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(1903) U.S. side of Niagara Falls runs short of water due to drought; Alaska Boundary Dispute settled in favor of U.S.; Frank Slide (landslide) killed 70; Raymond Stampede rodeo arena, grandstands built in Raymond, Alberta - first in the world
(1904) Much of Toronto's downtown destroyed by fire; American, Bill Miner, staged Canada's first train robbery: Henry Ford opened auto manufacturing plant in Windsor
(1907) Anti-Asian riots attacked Vancouver's Chinatown; Quebec Bridge collapsed during construction; 75 workers killed, 11 injured
(1908) Royal Canadian Mint opened
(1912) Amherst automobile manufactured in Calgary; Circular No. 17 banned teach French language in Ontario schools; first Calgary Stampede held
(1914) Oil discovered in western Canada; Ocean liner, Empress of Ireland, sunk in Gulf of St. Lawrence, 1024 killed; 189 miners killed in coal mine explosion in Hillcrest, Alberta; World War I - 33,000 troops departed for Europe
(1916) Anti-German riot occurred in Calgary; Canadian forces forced to retreat in Battle of Messines due to intensive German onslaught; Order-in-Council authorized increasing troops to 500,000 in World War I; 25,000 Canadians, Newfoundlanders killed at Battle of the Somme; Montreal Canadiens won first Stanley Cup
(1917) Temporary income tax introduced to cover wartime expenses; Halifax Explosion killed 1,900, injured 9,000
(1918) Famed Red Baron shot down by Canadian, Roy Brown; Canadian forces arrived in northern Russia to assist with White Russians battle against Bolsheviks; Canadian forces sent to Siberia; World War I ended, over 600,000 Canadians fought, 60,000 killed, 173,000 wounded; Canada received right to participate in League of Nations and Versailles Peace Conference
(1920) Canada founding member of League of Nations; Ottawa Senators won Stanley Cup; women became eligible to sit in House of Commons
(1922) World's first insulin treatment made at Toronto General Hospital; France gave land around Vimy Ridge to Canada as thank you for support of Canadian troops during World War I
(1929) Series of explosions in Ottawa's sewer system; women became eligible to be senators; New York Stock Exchange crashed, Great Depression began
(1932) Seven-month miners strike occurred at Crowsnest Pass; Toronto Maple Leafs won Stanley Cup
(1933) Race riot at Christie Pits, Toronto; earthquake at Baffin Bay, Nunavut; due to financial difficulties, Newfoundland's independence revoked
(1939) World War II begins; Canada follows England and declares war on Germany
(1940) Canada declared war on Italy; 80 Canadian pilots participated in Battle of Britain
(1941) Canada declared war on Japan, due to Pearl Harbor Attack; Canada declared war on Romania, Hungary, Finland; Canadian government impounded all fishing boats owned by Japanese-Canadians; all Japanese language schools, newspapers shut down
(1942) Estevan Point in B.C. shelled by Japanese Submarine; Ferry SS Caribou sunk by German U-boat, 137 killed; fire at Knights of Columbus Hall in St. John's Newfoundland killed 99
(1945) World War II ends; one million Canadians fought, 48,000 killed; Soviet spy ring discovered in Canada; Ford Motor employees on strike
(1949) Canada joined North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)
(1950) Canada joined United Nations force to fight in Korean War; railworkers strike shut down much of Canadian economy
(1951) Canadians held off Chinese at Battle of Kapyong during Korean War; formal peace agreement between Germany and Canada signed
(1953) Korean War ended, 314 Canadians killed, 1,211 injured
(1957) Canadian peacekeepers go to Egypt after Suez Crisis; lengthy Murdochville strike began
(1959) St. Lawrence Seaway opened
(1960) Montreal Canadiens won Stanley Cup; seven-year-old, Roger Woodward, first person to accidentally fall over Horseshoe Falls and survive
(1962) Trans-Canada Highway opened; last three hangings in Canada occurred
(1963) Good Friday Earthquake in Alaska caused tsunamis in British Columbia, over $10 million in damages; Toronto Maple Leafs won Stanley Cup
