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1
Forty years later, Polish-Canadians remember their 63-day struggle against Nazi rule during the Second World War. - Television, 4:14 photo
1944
Polish resistance launches Warsaw Uprising
2
More than 100 years after his death, the gravesite of Canada's second prime minister has been declared a historic site. - Television, 5:52 photo
1999
Alexander Mackenzie's grave finally recognized
3
Dr. Wilbert Keon performs the first Canadian neo-natal heart transplant on an 11-day-old infant. - Television, 1:17 photo
1989
New heart for newborn baby
4
Seven years after the Molson family sold the NHL team, the brewery buys back into hockey for $20 million. - Television, 1:42 photo
1978
Molson buys Montreal Canadiens
5
The son of Canada's governor general has created an innovative living 'experiment' for the mentally challenged. - Television, 6:27 photo
1964
Jean Vanier opens first L'Arche house
6
A sonic boom from an air show smashes windows in eight blocks of downtown Kelowna. - Television, 0:50 photo
1969
Sonic boom smashes Kelowna's windows
7
Two Canadian pilots return home heroes after completing a record-breaking round-the-world flight. - Television, 2:04 photo
1982
Around the world in six days
8
Wendy's buys Canada's top doughnut chain for $400 million in a high stakes deal. - Radio, 2:10 photo
1995
U.S. burger giant buys Tim Hortons doughnut chain
9
Le Refus global (Total Refusal), one of the most influential artistic and social documents in modern Quebec society, was made public at a Montreal bookstore. - Radio, 2:04 photo
1948
Launching of Le Refus global
10
The Canadian Bill of Rights has just become law. But how effective will it be? - Television, 10:22 photo
1960
Canada gets its own Bill of Rights
11
Fishing boats come to the aid of more than 150 people adrift in two crowded lifeboats in the Atlantic. - Television, 2:45 photo
1986
Sri Lankan migrants rescued off Newfoundland
12
The 1994 Montreal Expos are the best team in baseball. But a strike ruins everything. - Television, 6:51 photo
1994
Baseball strike halts best-ever Expos team
13
After hundreds of years accessing mainland Nova Scotia only by boat, Cape Bretoners finally have a road linking the mainland to them. - Television, 1:56 photo
1955
Canso Causeway links Cape Breton to mainland
14
More than 50 million people go without electricity as a massive power outage reduces Ontario and the eastern U.S. to a crawl. - Television, 8:51 photo
2003
The great 2003 North America blackout
15
Harold Ballard, the much-despised owner of Maple Leaf Gardens and the Toronto Maple Leafs, is convicted of 47 charges of theft and fraud. - Television, 2:10 photo
1972
Harold Ballard convicted of fraud
16
The former prime minister passes away at his home in Ottawa. - Radio, 9:40 photo
1979
John Diefenbaker dies at 83
17
During the Second World War, key strategies are determined at the historic Quebec Conference in Quebec City. - Radio, 1:00 photo
1943
Churchill, Roosevelt and King meet in Quebec
18
The highway that John Diefenbaker championed two decades earlier is completed two days after his death. - Television, 2:13 photo
1979
Dempster Highway opens 'road to resources' across Arctic
19
The first news from the raid on Dieppe is a sober account of heartbreak and heroism. - Radio, 14:35 photo
1942
Carnage on the beaches of Dieppe
20
Violent storm kills six and injures 200 in northern Ontario. - Television, 3:21 photo
1970
Freak tornado kills six in Sudbury
21
A celebrated Canadian war hero returns from battle in Normandy. - Radio, 6:48 photo
1944
Homecoming of Major David Currie, V.C.
22
People can't stop talking ? and screaming ? about the Fab Four. - Television, 3:01 photo
1964
The Beatles conquer North America
23
A stockpile of toxic waste catches fire near Montreal, sending thousands running from a potentially lethal cloud of fumes. - Radio, 12:18 photo
1988
Residents flee PCB fire near Montreal
24
Today at 12:40 a.m. council delegates of the United Church of Canada, exhausted from hours of emotional discussion, came to a final decision. - Television, 3:36 photo
1988
United Church allows gay ministers
25
Hockey stars and young players gather at the Open Ice summit to brainstorm on improving Canada's game. - Television, 2:46 photo
1999
Summit aims to restore Canada's hockey supremacy
26
There are no secretaries at this Canadian National Railway office. No typewriters, either. - Television, 2:44 photo
1978
TV-like machines replace secretaries
27
"I had the most inspirational day of my life today," says an emotional Terry Fox. - Television, 1:35 photo
1980
10-year-old with cancer motivates Terry Fox
28
Civil rights activist Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. delivers an enduring vision of racial equality. - Radio, 3:13 photo
1963
Martin Luther King: 'I have a dream'
29
Manitoba's Aboriginal Justice Inquiry paints a damning picture of systematic racism against aboriginal people. - Television, 4:49 photo
1991
No justice for aboriginal people, say judges
30
The woman Anka made famous with the hit song 'Diana' talks about the singer's meteoric rise to fame. - Radio, 4:39 photo
1957
Paul Anka hits the top of the charts
31
Princess Diana's fatal accident shocks Canadians. - Television, 6:56 photo
1997
Diana, Princess of Wales, dies in Paris
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