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INCUMBENTS

Monarch - Queen Elizabeth II

Governor General - Roland Michener

Prime Minister - Pierre Trudeau

Premier Of Alberta - Peter Lougheed

Premier Of British Columbia - W.A.C. Bennett then David Barrett

Premier Of Manitoba - Edward Schreyer

Premier Of New Brunswick - Richard Hatfield

Premier Of Newfoundland - Joey Smallwood then Frank Moores

Premier Of Nova Scotia - Gerald Regan

Premier Of Ontario - Bill Davis

Premier Of Prince Edward Island - Alexander B. Campbell

Premier Of Quebec - Robert Bourassa

Premier Of Saskatchewan - Allan Blakeney

EVENTS

January 1 - Winnipeg is merged into a megacity

January 1 - Canada's ban on cigarette advertisements on film, radio, and television, goes into effect

January 1 - Canada's Capital Gains Tax comes into effect

January 18 - Frank Moores becomes premier of Newfoundland , replacing Joey Smallwood , who had governed for 23 years

February 25 - The Pickering Nuclear Power Plant opens

April 15 - Canada and the United States sign the Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement

May 31 - The "member" level of the Order Of Canada is created

June 16 - The Churchill Falls Hydro-electric facility opens

July 14 - Donald Macdonald of the Canadian Labour Congress becomes the first non-European head of the International Confederation Of Free Trade Unions

July 21 - Global Television begins broadcasting into Ontario

August 30 - Frank Calder becomes the first Native Cabinet minister in Canadian history when he is appointed to the Cabinet Of British Columbia

September 1 - An Arson attack on the Blue Bird Bar in Montreal kills 37

September 12 - Heritage Canada is established

September 15 - David Barrett becomes premier of British Columbia , replacing W.A.C. Bennett , who had governed for 20 years

September 27 - The sale of Fire Cracker s is banned in Canada

September 28 - "... right in front, they score, Henderson has scored for Canada ..."-- Foster Hewitt are the words as Canada wins the 1972 Summit Series

's Liberals win a minority

November 9 - Anik I , the world's first non-military communications satellite is launched.

Government Pension s are indexed to cost of living

The Art Bank is established

The World Hockey Association begins operations

CityTV founded in Toronto

ARTS AND LITERATURE

:New Works

Robertson Davies - '' The Manticore ''

Margaret Atwood - ''Survival''

Mordecai Richler - ''Shovelling Trouble''

John Newlove - ''Lies''

Milton Acorn - ''More Poems For People''

Donald Jack - ''Exit Muttering''

Leona Gom - ''Kindling''

Joy Fielding - ''The Best of Friends''

Farley Mowat - ''A Whale for the Killing''

Marshall McLuhan - ''Culture is Our Business''

See 1972 Governor General's Awards for a complete list of winners and finalists for those awards.

, ''The Night They Stole the Mounties' Car''

BIRTHS

January 1 - Shaun Majumder , actor

January 3 - Drake Berehowsky , hockey player

February 12 - Owen Nolan , hockey player

March 17 - Melissa Auf Der Maur , musician

March 22 - Elvis Stojko , figure skater

May 5 - Devin Townsend , musician

May 5 - Brad Bombardir , hockey player

May 6 - Martin Brodeur , hockey goaltender

May 30 - Lisa Michelle Merrithew , public relations consultant

June 17 - Steven Fletcher , politician

June 26 - Garou , singer

July 4 - Mike Knuble , hockey player

August 1 - Tanya Reid , actor

August 29 - Amanda Marshall , singer

September 27 - Clara Hughes , cyclist

October 17 - Cameron Baerg , Olympic rower

November 26 - Chris Osgood , hockey goaltender

DEATHS

December 27 - Lester B. Pearson , Prime Minister