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October
1
1853 For
the first time since it was founded in 1844, Toronto, Ontario's Globe
newspaper began
publishing daily.
October
2
1958
Founding
of the Centre
for Research on French Canadian Culture in
Ottawa, Ontario. It was created to
encourage and promote the study of francophone culture.
October
3
1927
Prime
Ministers of Canada (King) and Britain (Baldwin) inaugurated a transatlantic
telephone service.
October
4
1964
This
Hour Has Seven Days first
aired on TV.
October
5
1982
Mount
Everest, Nepal -- Laurie Skresiet was the first Canadian to reach Mt.
Everest's summit.
October
9
1963
The
United States and Canada agreed to store nuclear missiles in Newfoundland.
October
10
1973
Pierre
Elliot Trudeau became the first Canadian Prime Minister to visit China.
October
11
1952
The
fist hockey game to be telecast in Canada is aired on Montreal, Quebec's
CBFT.
October
16
1946
Hockey's
Gordie Howe scored
his first NHL goal. He was playing against Toronto.
October
17
1977
First
telecast of the House
of Commons debates.
October
18
1980
The
Metro Toronto
Zoo boast first
African elephant to be born in Canada.
October
19
1987
Stock
market crashed. It was the worst drop in Toronto
Stock Exchange's
history.
October
21
1876
Manitoba's
first wheat shipment to eastern Canada: 857 bushels of Red Fife.
October
24
1921
The
Bluenose won
in the International Schooner Championships.
October
25
1951
Quebec
-- Montreal became the fist Canadian city to reach a population of over
one million.
October
26
1982
Parliament
amended the July 1st's national holiday name: Dominion
Day became Canada
Day.
October
30
1995
Quebecers rejected sovereignty
by a slim margin: 50.6 % voted no.
October
31
1902
Marks the first official message
over the Pacific
Cable.
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