Friday, September 22, 2017

On This Day In Canadian History....

1967 - Expo 67 breaks attendance record of 42,973,561 set at the 1958 World's Fair in Brussels.

As an aside, in 1979, the aging grounds of Expo 67 and "Man and His World" made an appearance on the science fiction series "Battlestar Galactica", episode, "Greetings From Earth"



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Thursday, September 21, 2017

On This Day In Canadian History....

1992 - The new Ottawa Senators hockey team play their first home exhibition game in the Civic Centre; lose 4-3 in overtime to the Washington Capitals. Ottawa is finally back in the NHL after 58 years.



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Wednesday, September 20, 2017

On This Day In Canadian History....

1984 - Pope John Paul II holds huge outdoor mass on LeBreton flats in Ottawa before returning to Vatican; on papal visit to Canada.


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Tuesday, September 19, 2017

On This Day In Canadian History...               

1969 - Federal Government to reorganize Canadian Armed Forces; 50% cut in NATO manpower; retirement of aircraft carrier HMCS Bonaventure. She served in the Royal Canadian Navy and Canadian Forces Maritime Command from 1957 to 1970 and was the last aircraft carrier to serve Canada.

Editorial Note: My late uncle, Bernie Dubois, served aboard the HMCS Bonaventure for many years, until it's decommission.


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Monday, September 18, 2017

On This Day In Canadian History....

1980 - Terry Fox invested as a Companion of the Order of Canada. The one-legged cancer victim whose marathon run across Canada raised millions of dollars for cancer research is the youngest so honoured.


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