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1
As nations around the world cooperate to raise awareness of HIV and AIDS, there's unsettling news about Canadian attitudes towards the disease. - Television, 6:23 photo
1988
First World AIDS Day
2
After a dramatic night of balloting, rookie MP Audrey McLaughlin is crowned the new leader of the federal NDP. - Television, 6:19 photo
1989
First woman to lead a national party
3
Annette Toft, formerly of Denmark, becomes Canada's two millionth immigrant since the Second World War. - Television, 0:32 photo
1960
Canada's two millionth immigrant since 1945
4
An army cook discusses plans for Christmas dinner at the front in Holland. - Radio, 3:33 photo
1944
Christmas dinner at the war front
5
For the first time since the October Crisis kidnapping, James Cross describes eight horrific weeks of confinement by the FLQ. - Television, 7:32 photo
1970
FLQ frees British diplomat
6
Agnes Macphail on the lack of women in Parliament. - Radio, 2:08 photo
1921
Canada's first female MP elected
7
Twenty-year-old Ken Read gives the performance of a lifetime, instantly raising the calibre of the Canadian ski team. - Television, 0:37 photo
1975
Skier Ken Read triumphs in Europe
8
Disco movers and shakers strut their stuff at the Canadian National Disco Dance Championships. - Television, 1:56 photo
1978
Hot night of disco
9
Grey Nuns founder Marie Marguerite d'Youville's 100 year journey to sainthood is finally complete. - Radio, 6:22 photo
1990
First Canadian-born saint is canonized
10
For his profound contributions to science, Canadian scientist John Polanyi receives the Nobel Prize in Chemistry. - Television, 1:51 photo
1986
John Polanyi awarded the Nobel Prize
11
Pickets protest double hanging at Toronto's Don Jail. - Television, 1:14 photo
1962
Canada's last executions
12
In an effort to reduce drinking and driving, Ontario becomes the first province in Canada to announce a ban on the popular after-work ritual. - Television, 2:14 photo
1984
Ontario announces happy hour ban
13
Bill Herbert reports on the arrival in Japan of the first Canadian soldiers heading for action with United Nations forces in Korea. - Radio, 4:01 photo
1950
Canada's troops head to Korea
14
The Supreme Court of Canada lifts a ban on the sale of margarine, a butter substitute that's half the price. - Radio, 7:21 photo
1948
Housewives save with margarine
15
Two Montreal journalists invent a simple game that sweeps the nation. - Television, 4:42 photo
1979
Invention of Trivial Pursuit
16
CBC's Marketplace examines the pros and cons of a new trend in timekeeping. - Television, 3:57 photo
1979
A buyers' guide to digital watches
17
Quebec's Queen of pop and René Angélil exchange vows at the Notre Dame Basilica in Montreal. - Television, 2:13 photo
1994
Celine Dion marries her longtime manager
18
Outnumbered and outgunned, Canadian soldiers are overwhelmed in their first major battle of the Second World War. - Radio, 9:53 photo
1941
Japanese attack Canadian troops in Hong Kong
19
Prime Minister John Diefenbaker in Ottawa speaks by telephone to Queen Elizabeth II at Buckingham Palace. - Radio, 2:08 photo
1961
Transatlantic phone cable officially opened
20
The electric eels at the Vancouver Aquarium light up a tree for the holiday season. - Television, 1:12 photo
1985
An electrifying Christmas tradition
21
Government adds butter to the growing list of rationed food. - Radio, 5:29 photo
1942
War effort spreads to butter
22
Fireproof and tidy, aluminum Christmas trees are a flashy alternative for non-traditionalists. - Radio, 1:44 photo
1960
Aluminum Christmas trees come to Canada
23
Quebec-born inventor Reginald Fessenden sang Christmas hymns in an early radio broadcast. - Television, 6:57 photo
1900
Canadian makes first wireless radio transmission
24
How a beloved bear of English children's tales traces his existence to a Canadian black bear cub named Winnipeg. - Television, 4:07 photo
1925
Winnie-the-Pooh makes his literary debut
25
The King broadcasts a message of hope to the Empire in the early months of the Second World War. - Radio, 4:04 photo
1939
King George VI's Christmas message of 1939
26
An armed gunman reroutes Air Canada jet to Cuba. - Television, 1:26 photo
1971
Canada's first successful plane hijacking
27
Bell subscribers in Montreal try a new concept: picking up a telephone and installing it themselves. - Television, 2:04 photo
1974
Shopping at the tele-boutique
28
Residents in Victoria and Vancouver shovel out after a record-breaking snowstorm hits the lower B.C. area. - Television, 3:39 photo
1996
B.C. digs out from 'The Blizzard of '96'
29
A new law to ban smoking on flights makes airlines furious while supporters predict healthier airline employees and passengers. - Television, 2:37 photo
1989
Smoking banned on domestic flights
30
Winston Churchill delivers an electrifying address to the Canadian Parliament during the Second World War. - Radio, 3:27 photo
1941
Churchill's 'chicken' speech
31
An interview with Guy Lombardo about his music and growing up in London, Ont. - Radio, 3:37 photo
1971
Lombardo's trademark sound of New Year's Eve
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