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EVENTS

January 10 - Canada is a founding member of the League Of Nations

February 1 - The Royal North West Mounted Police renamed the Royal Canadian Mounted Police

February 14 - Université De Montréal founded

February 26 - First Nations people win the right to vote

April 1 - The Ottawa Senators win the Stanley Cup , defeating the Seattle Metropolitans

May 7 - The first exhibit of art by the Group Of Seven opens in Toronto

May 14 - Canadian Forum magazine founded

July 9 - Louis-Alexandre Taschereau becomes premier of Quebec, replacing Sir Lomer Gouin

July 10 - Arthur Meighen becomes prime minister, replacing Sir Robert Borden

November 8 - The Capitol Cinema opens in Ottawa , the capital's only true Movie Palace

Women become eligible to sit in the House Of Commons

The Japanese Labour Union is formed

BIRTHS

January 4 - Douglas Pimlott , biologist

January 7 - Margaret Thompson , scientist

January 12 - Bill Reid , artist

February 23 - Paul Gérin-Lajoie , Quebec politician

February 25 - Gérard Bessette , author

March 3 - James Doohan , actor

March 19 - Cyril Lloyd Francis , politician

April 2 - Gerald Keith Bouey , Governor of the Bank of Canada

May 2 - William DeWitt Hutt , actor

May 5 - Bill Hunter , hockey player

May 8 - Harry Rankin , politician

May 27 - Peter Dmytruk , WWII military hero

June 6 - Jan Rubes , Opera singer and director

June 24 - Joe Greene , politician

July 12 - Pierre Berton , author

August 3 - Lucien Lamoureux , politician

August 24 - Alex Colville , artist

September 11 - Emile Bouchard , hockey player

September 11 - Dalton Camp , political operative

October 1 - Charles Daudelin , sculptor

October 13 - Evelyn Dick , murderer

November 18 - George Johnson , Manitoba politician

DEATHS