|
Year |
Month |
Start Date |
Event |
|
1805 |
December |
8 |
Born
- December 8 - Amand Landry, farmer and politician (d.1877) |
|
1846 |
December |
8 |
Born
- December 8 - Antoine Audet, politician (died 1915) |
|
1852 |
December |
8 |
December 8 - Laval's Seminaire du Quebec founds Université
Laval, North America's oldest French Language university. |
|
1873 |
December |
8 |
Born
- December 8 - John Duncan MacLean, teacher, physician,
politician and Premier of British Columbia (d.1948) |
|
1878 |
December |
8 |
Born
- December 8 - Henry Herbert Stevens, politician and businessman
(d.1973) |
|
1880 |
December |
8 |
Died
- December 8 - Charles Fisher, politician and 1st Premier of the
Colony of New Brunswick (b.1808) |
|
1893 |
December |
8 |
Born
- December 8 - J. Arthur Ross, politician (d.1958) |
|
1903 |
December |
8 |
Born
- December 8 - Louis-Marie Régis, philosopher, theologian,
scholar and member of the Dominican Order (d.1988) |
|
1919 |
December |
8 |
A
statue of Timothy Eaton is unveiled on Queen Street West. |
|
1941 |
December |
8 |
December 8–December 25: A large number of ill-trained Canadian
troops, members of the Royal Rifles of Canada and the Winnipeg
Grenadiers, are killed or taken prisoner in the Battle of Hong
Kong |
|
1941 |
December |
8 |
December 8: The day after the Battle of Hong Kong all fishing
boats owned by Japanese Canadians are impounded by the
government. Japanese-language schools and newspapers are shut
down. |
|
1961 |
December |
8 |
Born
- December 8 – André Bachand, politician |
|
1962 |
December |
8 |
Died
- December 8 – Allison Dysart, politician, lawyer, judge and
21st Premier of New Brunswick (born 1880) |
|
1986 |
December |
8 |
December 8 - The University of Toronto's John C. Polanyi shares
the Nobel Prize for chemistry for the development of the
chemical laser. |
|
1998 |
December |
8 |
Born
- December 8 - Anastasia Rizikov, pianist |
|
1999 |
December |
8 |
December 8 - Air Canada takes over Canadian Airlines |
|
2003 |
December |
8 |
December 8 - In Edmonton, the United States awards Bronze Stars
to 26 Canadian soldiers of 3rd Battalion Princess Patricia's
Canadian Light Infantry Battle Group who distinguished
themselves serving alongside U.S. troops in Afghanistan in 2002.
|
|
2008 |
December |
8 |
December 8 - Quebec general election, 2008 |
|
2008 |
December |
8 |
December 8 - Marc Mayer is appointed director of the National
Gallery of Canada |