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EVENTS

January 9 - 76 are killed when a fire breaks out at the Laurier Palace Theatre in Montreal

March 1 - The location of the boundary between Labrador and Quebec is settled by the Judicial Committee Of The Privy Council , accepting Newfoundland 's claim rather than Canada's.

May 28 - The Canada Pension Act is introduced

July 1 - Confederation celebration marked by the first cross country radio broadcast.

August 12 - Albert Saunders becomes premier of Prince Edward Island , replacing James D. Stewart

August 17 - John Oliver , Premier of British Columbia, dies in office

August 20 - John Duncan MacLean becomes premier of British Columbia

October 10 - R.B. Bennett , becomes leader of the Conservative Party Of Canada

BIRTHS

January 1 - Jean-Paul Mousseau , artist

January 4 - Paul Desmarais , businessman

January 10 - Gisele MacKenzie , singer

January 17 - Stan Roberts , politician

January 24 - Phyllis Lambert , architect

January 25 - Gildas Molgat , politician

January 29 - Lewis Urry , engineer and inventor

January 30 - Sterling Lyon , Premir of Manitoba

February 11 - Sinclair Stevens , politician

March 3 - William Kurelek , painter

March 9 - John Beckwith , composer

March 25 - Bill Barilko , hockey player

April 7 - Dorothy Knowles , artist

April 8 - Lois Miriam Wilson , Church leader and Senator

April 25 - Frances Hyland , actor

May 5 - Sylvia Fedoruk , Lieutenant-Governor of Saskatchewan

May 14 - Frank Miller , Premier of Ontario

June 26 - Robert Kroetsch , author

July 20 - Jack Horner , politician

September 7 - Claire L'Heureux-Dubé , jurist

October 3 - Ashevak Kenojuak , artist

October 14 - Elmer Iseler , choir conductor

November 3 - Harrison McCain , businessman

November 8 - Peter Munk , businessman

November 18 - Knowlton Nash , news anchor

November 26 - Ernie Coombs , Mr. Dressup

December 7 - Grant Strate , dancer

December 13 - Christopher Plummer , actor

December 18 - Roméo LeBlanc , Governor General

George Hislop , Gay activist

DEATHS