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EVENTS

February 15 - Cairine Wilson becomes Canada's first female senator

May 20 - Walter Lea becomes Premier of Prince Edward Island , replacing Albert Saunders

's United Farmers Of Alberta win a third consecutive Majority

June 29 - Eight Jesuit Martyr s become the first Canadian Saint s. See Canadian Martyrs .

July 1 - The Seigniory Club, later to become the Château Montebello hotel, opens in Montebello, Quebec

's Conservatives win a majority, defeating Mackenzie King 's Liberals

August 7 - R.B. Bennett becomes Prime Minister , replacing Mackenzie King

August 11 - Gordon Harrington becomes Premier Of Nova Scotia , replacing Edgar Rhodes

November 12 - Norway relinquishes its claim to the Sverdrup Islands .

December 15 - George Henry becomes Premier Of Ontario , replacing Howard Ferguson

BIRTHS

January 4 - Herbert O. Sparrow , politician

January 11 - Harold Greenberg , businessman

January 12 - Tim Horton , hockey player

January 14 - Kenny Wheeler , musician

March 11 - Claude Jutra , filmmaker

April 28 - Charles Caccia , politician

April 29 - Ben Hanuschak , Manitoba politician

May 9 - Muriel Smith , Manitoba politician

May 24 - Robert Bateman , Wildlife Artist

May 29 - Roy Bonisteel , television host

June 17 - Rosemary Brown , politician

June 19 - John Lynch-Staunton , Senator

July 6 - George Armstrong , hockey player

July 12 - Gordon Pinsent , actor

August 9 - Jacques Parizeau , Quebec politician

October 2 - Dave Barrett , Premier of British Columbia

October 24 - Micheline Beauchemin , artist

October 30 - Timothy Findley , writer

DEATHS