On This Weekend In Canadian History....
1917 - Arthur Currie leads all four divisions of the Canadian Corps, fighting as a unit for the First time, with one of Lt.-Gen. Julian Byng's British brigades, to Easter Monday victory, capturing most of Vimy Ridge by nightfall. Over the space of four days, along a 6.4 km front, using 1,000 guns and a masterful artillery barrage technique developed by Currie and his gunners, they take the German stronghold where the French and British had earlier failed; they take more ground, and capture more guns and prisoners than any previous British offensive; by April 12, they will mop up all resistance from the Pimple, a large hill on the northern end of the Ridge, and from Hill 145, where the Vimy monument now stands. The battle came at a price, with 3,600 Canadians killed and another 7,000 wounded, but it was a fraction of the 150,000 French casualties sustained when the Allies tried to take Vimy Ridge in two battles during 1915. From that day onward, Germany is on the defensive.
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On This Day In Canadian History....
1851 - Province of Canada Post Office issues three-penny black, first Canadian postage stamp
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On This Day In Canadian History.... "
1909 - Commander Robert Peary claims to have reached the North Pole on this date, with a party of six, including his black servant Matthew Henson and four Inuit; began journey, his sixth attempt, at Ellesmere Island.
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On This Day In Canadian History....
1908 - First dial telephones in Canada for general use were put into service in Edmonton, Alberta
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On This Day In Canadian History....
1949 - Canada signs the North Atlantic Treaty with Belgium, Britain, Denmark, France, Iceland, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Norway, Portugal and the U.S.; becomes founding member of North Atlantic Treaty Organization; NATO members pledge to defend each other in event of Soviet attack.
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On This Day In Canadian History....
1893 - Opening of the new Ontario Legislature in Queen's Park; built on the site of a lunatic asylum.
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