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

Prairie settlers build a house of sod.

Italian navigator and explorer John Cabot discovers the Grand Banks of Newfoundland and runs "aground" on a bounty of fish.

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

Native American Chief Sitting Bull seeks refuge in Canada.

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

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

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

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

Author, artist and physician during World War I John McCrae pens In Flanders Fields.

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

One of Canada's most remarkable families works tirelessly to aid displaced persons and refugees during the Second World War.

Mennonite communities in Southwestern Ontario serve as inspiration in the design of tools and practices of sustainable development for developing countries.

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.

Three men from Pine Street in Winnipeg win the Victoria Cross in World War I, and the street's name is changed to Valour Road in their honour.

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.

Two decades after Ezekiel Hart is denied his seat in the assembly, Louis-Joseph Papineau's government enacts religious tolerance laws in Lower Canada.

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

Teacher Kate Henderson sways school trustees to embrace new methods, and the event is represented in the famous painting by Robert Harris: A Meeting of the School Trustees.