Stand for Children Day

Superman Debuted (1938)

Canadian Environment Week

Clean Air Day

Geologist Alexander Murray's Birthday (1810)

Radio Patented (1896)

Queen Elizabeth II Coronation (1953)

Champlain Arrived at Tadoussac, QE (1608)

"On to Ottawa" Trek Began (1935)

Nat'l Doughnut Day

Acadians Forcibly Vacated (1760)

First Baseball Game in Ontario (1838)

Runner Tom Longboat's Birthday (1887)

Frontenac Launched (1817)

First AIDS Report Published (1981)

Nat'l Water Safety Week

Canadian Forces Day

First Drive-In Movie Theatre (1933)

D-Day (1944)

Asian Cholera Reached Quebec (1832)

VCR Introduced (1975)

World Oceans Day

Prophet Muhammad Died (632)

Hong Kong Leased to UK for 99 Years (1898)

Michael J. Fox's Birthday (1961)

Canada's First Female Fighter Pilots (1989)

Constitutional Act Passed (1791)

Alcoholics Anonymous Founded (1935)

Ballpoint Pen Patented (1943)

Great Barrier Reef Discovered (1770)

Magician Dai Vernon's Birthday (1894)

Jacques Cousteau's Birthday (1910)

Siege of Louisbourg (1758)

Anne Frank's Birthday (1929)

Rick Hansen Wheels in Motion Day

Yukon Became a Territory (1898)

Presidents of North & South Korea Met (2000)

Nat'l Public Service Week

First Commercial Computer Introduced (1951)

Abolitionist Josiah Henson's Birthday (1789)

Oregon Boundary Treaty Signed (1846)

First Socialist Government in North America (1944)

Churchill Falls Power Plant Opened (1972)

M.C. Escher's Birthday (1898)

Republic of Iceland Established (1944)

Second Narrows Bridge Collapsed (1958)

War of 1812 Began (1812)

Napoleon Defeated at Battle of Waterloo (1815)

Figure Skater Kurt Browning's Birthday (1966)

Bandleader Guy Lombardo's Birthday (1902)

Father's Day

World Refugee Day

Singer Anne Murray's Birthday (1945)

Nat'l Library Opened (1967)

Summer Begins

Nat'l Aboriginal Day

Laura Secord Started Her Trek (1813)

George Vancouver's Birthday (1757)

Quebec Act Passed (1774)

British Parliament Abolished Feudalism (1825)

Nat'l Day of Remembrance for Victims of Terrorism

First Typewriter Patented (1868)

John Cabot Landed in East Coast (1497)

Term "Flying Saucers" First Used (1947)

Saint-Jean-Baptiste Day (Quebec)

George Orwell's Birthday (1903)

First Color TV Broadcast (1951)

Kim Campbell Became First Female Prime Minister (1993)

Bicycle Patented (1819)

Inventor of the Thermometer Born (1824)

First Map of Human Genome Completed (2000)

Canadian Multiculturalism Day

Helen Keller's Birthday (1880)

"O Canada" Became National Anthem (1980)

World War I Began (1914)

Terry Fox Died (1981)

Shakespeare's Theatre Destroyed by Fire (1613)

Canada Received 1 Square Kilometre at Vimy Ridge (1922)

Remote Control Introduced (1964)

Meteor Day

Charles Blondin Crossed Falls on Tightrope (1859)

First Loonies (1987)