On This Day In Canadian History....
1535 - Jacques Cartier's men begin to experience the effects of scurvy, due to lack of vitamin C in their diet; the Iroquois will show them how to make cedar tea ('tisane d'anneda') as a cure.
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1824 - Samuel Keefer starts construction of the Welland Canal, joining Lake Erie and Lake Ontario; engineer and President of the Welland Canal Company
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1965- A Thor Agena Rocket launches Canadian communications satellite, Alouette II from the Western test range at Vandenberg AFB in California, to continue ionospheric research.
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1907 - Dial telephones first used at Sydney Mines, Nova Scotia; possibly first dial telephones in Canada
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1943 - Hamilton Flying Wildcats beat Winnipeg Bombers 23-14 in 31st Grey Cup game.
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