July 9, 1914 – Murderer, bank robber and prison escapee “Bloody Jack Krafchenko” is hanged at the Vaughan Street Jail in Winnipeg. Among his crimes was the killing of a Plum Coulee bank manager during a December 1913 hold-up.
July 9, 1961 – The Taras Schevchenko monument at the Legislature Grounds is unveiled.
