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All Clips from "On This Day"

In this section you can find out what happened on a particular day in Canadian history. We're always adding more content if there is no information for the day you're searching. View all clips arranged by category

Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 1951 First woman mayor 1973 Hundreds flee from poison gas cloud 2000 Justin Trudeau's eulogy 1982 Pianist Glenn Gould dies 1982 On top of the world 1983 NDP leader booted from BC legislature 1969 Montreal's 'night of terror' 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 1958 First pacemaker implanted in human 1984 Missile Protestor defaces Constitution 1970 FLQ kidnaps Pierre Laporte 2002 Queen surfs CBC Archives website 1969 Company of Young Cdns accused of terrorism 1957 Pearson wins Nobel Peace Prize 1969 Duff's Ditch is completed 1970 'Just watch me' 1942 U-boat sinks SS Caribou off Newfoundland 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 1989 Gretzky smashes his hockey hero's record 1947 Montreal hosts global 'magic carpet luncheon' 2006 Lister Sinclair, Renaissance man 1968 One country, deux langues 1929 Women become persons 1987 'Black Monday' hits world's stock markets 1964 Remembering John Kenneth Galbraith 1995 'Tsubouchi diet' causes uproar 1944 Shirley Temple rings in Canada's Victory Loan 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 1958 Canada appoints first woman ambassador 1986 Court says no to forced sterilization 1977 Keith Richards' heroin bust 1993 Tories trampled in Liberal landslide 1951 Caribou slippers for Prince Charles 1951 Debut of the cobalt bomb 1971 Germaine Greer vs. Larry Zolf 29 30 31 1957 John Hirsch revives pro theatre in Winnipeg 1947 Autumn leaves no match for sweeping machine 1965 All Aboard the Rapido!