Founder of the NHL Born (1895)

RCMP Founded (1920)

Groundhog Day

World Wetlands Day

James Joyce's Birthday (1882)

Clara Brett Martin Becomes First Female Lawyer in British Empire (1897)

Nat'l Girls & Women in Sports Day

Johann Gutenberg Died (1468)

Parliament Buildings Burned Down (1916)

World Cancer Day

First U.S. Presidential Election (1789)

The "Black" Donnellys Massacred (1880)

Nat'l Weatherperson's Day

Hockey Icon Don Cherry's Birthday (1934)

Sir William Stephenson Given Order of Canada (1980)

Anthropologist Mary Leakey's Birthday (1913)

Dog Sled Racing Presented as Olympic Sport (1932)

Queen Elizabeth II Ascended to Throne (1952)

Construction Started on CN Tower (1973)

Charles Dickens's Birthday (1812)

Int'l Development Week

Nat'l Eating Disorders Awareness Week

White Cane Week

Jules Verne's Birthday (1828)

Flying Ace "Billy" Bishop's Birthday (1894)

Russo-Japanese War Began (1904)

Toothache Day

Hershey's^® Chocolate Founded (1894)

"Stompin' Tom" Connors Birthday (1936)

Umbrella Day

France Gave Up Canada (1763)

Act of Union Proclaimed (1841)

Thomas Edison's Birthday (1847)

British North America Act Presented to Queen Victoria (1867)

First Canada Winter Games (1967)

Nelson Mandela Freed (1990)

Maha Shivratri

Nat'l Sexual and Reproductive Health Awareness Day

Red Hand Day

Charles Darwin's Birthday (1809)

Lorne Greene's Birthday (1915)

First Secret Ballot Vote in Canada (1759)

First Prince Valiant Comic Strip (1937)

Chinese New Year

Valentine's Day

Read to Your Child Day

Canada Became Province of France (1663)

Family Day (AB, ON, SK)

Nat'l Flag of Canada Day

Nat'l Heritage Day

Galileo Galilei's Birthday (1564)

King Tutankhamen's Tomb Opened (1923)

Canadians Granted Canadian Citizenship (1947)

Lincoln Alexander Day

Humane Society Founded (1869)

Last Classic VW Beetle Assembled (1972)

The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn Published (1885)

Pluto Discovered (1930)

Nicolaus Copernicus's Birthday (1473)

Phonograph Patented (1878)

First Women's Institute Founded (1897)

New "Toonie" Unveiled (1996)

Seaman Joshua Slocum's Birthday (1844)

Vincent Massey's Birthday (1887)

"Batman & Robin" Comic Debuted (1944)

Int'l Mother Language Day

Peace Symbol Completed (1958)

Steve Fossett Landed in Saskatchewan (1995)

Freedom to Read Week

Int'l World Thinking Day

First Canadian Postmaster General Appointed (1851)

Nat'l Aviation Day

Astronaut Marc Garneau's Birthday (1949)

First Juno Awards (1970)

First Animal Cloning (1997)

Wilhelm Carl Grimm's Birthday (1786)

First Uranus "Flyby" (1986)

John Graves Simcoe's Birthday (1752)

Fire Destroyed New Brunswick Parliament (1880)

Tell a Fairy Tale Day

Victor Hugo's Birthday (1802)

Toronto Anti-Slavery Society Founded (1851)

John Harvey Kellogg's Birthday (1852)

Polar Bear Day

15th Recorded Passage of Halley's Comet (837)

Dr. Charles Best's Birthday (1899)

John Steinbeck's Birthday (1902)

Floral Design Day

Webster's Discovered "Dord" (1939)

DNA Discovered (1953)

Computer Core Memory Patented (1956)