(1965) Trans-Canada Airlines renamed Air Canada; Maple leaf became National Flag of Canada; failure at Ontario power station caused blackout from Florida to Chicago, and all of southern Ontario
(1967) International Expo held in Montreal
(1968) Separatists rioted in Montreal; Canada postal workers went on strike
(1969) Students at Sir George Williams University staged computer riot to protest racism on campus; terrorists bombed Montreal Stock Exchange; Quebec teachers ended 18-month strike; French and English became equal languages in Canada
(1970) Major oil spill when oil tanker ran aground at Chedabucto Bay, Nova Scotia; phosphates in laundry detergent banned; federal voting age lowered to 18 from 21; tornado struck Sudbury, Ontario, killed six, injured 200, caused $17 million in damages - all in less than five minutes; Quebec Minister of Labour, Pierre Laporte, kidnapped, killed by FLQ; FLQ kidnappers caught
(1971) Prisoners at Kingston Penitentiary seized control, four-day riot occurred; sinkhole destroyed most of Saint-Jean-Vianney, Quebec; Air Canada plane hijacked, flown to Cuba
(1974) Mikhail Baryshnikov, Soviet ballet dancer, defected in Toronto
(1976) Summer Olympics held in Montreal; over one million workers staged one-day strike, protested wage and price controls
(1979) Nine-month strike at Inco mining plant ended; train carrying explosives and poisonous chemicals derailed in Mississauga, Ontario - over 200,000 people evacuated; Montreal Canadiens won Stanley Cup
(1985) Armenian terrorists stormed Turkish Embassy in Ottawa, killed one, held dozen people hostage; Air India flight explodes en route from Toronto to London; wreck of the Titanic found off coast of Newfoundland
(1986) World Expo held in Vancouver; Montreal Canadiens won Stanley Cup
(1987) Quebec City first city in North America to become UNESCO World Heritage Site; tornado in Edmonton, Alberta killed 27; Canadian-American Free Trade Agreement is negotiated
(1989) Canadian-American Free Trade Agreement now into effect; Calgary Flames won Stanley Cup; 14 women murdered at Universite de Montreal
(1990) Fishery Products International closed three plants, 1300 jobs lost; Sault St. Marie city council declared city "English-only"; tire fire near Hagersville took 15 days to extinguish; Edmonton Oilers won Stanley Cup
(1991) Canadian forces initiate their participation in the Persian Gulf War
(1992) Dr. Roberta Bondar became first Canadian woman in space; Toronto Blue Jays won World Series
(1993) Kim Campbell became prime minister, first woman to be Canada's government head; Toronto Blue Jays won World Series
(1996) Serious riots in Quebec City
(1998) Three avalanches in B.C. killed nine; El Nino caused ice storm in southern Ontario and Quebec, widespread power failures, several deaths and severe damage to forests; federal government issued formal apology for past mistreatment of First Nations; forest fires in Salmon Arm, B.C. forced 8,000 to evacuate; Supreme Court of Canada ruled Quebec could not secede from Canada without federal government approval; Air Canada pilots launched strike; first diamond mine opened in Northwest Territories
(2001) Canada became first country in world to legalize medical marijuana; Canada's border with U.S. on high alert after September 11 terrorist attacks
(2002) Ford Motor Co. closed truck assembly plan in Oakville, Ontario; federal government allows stem cell research using human embryos
(2003) Avalanches in British Columbia killed eight skiers and seven children; Scarborough's Grace Hospital closed as a result of SARS; Ontario declared public health emergency as a result of SARS
(2004) 19 million British Columbia poultry slaughtered due to avian influenza; women's ice hockey team won World Ice Hockey Championships
(2005) Education strike in British Columbia closed down 40,000 schools for two weeks
(2006) 400 police officers raided homes in Toronto and Mississauga, Ontario, arrested 15 people who were part of terrorist cell
(2008) Industrial plant explosions in Toronto killed two, forced thousands to evacuate homes; parliamentary dispute resulted in delay of change of government until new session in 2009
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