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EVENTS

March 31 - Newfoundland becomes Canada's 10th province.

April 1 - Joey Smallwood becomes the first premier of Newfoundland as a Canadian province

April 4 - Canada joins NATO

May 4 - Leslie Frost becomes premier of Ontario , replacing Thomas Kennedy

's Liberals win a fourth consecutive majority

DC-3 enroute from Quebec City to Baie-Comeau

September 14 - the Noronic, the largest Canadian passenger ship on the Great Lakes, was destroyed by a fire while docked in Toronto, killing 118

Canadian appeals to the Judicial Committee Of The Privy Council are abolished, making the Supreme Court Of Canada the country's top court

British Columbia gives Asian-Canadians the vote

ARTS AND CULTURE

:Literary Awards

See 1949 Governor General's Awards for a complete list of winners and finalists for those awards.

, ''Truthfully Yours''

BIRTHS

January 24 - Guy Charron , hockey player

February 14 - Denis Rocan , Manitoba politician

February 23 - Marc Garneau , astronaut

March 3 - Elijah Harper , politician

March 16 - Victor Garber , actor

March 30 - Liza Frulla , politician

April 4 - Nava Starr , chess player

April 8 - Claudette Bradshaw , politician

April 14 - Percy Mockler , politician

April 16 - Sandy Hawley , jockey

May 6 - Diane Ablonczy , politician

May 14 - Leona Czwartkowski , poet

May 20 - Sheldon Oberman , children's writer

May 20 - Dave Thomas , actor

June 4 - Réginald Bélair , politician

June 21 - Jane Urquhart , writer

June 22 - Wayne Easter , politician

July 3 - Jan Smithers , actor

July 11 - Liona Boyd , musician

August 13 - Bobby Clarke , hockey player

August 21 - Larry Fisher , murderer

August 30 - Don Boudria , politician

September 6 - Carole-Marie Allard , politician

September 12 - Kevin Major , children's writer

October 25 - Laurie Skreslet , first Canadian to summit Mt. Everest

October 27 - Garth Drabinsky , theatre promoter

November 27 - Nick Discepola , politician

November 28 - Paul Shaffer , musician

November 29 - Stan Rogers , folk musician

December 12 - John Godfrey , politician

December 19 - Larry Bagnell , politician

December 21 - John Loewen , Manitoba politician

December 30 - Jim Flaherty , Ontario politician

Ray Henault , Chief Of Defence Staff