Canadian news events of the 20th century

Sunday, November 7, 1999

Canadian news events of the 20th century

1. D-Day, June 6, 1944 (817)

2. The Patriation of the Constitution/Charter of Rights and Freedoms, April 17, 1982 (732)

3. The October Crisis, Oct. 5, 1970 (653)

4. The battle of Vimy Ridge, April 9, 1917 (619)

5. Women get the vote, May 24, 1918 (531)

6. The Free Trade Agreement with the United States, Jan. 1, 1989 (482)

7. 1995 Quebec Referendum, Oct. 30, 1995, (475)

8. Paul Henderson's winning goal in the Canada-U.S.S.R. hockey series, Sept. 28, 1972 (452)

9. The creation of medicare in Saskatchewan, July 1, 1962 (446)

10. The Canadian military raid on Dieppe, Aug. 19, 1942 (318)

11. The Election of the Parti Quebecois for the first time, Nov. 15. 1976 (304)

12. Newfoundland joins Confederation, March 31, 1949 (233)

13. The Halifax Explosion, Dec. 6, 1917 (226)

14. The Persons Case, Oct. 18, 1929 (218)

15. The Flag Act, Feb. 15, 1965 (213)

16. The Oka Standoff, July 11, 1990 (193)

17. The Montreal Massacre at Ecole polytechnique, Dec. 6, 1989, (173)

18. The Creation of Saskatchewan and Alberta, Sept. 1, 1905 (168)

19. The report of the bilingualism and biculturalism royal commission, July 22, 1963 (167)

20. The Statute of Westminster, Dec. 11, 1931 (133)

21. The moratorium on the cod fishery, the disappearance of cod, July 2, 1992 (126)

22. The Winnipeg General Strike, May 15 to June 25, 1919 (102)

23. The conscription crisis, passage of the Military Service Act, Aug. 29, 1917 (84)

24. The creation of Marquis wheat, 1904 (65)

25. The Regina Riot during the On to Ottawa Trek, July 1, 1935 (38), The white paper on Indian policy, June 25, 1969 (38)

26. The death of reciprocity with the United States, Sept. 21, 1911 (27)

27. The asbestos strike in Quebec, Feb. 14, 1949 (25)

28. The relocation of the Japanese during the Second World War, Feb. 26, 1942 (22)

29. Declaration of War in 1939 (19)

30. Sinking of the Titanic (14)

31. The Vancouver riot against Asian immigration, Sept. 7, 1907 (12); Introduction of Income Tax in 1917 (12)

32. The Great Depression (11)

33. The Springhill Mine Disaster (10); Immigration policy under prime ministers Brian Mulroney and Pierre Trudeau (10); The Canadair Arm (10)

34. The Meech Lake accord (9); The Supreme Court decision on native fishing rights in New Brunswick (9)

35. The Terry Fox Marathon of Hope (8)

36. The North American Free Trade Agreement (7)

37. The 1980 Quebec Referendum (6); the National Energy Program (6); the cancellation of the Avro Arrow (6); Winston Churchill 1941 Speech to Parliament (6)

38. The Westray Mine Disaster (5); the development of the Polio vaccine (5);

39. The construction of the bridge to Prince Edward Island (4)

40. The Clifford Olson murders in B.C. (3); Charles DeGaulle's 1967 visit to Canada (3); The birth of the Dionne quintuplets (3); New Brunswick Liberals sweep to power in 1987 (3)

41. The creation of the CBC (2); the Edmonton tornado (2); the First World War (2)

42. The development of canola (1); the Saguenay Flood (1); the end of the Second World War (1); The stock market crash of 1929 (1); The Guess Who in 1970 (1); the Second World War (1)