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This Day In History in

October 

 

 

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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.

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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.
 

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October 3
1927
    Prime Ministers of Canada (King) and Britain (Baldwin) inaugurated a transatlantic telephone service.

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October 4
1964     This Hour Has Seven Days first aired on TV.
 


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October 5
1982     Mount Everest, Nepal -- Laurie Skresiet was the first Canadian to reach Mt. Everest's summit.

 

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October 9
1963     The United States and Canada agreed to store nuclear missiles in Newfoundland.

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October 10
1973      Pierre Elliot Trudeau became the first Canadian Prime Minister to visit China.

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October 11
1952     The fist hockey game to be telecast in Canada is aired on Montreal, Quebec's CBFT.

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October 16
1946     Hockey's Gordie Howe scored his first NHL goal.  He was playing against Toronto.

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October 17
1977     First telecast of the House of Commons debates.

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October 18
1980     The Metro Toronto Zoo boast first African elephant to be born in Canada.

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October 19
1987     Stock market crashed.  It was the worst drop in Toronto Stock Exchange's history.

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October 21
1876     Manitoba's first wheat shipment to eastern Canada:  857 bushels of Red Fife.

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October 24
1921     The Bluenose won in the International Schooner Championships.

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October 25
1951     Montreal, Quebec became the fist Canadian city to reach a population of over one million.

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October 26
1982    Parliament amended the July 1st's national holiday name:  Dominion Day became Canada Day.

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October 30
1995        Quebecers rejected sovereignty by a slim margin:  50.6 % voted no.

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October 31
Annual -   Halloween
1902        
Marks the first official message over the Pacific Cable.

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