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1
The northern lights appeared in Nunavut skies last night, just in time for the birth of the new Canadian territory. - Radio, 3:02 photo
1999
Happy Nunavut Day
2
The Young Offenders Act of 1984 updates how people under 18 are treated when charged with a crime. - Television, 2:19 photo
1984
Juvenile delinquents become young offenders
3
Bombardier's decision to cut its recreational division shocks the industry. - Television, 2:00 photo
2003
Bombardier sells off historic Ski-Doo line
4
Noted author E. Herbert Norman commits suicide after a U.S. Senate Committee accuses him of being a communist mole. - Radio, 4:35 photo
1957
Canadian ambassador jumps to his death in Egypt
5
B.C.'s deadly Ripple Rock is blown up in the world's largest non-nuclear peacetime explosion. - Television, 3:57 photo
1958
B.C.'s deadly Ripple Rock blown up
6
Canadian actors travel to Chichester, England, to celebrate the 400th anniversary of Shakespeare's birth. - Radio, 3:35 photo
1964
Stratford Festival performs in Shakespeare's homeland
7
Toronto welcomes big league baseball to the great white north as the Blue Jays win a freezing home opener. - Radio, 1:36 photo
1977
Major League Baseball: Blue Jays or snow birds?
8
Mary Pickford remembers growing up in Toronto, her bold ambition and her ascent to fame. - Radio, 21:48 photo
1892
'America's Sweetheart' Mary Pickford born in Toronto
9
The Northwest Territories' Dene and Métis are about to sign a significant agreement with the government. - Television, 8:03 photo
1990
Dene/Metis ink historic land claim agreement
10
To cries of protest, the House of Commons passes the controversial Goods and Services Tax bill. - Television, 2:39 photo
1990
Canadians to face more taxes with the new GST
11
Canadian Acadians retrace their historic journey to Louisiana to promote a francophone cultural revival. - Television, 4:13 photo
1969
Acadians head south to help Cajun cousins
12
CBC's J. Frank Willis reports from Moose River, where three men have been trapped in an old gold mine for eight days. - Radio, 11:44 photo
1936
Moose River mine disaster
13
U.S. radio stations ban Gordon Lightfoot's Black Day In July. - Radio, 5:12 photo
1968
Lightfoot banned in the U.S.A.
14
After beating the Mets on opening day in New York, the Montreal Expos stun the Cardinals at Montreal's Jarry Park. - Television, 2:03 photo
1969
Montreal Expos play first home game
15
At lottery parties being held in homes all across Canada, folks cross their fingers and kiss their $10 lottery tickets. - Television, 1:00 photo
1974
Jackpot! Canada's first national lottery winners
16
More than 22 years after his wrongful conviction for murder, David Milgaard leaves prison. - Television, 6:48 photo
1992
David Milgaard is a free man
17
Bars in the province could soon be shut down if they don't start serving milk. - Radio, 4:31 photo
1975
Milk on tap in Ontario
18
In 1946 a rookie second baseman for the Montreal Royals changes the face of baseball forever. - Television, 3:46 photo
1946
Jackie Robinson debuts with Montreal Royals
19
Dutch civilians are running for their lives after retreating Germans break the Zuider Zee dike in Holland. - Radio, 4:46 photo
1945
VE-Day countdown: Germans destroy Dutch seawall
20
The last Canadian $1 bills roll off the presses in 1989 to make room for the dollar coin. - Television, 2:18 photo
1989
The (paper) buck stops here
21
"Bashing Bill Barilko" has just scored the game-winning goal to win the Stanley Cup. - Radio, 0:38 photo
1951
'Bashing' Bill Barilko is missing
22
There won't be any Canadian athletes at the 1980 summer Olympics. The government is boycotting the Games to protest the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan. - Television, 5:30 photo
1980
Canada boycotts Moscow Olympics
23
War reporter Matthew Halton asks ordinary Germans about the brutal death camps in their midst during the Second World War. - Radio, 9:24 photo
1945
'Unspeakable' prisoner-of-war camps liberated
24
Just like at a wine tasting, the new version of an old soft drink is swirled around in fancy stemmed glasses. - Television, 2:07 photo
1985
New Coke is it!
25
In 1962, Gould's controversial performance with Leonard Bernstein at Carnegie Hall in New York causes sensation. - Radio, 3:48 photo
1962
Leonard Bernstein and Glenn Gould don't see eye to eye
26
The CBC's Norman DePoe takes viewers on a ride along the Seaway. - Television, 14:23 photo
1959
St. Lawrence Seaway is completed
27
Two years after Dolly the sheep: Clint, Arnold and Danny, the kids. - Television, 1:41 photo
1999
Montreal scientists clone goats
28
Opening day gives way to a sparkling evening at the 1967 world's fair in Montreal. - Television, 4:30 photo
1967
Expo 67 opens to the public
29
82 million tonnes of rock crash down on the mountainside mining town of Frank, Alta., leaving 70 dead. - Television, 6:14 photo
1903
The Frank rockslide: 90 seconds of terror
30
Nazis and Allies agree to terms that will feed the people of Holland after years of occupation in the Second World War. - Radio, 4:37 photo
1945
Hope for starving Dutch as end of war draws near
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