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EVENTS

May 19 - Charles Richards becomes premier of New Brunswick , replacing John Baxter

August 29 - James D. Stewart becomes premier of Prince Edward Island for the second time, replacing Walter Lea

November 12 - Maple Leaf Gardens opens in Toronto

independence in National and International affairs, with the Crown represented by the Governor General .

The Beauharnois Scandal breaks out

BIRTHS

January 6 - Dickie Moore , hockey player

January 27 - Mordecai Richler , author

January 30 - John Crosbie , politician

February 14 - Bernie Geoffrion , hockey player

February 17 - Mark MacGuigan , politician

February 26 - C. William Doody , Newfoundland politician

March 10 - Georges Dor , author

March 22 - William Shatner , actor and writer

March 22 - Monte Kwinter , Ontario politician

March 25 - Jack Chambers , artist and filmmaker

March 28 - Jane Rule , author

April 1 - Cliff Lumsdon , swimmer

April 2 - Howard Engel , author

April 9 - Richard Hatfield , New Brunswick Premier

April 19 - Walter Stewart , journalist

April 22 - John Buchanan , premier of Nova Scotia

May 25 - Herb Gray , politician

June 11 - John Bright , football player

June 27 - Charles Bronfman , businessman

June 30 - Joyce Wieland , artist

July 10 - Alice Munro , author

July 15 - Jacques-Yvan Morin , Quebec politician

August 29 - Lise Payette , broadcaster

August 31 - Jean Béliveau , hockey player

September 23 - Gerald Stairs Merrithew , politician

October 4 - Werner Israel , physicist

October 8 - Isadore Sharp , businessman

November 5 - Charles Taylor , philosopher

November 28 - Ramsay Cook , historian

November 30 - Harry Enns , Manitoba politician

DEATHS