969), where he played opposite Glen Ford. Also Barbara Underhill 1963- figure skater, was born on this day in 1963. Underhill and her partner Paul Martini won the 1977 World Junior Pairs; 1979 won the first of five consecutive Canadian Pairs championships; 1984 won the World Championships in Ottawa one month after a disappointing finish in the Sarajevo Olympics; 1984 Underhill and Martini joined the Ice Capades.
In Other Events….
1995	East Rutherford, N.J. –New Jersey Devils beat Detroit Red Wings 5-2 to win their first Stanley Cup in a four game sweep.
1991	Ottawa Ontario – Senator Michael Cogger to be reimbursed for legal fees from court inquiry into RCMP investigation of his business.
1991	Ottawa Ontario – John Hoyles shows higher price rises than expected in furniture and publishing industries since start of GST; Executive Director of the GST Consumer Information Office.
1991	Ottawa Ontario – Statistics Canada reports government payrolls up by 1.6%, while payrolls in the entire Canadian workforce down 2.2% in first quarter.
1990	Ottawa Ontario – Prime Minister Mulroney says there will be no more conferences on Canadian unity without Quebec participation; day after failure of Meech Lake Accord.
1990	Montreal Quebec – Crowd of 200,000 march in first St-Jean-Baptiste Day parade since 1969, when there was serious rioting; chant ‘Le Quebec aux Quebecois.’
1990	Montreal Quebec – Montreal AIouette football club folds on eve of Canadian Football League season opener; lost $17 million in previous four CFL seasons; fan support dropped to 11,000 a game in 1986; will be resuscitated.
1989	Toronto Ontario – The Who start North American tour at same venue they played their farewell performance in 1982.
1984	Montreal Quebec – Clarence Campbell dies at age 78; National Hockey League President for 31 years, from 1946 to 1977; born July 9, 1905 in Fleming Sask.; a Rhodes Scholar who captained the hockey team while at Oxford, Campbell refereed at the 1928 Olympic lacrosse final and officiated in the NHL for 155 scheduled games and 12 play off matches before joining the Canadian Army; in 1944 became a major and led the 4th Canadian Armoured Division. In March 1955, his suspension of Maurice Richard in the playoffs led to a riot in Montreal. Campbell was responsible for bringing in the All-Star game in 1947, the NHL Pension Fund in 1948 and establishing the Hockey Hall of Fame in 1960.
1984	Winona Texas – Ex Montreal Alouette star David Overstreet killed when his car crashes into two gasoline pumps and explodes.
1977	Drummondville Quebec – André Fortin killed when his car plunges into a river; national leader of Social Credit party.
1971	Ottawa Ontario – Ottawa brings in $1.5 million compensation program for losses due to mercury contamination.
1968	Sutton, Massachusetts – Sandra Post 1943- wins the US Ladies’ PGA Championship; the Oakville, Ontario golfer is the first rookie and first foreign player to take the title.
1968	Montreal Quebec – Pierre Elliott Trudeau 1919- showered with rocks and bottles on reviewing stand during St-Jean Baptiste Day riot; so-called ‘Lundi de la matraque’ – Nightstick Monday – as 290 arrested, 130 injured.
1957	Toronto Ontario – Fred Davis hosts Front Page Challenge as it debuts on CBC as a 13-week summer replacement program; will become North America’s longest-running game-interview TV show.
1944	Shetland Islands Scotland – RCAF Flight Lieutenant David Ernest Hornell 1910-1944 and crew on anti-submarine patrol in amphibious plane when they tangle with a German U-Boat; sink it with depth charges, but have to ditch their plane in rough seas; crew take turns in life raft, and rescued the next day, but Hornell dies from hypothermia; awarded Victoria Cross posthumously.
1940	Ottawa Ontario – Clarence Decatur Howe 1886-1960 sets up Wartime Industries Control Board.
1940	Ottawa Ontario – Prime Minister W. L. Mackenzie King tells Parliament that ‘The government I lead will not bring in measures for conscription of Canadians for service overseas’.
1940	Ottawa Ontario – Finance Minister James L. Ralston 1881-1948 notes that $700 million war appropriation may be inadequate, since ‘events are moving with lighting speed;’ his budget imposes 10% war exchange tax on ‘non-empire’ imports.
1918	Montreal Quebec – Royal Flying Corps Captain Brian Peck inaugurates first airmail service in Canada, piloting a biplane loaded with mail sacks to Toronto.
1916	Hollywood California – Toronto-born Mary Pickford the first film star to get a million dollar deal, and produce her own movies; Adolph Zukor at Paramount Pictures signs her for $250,000 per film with a guaranteed minimum of $10,000 a week against half of the profits, including bonuses and the right of approval of all creative aspects of her films. Pickford got $275 a week as early as 1911, and $500 a week in 1913 when producer B.P. Schulberg dubbed her ‘America’s Sweetheart’.
1904	London England – King Edward VII confers the right to use the prefix ‘Royal’ on the North-West Mounted Police, in recognition of 30 years of loyal service.
1897	Regina Saskatchewan – Frederick William Haultain 1857-1942 elected Premier of the Northwest Territories; gets responsible government for the territory.
1894	London England – Judicial Committee of the Privy Council rules Manitoba Catholics have grounds for appeal of Manitoba acts; overturns Feb. 20 decision of Supreme Court.
1878	Montreal Quebec – Canada’s earliest recorded tennis tournament held at Montreal Lacrosse Club.
1856	Kingston Ontario – Legislative Council of Canada West becomes elective.
1848	Woodstock Ontario – Incorporation of the Woodstock & Lake Erie Railroad.
1813	Niagara Ontario – Force of 440 British Iroquois attack and harass Col. Charles Boerstler and 570 Americans as they move through wooded country to attack the British outpost at Beaver Dam; Lt. James Fitzgibbon 1780-1863 was already warned of their approach by the Iroquois and Laura Secord 1775-1868; to escape being massacred, Boerstler surrenders with 462 men to Fitzgibbon and his 50 British regulars; Americans forced back across Niagara River in this Iroquois victory in defence of Canada.
1782	London England – Henry Hamilton c1734-1796 appointed Lieutenant-Governor of Canada; serves until Aug. 13, 1785.
1747	Chesterfield Inlet NWT – William Moor and Francis Smith discover Chesterfield Inlet; reach Douglas Harbour in Wager Bay and see no northwest passage.
1615	Riviere des Prairies Quebec – Joseph Le Caron c1586-1632 celebrates Mass near Montreal with Frè Jamany; first recorded Mass celebrated by a Récollet missionary in Quebec.
1611	Hudson Bay NWT – Henry Hudson d1611 mutineers sail for England; only eight survive; not punished for actions.
1610	Hudson Bay NWT – Henry Hudson d1611 enters the strait now named after him.
1610	Annapolis Nova Scotia – Micmac chief Membertou and 20 family members baptized by Jessé La Fleche at Port Royal; first Roman Catholic missionary in Canada; first Christian converts in New France.
1604	Saint John New Brunswick – Pierre de Gua de Monts c1558-1628 skirts New Brunswick shore with Samuel de Champlain; enters river they name Saint John, then continues west.
1534	St. Peter’s Bay PEI – Jacques Cartier discovers Prince Edward Island, and lands at St. Peter’s Bay.
1497	Newfoundland – Giovanni Caboto (John Cabot) c1450-1498 arrives either at Newfoundland or Cape Breton on the Matthew with his sons after a 35 day voyage; calls region St. John’s Isle (origin of city name); his second voyage; claims the region for England; first discovery since Vikings.