On This Day In Canadian History....
1630 - England and France sign Treaty of St. Germain-en-Laye; returns Quebec and Acadia holdings, captured in 1628-29, to the Company of New France and de Caen's United Company; gives firmer land title to the Quebec colonists.
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1978 - Heritage Canada incorporated as a national trust to promote preservation of scenic and historic sites.
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1855 - Halifax inventor Abraham Gesner gets US patents for kerosene distillation process; he and a group of investors set up the highly successful North American Kerosene Gas Light Company, to market the new lamp fuel that will completely replace whale oil.
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1959 - Parliamentary Press Gallery President James McCcok says radio and TV broadcasters can now apply for membership.
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