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EVENTS

's Liberals win a plurality, but the other parties, led by James T.M. Anderson 's Conservatives, will form a coalition against Gardiner, forcing him to resign as premier

September 9 - James Anderson becomes premier of Saskatchewan, replacing James Gardiner

September 12 - The first legal Forward Pass in Canadian Football is completed

October 29 - the Judicial Committee Of The Privy Council rules in the Persons Case that women are eligible to be senators.

October 29 - The crash of the New York Stock Exchange marks the beginning of the Great Depression

's Conservatives win a third consecutive majority

BIRTHS

January 2 - Allen Sapp , artist

January 17 - Jacques Plante , hockey goalie

January 23 - John Charles Polanyi , Nobel laureate

February 12 - Philip Kives , businessman

February 28 - Frank Gehry , architect

May 10 - Antonine Maillet , author

May 10 - Peter C. Newman , journalist

May 16 - Claude Morin , scholar

May 18 - Walter Pitman , politician

June 7 - John Napier Turner , Prime Minister

June 7 - Walter Weir , Premier of Manitoba

June 8 - Louise Maheux-Forcier , author

June 10 - Pearl McGonigal , Manitoba politician

June 20 - Edgar Bronfman, Sr. , businessman

July 10 - Moe Norman , golfer

July 26 - Marc Lalonde , politician

July 30 - Bill Davis , Premier of Ontario

August 1 - Sidney Green , Manitoba politician

August 19 - Len Evans , Manitoba politician

September 14 - Dimitri Dimakopoulos , architect

September 22 - Paul-Marie Lapointe , author

September 24 - Edward M. Lawson , Senator

October 8 - Lois Smith , ballet dancer

November 2 - Richard Taylor , physicist

November 21 - Laurier L. LaPierre , journalist and Senator

December 10 - Michael Snow , artist

December 23 - Patrick Watson , broadcaster

December 28 - Terry Sawchuk , hockey goalie

DEATHS

October 10 - Elijah McCoy , inventor