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INCUMBENTS

Monarch - Queen Elizabeth II

Governor General - Vincent Massey

Prime Minister - Louis Saint Laurent then John Diefenbaker

Premier Of Alberta - Ernest Manning

Premier Of British Columbia - W.A.C. Bennett

Premier Of Manitoba - Douglas Campbell

Premier Of New Brunswick - Hugh John Flemming

Premier Of Newfoundland - Joey Smallwood

Premier Of Nova Scotia - Robert Stanfield

Premier Of Ontario - Leslie Frost

Premier Of Prince Edward Island - Alex Matheson

Premier Of Quebec - Maurice Duplessis

Premier Of Saskatchewan - Tommy Douglas

EVENTS

January 1 - The first Canadian peackeepers arrive in Egypt after the Suez Crisis

January 17 - The HMCS Bonaventure , Canada's only aircraft carrier, is commissioned

March 6 - Quebec's Padlock Law is ruled unconstitutional

March 20 - The seven month long Murdochville Strike begins

March 28 - The Canada Council is established

's PCs win a minority, defeating Louis Saint Laurent 's Liberals

June 21 - John Diefenbaker becomes prime minister, replacing Louis Saint Laurent

July 31 - The DEW Line begins operation

September 12 - Canada and the United States sign the NORAD agreement

October 4 - The first prototype Avro Arrow is presented to the media

October 12 - Foreign Minister Lester B. Pearson wins the Nobel Peace Prize for his work on the Suez Crisis

October 14 - Queen Elizabeth II opens the Canadian parliament, the first monarch to do so

November 22 - The St. Lawrence Seaway opens

Thanksgiving is moved to its current date

ARTS AND LITERATURE

:New Works

Mordecai Richler - ''A Choice of Enemies''

W.L. Morton - ''Manitoba: The Birth of a Province''

Farley Mowat - ''The Dog Who Wouldn't Be''

Northrop Frye - ''Anatomy of Criticism''

:Awards

See 1957 Governor General's Awards for a complete list of winners and finalists for those awards.

''The Grass Is Never Greener''

:Television

Front Page Challenge premiers on CBC

BIRTHS

January 22 - Mike Bossy , hockey player

February 17 - Loreena McKennitt , singer

March 10 - Shannon Tweed , actor

April 29 - Leona Dombrowsky , politician

May 4 - Kathy Kreiner , skier

May 14 - Gilles Bisson , politician

July 2 - Bret Hart , wrestler

July 12 - Tonya Lee Williams , actor

August 15 - David L. Anderson , politician

August 20 - Cindy Nicholas , swimmer

August 23 - Georges Farrah , politician

August 26 - Rick Hansen , wheelchair athlete

September 8 - Tony Valeri , politician

October 27 - Glen Murray , politician

October 30 - Joseph Cordiano , politician

November 30 - Colin Mochrie , comedian

December 12 - Robert Lepage , playwright

Glen Clark , Premier of British Columbia

DEATHS

June 27 - Malcolm Lowry , writer

October 29 - Louis B. Mayer , film maker