Int'l Day for the Elderly

First Women's Medical School Opened (1883)

Henry Ford Introduced the Model T (1908)

First Big-City Woman Mayor (1951)

Canada's First Elected Parliament Sits (1758)

Mohandas Gandhi's Birthday (1869)

Peanuts Comic Strip Debuted (1950)

PM King & British PM Baldwin Made First Transatlantic Call (1927)

East and West Germany United (1990)

Trudeau's Funeral and Eulogy (2000)

Nat'l Fire Prevention Week

Child Health Day

Sputnik I Launched into Orbit (1957)

World Space Week

World Teacher's Day

First Canadian Climbed Mt. Everest (1982)

First Canadian Went into Space (1984)

Thomas Edison Showed First Motion Picture (1889)

Expansion of Tar Sands (1984)

Iron Ore Smelted for the First Time (1737)

Carbon Paper Patented (1806)

Niels Bohr's Birthday (1885)

First Pacemaker Implanted (1958)

Edmonton Became a City (1904)

Navaratri Celebration

Leif Erikson Day

World Post Day

John Lennon's Birthday (1940)

King Tut's Treasures Discovered (1924)

FLQ Came to a Head (1970)

Pac-Man Arcade Game Released (1979)

Thanksgiving Day

Toronto Symphony Performed First Concert (1927)

First Staffed Apollo Mission Launched (1968)

Nat'l School Lunch Week

Pearson Won Nobel Peace Prize (1957)

Trudeau Said, "Just watch me" (1970)

Battle of Hastings Fought (1066)

WW II Came to Shores of Newfoundland (1942)

Martin Luther King Jr. Awarded Nobel Peace Prize (1964)

Nelson Mandela Awarded Nobel Peace Prize (1993)

Dictionary Day

World Food Day

Cuban Missile Crisis Began (1962)

Trudeau Declared Martial Law (1970)

Canada Officially Became Bilingual (1968)

Mother Teresa Awarded Nobel Peace Prize (1979)

Nat'l Chemistry Week

Nat'l School Bus Safety Week

Persons Day

Alaska Purchased from Russia (1867)

Int'l Day for Ending Poverty

Largest Mass of Gold Discovered (1872)

"Rocket" Richard Scored 500 Goals (1957)

Feminist Nellie McClung's Birthday (1873)

First Issue of LaPresse (1884)

Tommy Douglas's Birthday (1904)

Alfred Nobel's Birthday (1833)

Thomas Edison Invented Light Bulb (1879)

First Parachute Jump from Balloon (1797)

Make a Difference Day

Soccer Star Pelé's Birthday (1940)

Jitters Erupt That Quebec May Separate (1995)

United Nations Day

First Transcontinental Telegraph Line Completed (1861)

Pablo Picasso's Birthday (1881)

Banting Won Nobel Prize (1923)

Microwave Oven Debuted (1955)

John Steinbeck Awarded Nobel Prize in Literature (1962)

Erie Canal Opened (1825)

Two Gray Whales Freed from Ice (1966)

New York City's First Subway Opened (1904)

Nylon Debuted (1938)

Family Arrived on Underground Railway (1830)

Provinces Drafted Union (1864)

Cuban Missile Crisis Ended (1962)

First Oscar Night (1929)

Stock Market Crashed ("Black Tuesday") (1929)

War of the Worlds Broadcast (1938)

First Outdoor Vacuum in Toronto (1947)

Halloween

Martin Luther Posted 95 Theses (1517)

Donner Party Snowbound (1846)