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1
A delegation arrives in Ottawa to establish the first Chinese Embassy in North America since Mao Zedong took power. - Television, 1:54 photo
1971
Canada and Communist China open diplomatic relations
2
After three years of transporting war brides and their children to new homes in Canada, the Red Cross Escort Officers are hanging up their hats. - Radio, 2:18 photo
1947
War bride reception centres close
3
Flames engulf Parliament, burning it to the ground. - Radio, 5:14 photo
1916
Fire destroys Parliament Buildings
4
The Nova Scotia Board of Censors bans the "obscene and blasphemous" film adaptation of Edward Albee's play Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?. - Radio, 3:55 photo
1967
N.S. censors afraid of Virginia Woolf
5
John Diefenbaker's minority government is toppled by two no-confidence votes, a resignation and a furor over nuclear missiles. - Radio, 5:11 photo
1963
Diefenbaker government collapses
6
King George VI dies and his daughter Elizabeth, just 25, becomes Queen. - Radio, 2:40 photo
1952
Elizabeth proclaimed Queen after death of King George VI
7
As Maple Leaf Gardens closes, Darryl Sittler looks back at the night he made hockey history by scoring 10 points in one game. - Television, 1:17 photo
1976
Sittler scores incredible 10-point record
8
Sandford Fleming's proposal for Standard Time brings order to a world of a hundred different time zones. - Television, 7:09 photo
1879
Sir Sandford Fleming delivers 'the world on time'
9
The NHL expands from six to twelve teams - Radio, 2:12 photo
1966
National Hockey League doubles its size
10
Comedian Robin Williams brings his frenetic brand of comedy to Peter Gzowski's TV talk show. - Television, 5:56 photo
1978
Robin Williams freestyles on 90 Minutes Live
11
Three people are killed when locals open fire on 400 charging strikers in Kapuskasing, Ont. - Radio, 2:03 photo
1967
Bitter bush strike turns deadly
12
A massive pile of tires is ablaze, and crews from 11 different fire departments are battling it. - Television, 2:59 photo
1990
The Hagersville tire fire
13
Calgary kicks off the first Winter Olympics in Canada. - Television, 8:59 photo
1988
Let the Calgary Games begin!
14
As the storm rages, something goes terribly wrong aboard the Ocean Ranger. - Radio, 3:59 photo
1982
Disaster strikes the Ocean Ranger
15
Prime Minister Jean Chrétien roughs up a protester. - Television, 3:02 photo
1996
Chretien extends a 'Shawinigan handshake'
16
Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau swears he didn't use any four-letter obscenities. - Television, 2:14 photo
1971
Trudeau's 'fuddle duddle' incident
17
Senator Grattan O'Leary, a longtime Ottawa journalist, on the former prime minister. - Radio, 1:12 photo
1919
The death of Sir Wilfrid Laurier
18
Joe Clark's Tory minority proves short-lived when the Liberals win a majority in the 1980 election. - Television, 3:31 photo
1980
Trudeau triumphs, Clark concedes
19
"Why mobile service? Well, I gotta be where you are!" - Radio, 4:18 photo
1947
Introduction of the mobile phone
20
Shocking Parliament and Avro employees, Diefenbaker announces the Arrow and Iroquois engine programs are cancelled immediately. - Radio, 5:48 photo
1959
Diefenbaker cancels Avro Arrow project
21
Malcolm X is gunned down in New York City. - Television, 13:38 photo
1965
Assassination of Malcolm X
22
Almost three months after a near fatal brush with flesh-eating disease, the leader of the Bloc Québécois is back on the job in the House of Commons. - Television, 2:50 photo
1995
Bouchard returns to work after losing leg
23
Pilot J.A.D. McCurdy shares his memories of the first airplane flight in Canada – forty years later. - Radio, 2:49 photo
1949
Silver Dart makes aviation history
24
Stephen Lewis eulogizes Tommy Clement Douglas, the father of medicare who died today at the age of 81. - Television, 2:44 photo
1986
Tommy Douglas dead at 81
25
It's 1984 and Canadians are becoming 'downright maniacal' about exercise. - Television, 2:07 photo
1984
Fitness craze sweeps the nation
26
Bernard Kaplan reports on the first battles of Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry in Korea. - Radio, 2:24 photo
1951
Korean War: The Princess Patricias go into battle
27
The Ottawa figure skater comes from behind to place second at the Calgary Olympics. - Television, 5:03 photo
1988
Elizabeth Manley's unexpected silver medal
28
The week of VIA Rail Canada's creation, reporter Bob Johnstone interviews fellow train passengers about the allure of the rails. - Radio, 5:11 photo
1977
VIA Rail Canada is born
29
Feb. 29 was once a rare opportunity for women to propose marriage and girls to do mannish things. - Radio, 6:12 photo
1996
Leap year turns traditions topsy-turvy
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