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1
1944
Polish resistance launches Warsaw Uprising
2
1999
Alexander Mackenzie's grave finally recognized
3
1989
New heart for newborn baby
4
1978
Molson buys Montreal Canadiens
5
1964
Jean Vanier opens first L'Arche house
6
1969
Sonic boom smashes Kelowna's windows
7
1982
Around the world in six days
8
1995
U.S. burger giant buys Tim Hortons doughnut chain
9
1948
Launching of Le Refus global
10
1960
Canada gets its own Bill of Rights
11
1986
Sri Lankan migrants rescued off Newfoundland
12
1994
Baseball strike halts best-ever Expos team
13
1955
Canso Causeway links Cape Breton to mainland
14
2003
The great 2003 North America blackout
15
1972
Harold Ballard convicted of fraud
16
1979
John Diefenbaker dies at 83
17
1943
Churchill, Roosevelt and King meet in Quebec
18
1979
Dempster Highway opens 'road to resources' across Arctic
19
1942
Carnage on the beaches of Dieppe
20
1970
Freak tornado kills six in Sudbury
21
1944
Homecoming of Major David Currie, V.C.
22
1964
The Beatles conquer North America
23
1988
Residents flee PCB fire near Montreal
24
1988
United Church allows gay ministers
25
1999
Summit aims to restore Canada's hockey supremacy
26
1978
TV-like machines replace secretaries
27
1980
10-year-old with cancer motivates Terry Fox
28
1963
Martin Luther King: 'I have a dream'
29
1991
No justice for aboriginal people, say judges
30
1957
Paul Anka hits the top of the charts
31
1997
Diana, Princess of Wales, dies in Paris
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