On This Day In Canadian History....
1968 - FLQ terrorists let off two bombs in the Eaton store in downtown Montreal.
On This Day In Canadian History....
1815 - Montreal installs first street lamps, fueled by whale oil; first streetlights in Canada.
On This Day In Canadian History....
1852- Frederick N. Gisborne completes laying North America's first submarine telegraph cable from Cape Tormentine, New Brunswick to Carleton Head, PEI.
On This Day In Canadian History....
1899 - First automobile appears on the streets of Montreal; a Crestomobile.
On This Day In Canadian History....
1989 - Fabric roof of Montreal's Olympic Stadium tears during a wind storm.