May Day

Mother Goose Day

Dr. Emily Howard Stowe Born (1831)

World Laughter Day

Hudson's Bay Co. Founded (1670)

Inventor Elijah McCoy's Birthday (1843)

Emergency Preparedness Week

In Flanders Fields Written (1915)

Nat'l Mental Health Week

Int'l Firefighters Day

World Asthma Day

"Greenpeace" Name Registered (1972)

Cinco de Mayo (Mexico)

Sitting Bull Led People into Canada (1877)

Int'l No Diet Day

Sigmund Freud's Birthday (1856)

Hindenburg Disaster (1937)

Space Day

Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky's Birthday (1840)

First Exhibition of Group of Seven (1920)

Germany Surrendered to Allies (1945)

World Fair Trade Day

World Red Cross Red Crescent Day

VE Day (1945)

Mother's Day

Figure Skater Barbara Ann Scott's Birthday (1928)

Food Allergy Awareness Week

Nat'l Police Week

Jacques Cartier Visited Newfoundland (1534)

Olivier Le Jeune Died (1654)

Nat'l Nurses Week

Nat'l Denim Day

TTC Opened Bloor/Danforth Line (1968)

Canada Health Day

Conservationist Farley Mowat's Birthday (1921)

Ascension Day (Christian Feast Day)

First Irish Ship Arrived at Grosse Île (1847)

First U.S.-Canada Rugby Game (1874)

Int'l Day of Families

Winnipeg General Strike Began (1919)

SCTV Debuted (1981)

Biographers Day

Joan of Arc Canonized as Saint (1920)

Int'l Day Against Homophobia

World Information Society Day

Montreal Founded (1642)

Int'l Museum Day

Mount St. Helens Erupted (1980)

Athlete Percy Williams' Birthday (1908)

Lawrence of Arabia Died (1935)

John Claus Voss Began Ocean Canoe Journey (1901)

Charles Lindbergh Began Transatlantic Flight (1932)

Quebec Voted No to Separation (1980)

"The Maple Leaf Forever" First Performed (1871)

Amelia Earhart Flew Solo Across the Atlantic (1932)

Buy a Musical Instrument Day

Int'l Day for Biological Diversity

World Turtle Day

Mounties Were Created (1873)

Victoria Day

First Telegraph Message Transmitted (1844)

Women Could Vote Federally (1918)

Naturalist Robert Bateman's Birthday (1930)

Nat'l Missing Children's Day

Author W.P. Kinsella's Birthday (1932)

Aboriginal Awareness Week

Great Seal of Canada Design Approved (1868)

Actor Jay Silverheels' Birthday (1912)

Miles Davis' Birthday (1926)

First Recorded Witch Execution (1647)

CHUM Played Top 40 24 Hours a Day (1957)

Expos Got Baseball Franchise (1968)

Sierra Club Founded (1892)

Dionne Quintuplets Born (1934)

Jacques Villeneuve Won Indy Title (1995)

Linda Finch Completed Earhart's Flight Around the World (1997)

Indian Slaves Allowed by Quebec (1733)

Hillary and Tenzing Reached Mt. Everest Summit (1953)

Steve Fonyo Completed Journey for Lives Run (1985)

Int'l Jazz Day

Rideau Canal Opened (1832)

Indianapolis 500 Debuted (1911)

Canadian Environment Week

World No Tobacco Day

Fenian Invasion of Canada (1866)