On This Day In Canadian History....
1685 - Jacques de Meulles uses card money to pay soldiers during a coin shortage; the playing cards are used whole, or cut into halves and quarters; redeemed in 1718, but in common use until the inflations of the 1750s.
On This Day In Canadian History....
1956 - Two-thirds of an Ontario Hydro power generating station collapses into the Niagara River gorge, about a kilometre below the Falls.
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1944 - D-Day: 14,000 Canadian troops landed at Juno Beach, they faced some of the fiercest opposition of the attack, yet they managed to advance further inland than all the other Allied forces, combined. RCN minesweepers help clear the lanes in, and RCAF bombers and fighters help soften up the German defenses while the Canadian Army pushes through the gap between Bayeux and Caen. Canadian casualties that day are less than expected, but still heavy - 715 wounded, 359 dead.
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1813 - John Harvey makes surprise attack with 700 British regulars of the 8th and 49th Regiments and some Canadian militia against 2,000 strong American force under Brigadiers William Winder and John Chandler at Stoney Creek, Ontario; Americans withdraw toward Forty Mile Creek after midnight; War of 1812.
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1671 - Simon-François Daumont de Saint-Lusson takes possession of lands around Sault Ste. Marie and claims Huron and Superior areas for France; sent by Jean Talon to do a survey of the area.
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