1874 – Frank Cornish, former mayor of London, Ontario, defeats Winnipeg Free Press editor and owner William Luxton in Winnipeg’s first civic election. Only 304 voters were registered, but 382 ballots were cast, since owners of multiple properties had a vote for each property.
1943 – Supreme Court of Canada upholds War Measures Act, passed in 1914, which gives federal Cabinet emergency powers to govern by decree when it perceives the existence of “war, invasion or insurrection. Prime Minister Trudeau will be invoked the War Measures Act in 1970 during FLQ crisis in Quebec.
1971 – Paul Rose sentenced to two life terms for the kidnapping and murder of Pierre Laporte, Claude Simard gets life, Bernard Lortie gets 20 years. Laporte was the Deputy Premier of Quebec at the time of his kidnapping by members of the FRONT DE LIBÉRATION DU QUÉBEC (FLQ)
1976 – Halifax born journalist Robert MacNeil teams up with Jim Lehrer to co-host the First MacNeil-Lehrer Report on PBS. New York, New York
1998 – Start of severe 4-day ice storm that devastates eastern Ontario and Québec; caused by an El Niño event, that sent a moisture laden front from the Gulf of Mexico that stalled over Arctic air on the ground; will do an estimated $2 billion damage, kill 25 people and leave 3 million Canadians without electric power.
