This Day In History
January 23
|
Year |
Month |
Start Date |
Event |
|
1900 |
January |
24 |
The
Evening Star is renamed as The Toronto Daily Star |
|
1923 |
January |
24 |
January 24 - Ernest Armstrong becomes premier of Nova Scotia,
replacing George H. Murray, who had governed for 27 years |
|
1927 |
January |
24 |
Born
- January 24 - Phyllis Lambert, architect and philanthropist |
|
1927 |
January |
24 |
Died
- January 24 - Agnes Maule Machar, author (b.1837) |
|
1930 |
January |
24 |
Born
- January 24 - Felix Capella, race walker |
|
1933 |
January |
24 |
Born
- January 24 - Claude Préfontaine, actor (d.2013) |
|
1937 |
January |
24 |
Born
- January 24 - Suzanne Tremblay, politician |
|
1939 |
January |
24 |
Died
- January 24 - Alfred Edmond Bourgeois, politician (b.1872) |
|
1947 |
January |
24 |
Born
- January 24 - Steve McCaffery, poet and scholar |
|
1949 |
January |
24 |
Born
- January 24 - Guy Charron, ice hockey player |
|
1952 |
January |
24 |
January 24 – Vincent Massey appointed first Canada-born
Governor-General of Canada |
|
1954 |
January |
24 |
Died
- January 24 – H. H. Wrong, diplomat (b.1894) |
|
1962 |
January |
24 |
Died
- January 24 – James Charles Brady, politician (born 1876) |
|
1966 |
January |
24 |
Born
- January 24 – Michael Forgeron, rower and Olympic gold medalist |
|
1975 |
January |
24 |
On
January 24, Richard Blass was hit twenty three times by police
bullets, dying instantly. |
|
1977 |
January |
24 |
Died
- January 24 - Jack Bush, painter (b.1909) |
|
1978 |
January |
24 |
January 24 - Cosmos 954 a Soviet satellite breaks up over
northern Canada. |
|
1990 |
January |
24 |
January 24 – Jean Charest resigns from cabinet after he was
found to have spoken with a judge |
|
1990 |
January |
24 |
January 24 – The Tories introduce legislation that would create
the Goods and Services Tax (GST), a national sales tax |
|
2002 |
January |
24 |
Died
- January 24 - Peter Gzowski, broadcaster, writer and reporter
(born 1933) |
|
2006 |
January |
24 |
January 24 - Mario Lemieux announces his second retirement. |
|
2011 |
January |
24 |
January 24 - The former Liberal MLA Dave Taylor announces he is
joining the Alberta Party, becoming the party's first MLA. |
|
2011 |
January |
24 |
Died
- January 24 - Chief White Eagle, 93, Mohawk tribal leader,
actor and stuntman (born 1917) |
|
2011 |
January |
24 |
Died
- January 24 - Jack Matheson, 86, sports journalist (born 1924) |
|
2011 |
January |
24 |
January 24 - Quebec goes through a cold snap and Hydro-Québec
registers a record consumption of electricity reaching 38,200
megawatts at 7:30 am |