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1
In 1959, the Canadiens' Jacques Plante is the first goalie to don a protective mask in an NHL game. - Television, 0:55 photo
1959
Plante ushers in masked goalie era
2
Novelist M.G. Vassanji wins the first Giller Prize, named in honour of literary journalist Doris Giller. - Radio, 1:48 photo
1994
The first Giller Prize is awarded
3
The CBC's shortwave service goes to great lengths to reach listeners in communist countries. - Television, 12:10 photo
1958
Canada broadcasts behind the Iron Curtain
4
The Canadian Red Cross will start testing all donated blood for HIV to prevent further AIDS tragedies. - Television, 3:11 photo
1985
Red Cross begins testing donations for HIV antibodies
5
CBC Radio begins broadcasting Dominion Observatory official time signal. - Television, 0:51 photo
1939
The beginning of the long dash...
6
Survivors remember the worst battle of the First World War. - Radio, 7:14 photo
1917
The Battle of Passchendaele
7
Justice Minister Pierre Trudeau responds to a Supreme Court decision that Everett George Klippert should be locked up indefinitely because of his homosexuality. - Radio, 3:15 photo
1967
NWT man jailed for being gay
8
Folk musician Gordon Lightfoot chats about his career as Canada's most famous troubadour. - Radio, 23:26 photo
1991
Gordon Lightfoot and the folk revival
9
The largest power blackout to that point in history leaves 30 million people in darkness. - Radio, 10:29 photo
1965
The 1965 'Great Northeastern Blackout'
10
A winter storm sends the U.S. freighter, and its entire crew, to the bottom of Lake Superior. - Radio, 2:10 photo
1975
29 die in the sinking of the SS Edmund Fitzgerald
11
Each November 11, we honour the more than 116,000 Canadian men and women who died in war and peacekeeping missions. - Radio, 4:23 photo
1944
Remembrance Day, 1944
12
In an historic land claim settlement, Inuit in the eastern Arctic endorse the creation of Nunavut. - Television, 3:58 photo
1992
Inuit vote for new territory of Nunavut
13
B.C. native becomes the first Canadian to win the most valuable player award in the National League. - Radio, 5:12 photo
1997
Larry Walker makes baseball history
14
It's the end of an era as Canadian trains go cabooseless. - Radio, 1:30 photo
1989
Railways reduce caboose use
15
A majority win for Parti Québécois stuns the nation. - Radio, 7:31 photo
1976
Lévesque is Canada's first separatist premier
16
Canada's most famous racehorse Northern Dancer was put down today. - Radio, 6:28 photo
1990
Remembering Northern Dancer
17
Allegations of violence and an organized cover-up spark a public inquiry into the treatment of Somalis by Canadian soldiers. - Television, 1:59 photo
1994
Somalia Inquiry
18
Conn Smythe, founder, owner, coach and general manager of the Toronto Maple Leafs, dies at age 85. - Radio, 6:45 photo
1980
Mourning 'The Major' of the Maple Leafs
19
Thousands of native people stage demonstrations over the omission of native rights in the new Constitution. - Television, 2:20 photo
1981
Native people fight for constitutional protection
20
It's taken just eight months for the U.S. Army to build a highway through B.C. and the Yukon to Alaska. - Radio, 9:45 photo
1942
Opening day for the Alcan Highway
21
Remembering Mr. Hockey Night in Canada, Foster Hewitt. - Radio, 12:13 photo
1902
He shoots, he scores!
22
An assassin's bullet kills U.S. President John Kennedy and leaves the world in shock. - Television, 40:26 photo
1963
John F. Kennedy slain in Dallas
23
Nova Scotia's 'Singing Ranger' has a No. 1 hit with I've Been Everywhere. - Radio, 4:12 photo
1962
Country legend Hank Snow tops the charts
24
A Second World War veteran recalls the day a German U-boat sank the ill-fated Canadian warship. - Television, 1:33 photo
1944
91 die in sinking of HMCS Shawinigan
25
On just the second day of the APEC Conference in Vancouver, student protestors clash in a violent and bitter battle with the RCMP. - Television, 2:28 photo
1997
Protest and pepper spray at APEC Conference
26
Canada's blood supply became contaminated by HIV and hepatitis due to systematic failure, says a government inquiry. - Television, 2:47 photo
1997
Krever Report on tainted blood lays blame
27
A Newfoundland landmark is closing after a century of charity and decades of horrific abuse. - Radio, 6:46 photo
1989
Notorious Mount Cashel orphanage to close
28
Prime Minister Pierre Elliott Trudeau takes tea with the Chinese premier as part of his worldwide peace and disarmament mission. - Television, 2:37 photo
1983
Trudeau on Peking peace mission
29
The second satellite in the "Alouette" series was sent into orbit today, confirming the success and ingenuity of Canada's top scientists. - Television, 3:00 photo
1965
Launching the Alouette 2 satellite
30
The journalist, broadcaster and historian passes away in 2004 at age 84. - Television, 5:13 photo
Goodbye, Pierre Berton
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