On This Day In Canadian History....
1885 - Trial of Louis Riel for treason begins at Regina, the capital of the North-West Territories; Riel wishes to plead not guilty, but his lawyers enter an insanity plea over his objections.
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1821 - Start of excavation of the Lachine Canal, in Montreal
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1814 - Eight traitors captured during the War of 1812 are hanged at Ancaster, Upper Canada; two days later, their headless bodies are put on public display to discourage disloyalty to the British Crown.
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1771 - Samuel Hearne and his Chipewyan guide, Matonabbee, reach the partially frozen Arctic Ocean after descending the Coppermine River to its mouth; first European to reach the Arctic overland.
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1945 - US scientists explode first atomic bomb near White Sands, New Mexico, using Canadian U-235 refined in Port Hope, Ontario.
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