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EVENTS

March 26 - The Bluenose is launched

's Liberals win a fifth consecutive majority

's United Farmers Of Alberta win a majority, defeating Premier Charles Stewart 's Liberals

July 27 - Frederick Banting and Charles Best discover Insulin

August 13 - Herbert Greenfield becomes premier of Alberta, replacing Charles Stewart

November 21 - Canada is granted a Coat Of Arms by Royal Proclamation . Canada's official colours declared to be red and white

's Liberals win a minority, defeating Arthur Meighen 's Conservatives. Agnes Macphail becomes the first woman elected to parliament

December 29 - Mackenzie King becomes prime minister, replacing Arthur Meighen

The School Board in Victoria, B.C. creates a segregated school for the Chinese population. After a boycott of the new school, the plan is scrapped.

A study of Saskatchewan school student's discovers that over 56% of them are infected with Tuberculosis

BIRTHS

January 6 - Hazen Argue , politician

January 20 - Jacques Ferron , founder of the Parti Rhinocéros

February 8 - Barney Danson , politician

February 17 - George Manuel , Native leader

February 25 - Pierre Laporte , Quebec politician

March 10 - Cec Linder , actor

March 27 - Calvin Gotlieb , computer scientist

April 30 - Donald Campbell Jamieson , politician

May 12 - Farley Mowat , novelist

May 31 - Peter Fox , Manitoba politician

June 8 - Alexis Smith , actor

July 6 - Allan MacEachen , politician

August 4 - Maurice Richard , ice hockey player

August 8 - John Herbert Chapman , scientist

August 25 - Monty Hall , game show host

September 16 - Ursula Franklin , scientist and activist

September 29 - James Cross , kidnapping victim

November 25 - Fraser Elliott , lawyer

December 4 - Deanna Durbin , singer and actor

December 6 - George Beurling , fighter ace

December 10 - Howard Fredeen , scientist

DEATHS

January 21 - Arthur L. Sifton , premier of Alberta (1910-17)