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INCUMBENTS

Monarch - Queen Elizabeth II

Governor General - Georges Vanier

Prime Minister - John Diefenbaker then Lester B. Pearson

Premier Of Alberta - Ernest Manning

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

Premier Of Manitoba - Duff Roblin

Premier Of New Brunswick - Louis Robichaud

Premier Of Newfoundland - Joey Smallwood

Premier Of Nova Scotia - Robert Stanfield

Premier Of Ontario - John Robarts

Premier Of Prince Edward Island - Walter Shaw

Premier Of Quebec - Jean Lesage

Premier Of Saskatchewan - Woodrow Lloyd

EVENTS

February 4 - Defence Minister Douglas Harkness resigns after Prime Minster Diefenbaker refuses to accept Nuclear Weapon s from the United States

February 5 - The Diefenbaker government collapses over the missile issue and an election is called

March 1 - Simon Fraser University is founded

's Liberals win a minority, defeating John Diefenbaker 's PCs

April 20 - The Front De Libération Du Quebec sets off its first bombs in Quebec

April 22 - Lester Pearson becomes Prime Minister , replacing John Diefenbaker

May 27 - The Northern Alberta Institute Of Technology opens

's Alberta Social Credit Party wins an eighth consecutive majority

July 22 - The Royal Commission On Bilingualism And Biculturalism is announced

September 21 - Place Des Arts opens in Montreal

's PCs win a sixth consecutive majority

November 29 - 118 are killed in a TCA plane crash near Ste-Thérèse-de-Blainville, Québec

December 23 - plans to build the National Arts Centre are approved

Future Hall Of Fame Baseball player Ferguson Jenkins plays his first major league game

ARTS AND LITERATURE

:New Works

W.L. Morton - ''The Kingdom of Canada''

Milton Acorn - ''Jawbreakers''

Leonard Cohen - ''The Favorite Game''

Farley Mowat - ''Never Cry Wolf''

See 1963 Governor General's Awards for a complete list of winners and finalists for those awards.

, ''Three Cheers for Me''

BIRTHS

January 1 - Cheryl Dick ,netball player

January 9 - Larry Cain , Olympic canoeist

January 19 - Steve Peters , Ontario politician

February 12 - Ron Schuler , Manitoba politician

March 1 - Ron Francis , hockey player

March 26 - Roch Voisine , musician

April 4 - Vince Ditrich , politician

April 4 - Dale Hawerchuk , hockey player

April 4 - Jim Wilson , politician

April 18 - Eric McCormack , actor

April 27 - Joe Peschisolido , politician

April 27 - Cali Timmins , actor

May 5 - Susan Whelan , politician

May 25 - Mike Myers , comedian and actor

June 24 - Barbara Underhill , figure skater

June 25 - Doug Gilmour

June 25 - Yann Martel , author

July 11 - Al MacInnis , hockey player

July 11 - Sandra Schmirler , Olympic and World champion curler

July 12 - Andy Savoy , politician

September 2 - Gerard Gallant , hockey player

September 29 - Dave Andreychuk , hockey player

October 17 - Norm MacDonald , comedian

October 20 - Julie Payette , astronaut

November 25 - Holly Cole , singer

December 9 - Dave Hilton, Jr. , boxer

December 29 - Liisa Savijarvi , skier

Russell Smith , author

DEATHS