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New France, under the leadership of French governor Louis de Buade de Frontenac, repels the British invasion at the Battle of Quebec

Feminist, politician, and social activist Nellie McClung demands the right to vote in Manitoba.

The surprise victory of the Paris Crew, a group of unheralded Canadian rowers, at the 1867 World Championships.

Jacques Plante becomes the first NHL player to wear a goaltender mask in regular play.

The explorer's first meeting with Iroquoian peoples provides one story of how Canada got its name.

Inventor Joseph-Armand Bombardier and the beginnings of his passion for engineering.

The town of Myrnam, Alberta forms a non-denominational hospital.

Canadian aerospace engineers design and test the world's fastest, most advanced interceptor aircraft.

The formation of the Iroquois Confederacy presented by a First Nations grandfather explaining the significance of the Great Peace to his granddaughter.

Native American Chief Sitting Bull seeks refuge in Canada.

Paul-Émile Borduas, Québec's voice of the Quiet Revolution, reflects on the impact of his writing and art in his Paris studio.

Women's rights activist, jurist, and author Emily Murphy's quest for equal rights for women.

Philosopher of communication theory Marshall McLuhan coins the phrases "the medium is the message" and "global village."

Sports coach James Naismith's invention of Basketball is tested by a group of young students in Springfield Illinois.

Major General and police official Sam Steele of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police bars an unruly American from entering the Yukon with pistols, despite being threatened at gunpoint.

Prairie settlers build a house of sod.

An engineer who planned three railways plays a pivotal role in the creation of Standard Time (1885).

Canadian heroine Laura Secord aids the British in the War of 1812 with an overland trek to warn of an American military advance.

A Canadian soldier's bear becomes the object of adoration and inspiration for a young boy and his father, A.A. Milne.

Queen Victoria decides to grant Canada responsible government after the crushing of the Rebellions of 1837.