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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 - David Barrett

Premier Of Manitoba - Edward Schreyer

Premier Of New Brunswick - Richard Hatfield

Premier Of Newfoundland - 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 25 - The '' Irish Stardust '' runs aground north of Vancouver Island causing a large Oil Spill .

February 1 - Gerald Bouey succeedes Louis Rasminsky as Governor of the Bank Of Canada .

February 5 - Work begins on the contruction of the CN Tower

February 13 - The Gendron Report is issued, it recommends making French Quebec 's only official language

February 15 - The Lester B. Pearson College Of The Pacific is established in Victoria, British Columbia

April 2 - Montreal announces Canada's first Lottery to help pay for the 1976 Summer Olympics

April 20 - Anik A-2 is launched

October 17 - OPEC dramatically raises the price of Oil . This is a boon to Alberta but hurts central Canada.

November 1 - Waterloo Lutheran University is renamed Wilfrid Laurier University

November 13 - A Jury refuses to convict Henry Morgentaler for performing Abortion s

December 7 - Canada sells is first CANDU Reactor to South Korea

First Air is founded

ARTS AND LITERATURE

:New Works

Farley Mowat - ''Tundra: Selections from the Great Accounts of Arctic Land Voyages''

Donald Jack - ''That's Me in the Middle''

John Newlove - ''The Fat Man: Selected Poems (1962-1972)''

Robert Kroetsch - ''Gone Indian''

See 1973 Governor General's Awards for a complete list of winners and finalists for those awards.

, ''Saturday Night at the Bagel Factory''

The Royal Canadian Air Farce is formed

Alex Trebek moves to the United States to host '' The Wizard Of Odds ''.

BIRTHS

January 11 - Sarah Forbes , field hockey goalkeeper

February 4 - Manny Legace , hockey goalie

February 28 - Eric Lindros , Ice Hockey star

March 11 - Shane Menchions , Co-Founder of X-Sale

March 24 - Philippe Boucher , hockey player

March 31 - Ian Goldberg , cryptographer

April 21 - Richard Drouin , engineer working in NYC

April 23 - Derek Armstrong , hockey player

May 4 - John Madden , hockey player

May 4 - Matthew Barnaby , hockey player

June 8 - Lexa Doig , actor

July 3 - Adrian Aucoin , hockey player

July 13 - Gavin Hassett , Olympic rower

July 19 - Scott Walker , hockey player

July 22 - Rufus Wainwright , musician

August 24 - Andrew Brunette , hockey player

August 29 - Jessica Holmes , actor

August 31 - Scott Niedermayer , Ice Hockey player

October 3 - Neve Campbell , actress

October 30 - Adam Copeland , professional wrestler

November 10 - Iain Brambell , Olympic rower

December 14 - Tomasz Radzinski , soccer player

December 25 - Alexandre Trudeau , Prime Minister's son

DEATHS

July 18 - Christine Demeter , murder victim

July 25 - Louis St. Laurent , former Prime Minister

December - Alfred Fuller , businessman

Tim Buck , communist