On This Day in History

January 1, 1947:
HAPPY NEW YEAR, YOU'RE A CANADIAN
Ottawa Ontario - Canadian Citizenship Act comes into effect, officially creating Canadian citizens; Canadian citizenship is paramount to being a British subject.

 

January 2, 1929:

Edmonton Alberta - World War I ace Wop May takes off with fellow bush pilot Vic Horner to deliver diphtheria vaccine to Fort Vermilion, Alberta, 1600 km north. The pilots make the trip in an open aircraft, with oil burners to keep the vaccine from freezing. A crowd of 10.000 greet the heroes on their return. Here he is with one of his Northwest Aero planes, used to open up the north.

 

On this day in 1941, The Andrews Sisters recorded "Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy."

This was a record that my mother played until there were holes in the vinyl.

 

On this day in history, Richard Nixon signed legislation making 55mph the national speed limit.....

 

On January 3rd in 1959, President Eisenhower signed a proclamation admitting Alaska to the Union as the 49th state.

(Does this mean I should somehow blame Ike for Palin?)

 

On this day in 1993, Deep Space Nine premiered

 

On this day in 1970, The Beatles recorded "I Me Mine." It would be the last song they would record together as a band.

 

January 4, 1983:

CRIMINAL CODE SEXUAL ASSAULT REFORMS
Ottawa Ontario - Criminal Code changes replace rape with 3 categories of sexual assault; equal protection to men and women; women allowed to charge their husbands with sexual assault.

 

Also on January 4th in 1965, President Johnson outlined the goals of his “Great Society” in his State of the Union address.

 

January 5, 1910:

MONTREAL CANADIENS PLAY FIRST GAME
Montreal Quebec - Le club athlétique Canadien hockey team play their first game, seven years before the founding of the NHL Their owner is J. Ambrose O'Brien and they are composed entirely of francophones until the 1911-12 season.

 

On January 6th in 1919, the 26th president of the United States, Theodore Roosevelt, died in Oyster Bay, N.Y., at age 60.

 

January 7, 1955:

TV CAMERAS FIRST ENTER PARLIAMENT
Ottawa Ontario - The Speech from the Throne and the opening ceremonies of the Canadian Parliament are broadcast live on television for the first time.