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1
Charlotte Whitton becomes Canada's first full-time woman mayor. - Radio, 2:32 photo
1951
First big city woman mayor
2
A sour gas leak sparks panic and a mass evacuation in rural Alberta. - Radio, 2:05 photo
1973
Hundreds flee from poison gas cloud
3
Justin Trudeau delivers the eulogy at his father Pierre Trudeau's funeral. - Television, 12:02 photo
2000
Justin Trudeau's eulogy
4
Opera singer Maureen Forrester recalls performing with the great musician. - Television, 4:27 photo
1982
Pianist Glenn Gould dies
5
Calgary native Laurie Skreslet is the first Canadian to climb Mount Everest. - Television, 2:00 photo
1982
On top of the world
6
Dave Barrett is ejected at 4:30 a.m. for refusing to back down on a challenge to the speaker. - Television, 4:32 photo
1983
NDP leader booted from BC legislature
7
Looting, rioting and robberies break out when police officers stage a 16-hour strike in Montreal. - Television, 5:44 photo
1969
Montreal's 'night of terror'
8
A Swedish man benefits from a lifesaving device originally developed by Canadian John Hopps. - Television, 5:39 photo
1958
First pacemaker implanted in human
9
An art student is jailed for defacing the Constitution, insisting it was "stained" already by the government's decision to allow cruise missile testing in Canada. - Television, 1:10 photo
1984
Missile protester defaces Constitution
10
Quebec Labour Minister Pierre Laporte is kidnapped by the FLQ in the escalating October Crisis. - Radio, 2:00 photo
1970
FLQ kidnaps Pierre Laporte
11
Montreal City Hall accuses the federally funded volunteer group of harbouring terrorists and taking part in violent street riots. - Television, 2:34 photo
1969
Company of Young Cdns accused of terrorism
12
Lester B. Pearson says he is honoured to have won the Nobel in the pursuit of peace. - Radio, 3:33 photo
1957
Pearson wins Nobel Peace Prize
13
After much debate and a massive construction effort, the Winnipeg Floodway is officially unveiled to the public. - Television, 1:24 photo
1969
Duff's Ditch is completed
14
A Nazi submarine torpedoes a ferry vessel near Port aux Basques, killing 137. - Television, 3:12 photo
1942
U-boat sinks SS Caribou off Newfoundland
15
Number 99 surpasses Gordie Howe's career points record in his old stomping grounds. - Radio, 1:40 photo
1989
Gretzky smashes his hockey hero's record
16
Avocados in October? Incredibly yes, as airplanes fly fresh food to Montreal from the four corners of the earth. - Radio, 2:40 photo
1947
Montreal hosts global 'magic carpet luncheon'
17
Prime Minister Trudeau brings in a new bill to enshrine language rights for both French and English Canadians. - Television, 1:51 photo
1968
One country, deux langues
18
Five Alberta women who fought to have Canadian women declared "persons" are honoured today. - Radio, 4:12 photo
1929
Women become persons
19
An outbreak of panic-selling sparks the biggest one-day market crash in history. - Television, 3:21 photo
1987
'Black Monday' hits world's stock markets
20
World-renowned author and economist John Kenneth Galbraith returns to his rural Ontario roots. - Television, 12:46 photo
1964
Remembering John Kenneth Galbraith
21
For the inaugural broadcast of the 7th Victory Loan, Shirley Temple, Prime Minister W.L. Mackenzie King and others speak to a crowd of supportive Canadians on Parliament Hill. - Radio, 6:14 photo
1944
Shirley Temple rings in Canada's Victory Loan
22
Margaret Meagher on breaking into the male-dominated world of diplomacy. - Radio, 4:48 photo
1958
Canada appoints first woman ambassador
23
On Oct. 23, 1958, Springhill is revisited by tragedy. - Television, 5:35 photo
1958
Second mining tragedy strikes Springhill
24
Rolling Stones guitarist Keith Richards pleads guilty to heroin possession in a Toronto courtroom full of young fans. - Television, 1:31 photo
1977
Keith Richards' heroin bust
25
Kim Campbell's conservatives suffer a debilitating loss in the 1993 federal election. - Television, 3:01 photo
1993
Tories trampled in Liberal landslide
26
There's a panic in Saskatchewan: nobody can find caribou slippers to give to Prince Charles! - Radio, 5:00 photo
1951
Caribou slippers for Prince Charles
27
A Canadian invention revolutionizes treatment for cancer patients. - Radio, 2:19 photo
1951
Debut of the cobalt bomb
28
In a combative TV interview, the famous feminist defends some of the ideas in her best-selling book The Female Eunuch. - Television, 5:29 photo
1971
Germaine Greer vs. Larry Zolf
29
An aspiring theatre director starts a new company just steps from Portage and Main. - Radio, 5:38 photo
1957
John Hirsch revives pro theatre in Winnipeg
30
Canada's first street vacuum makes a clean sweep of Toronto roads. - Radio, 3:40 photo
1947
Autumn leaves no match for sweeping machine
31
CN Railways pulls out all the stops with its new express train. - Radio, 4:03 photo
1965
All Aboard the Rapido!
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