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INCUMBENTS

Monarch - Queen Elizabeth II

Governor General - Georges Vanier

Prime Minister - John Diefenbaker

Premier Of Alberta - Ernest Manning

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

Premier Of Manitoba - Duff Roblin

Premier Of New Brunswick - Hugh John Flemming then Louis Robichaud

Premier Of Newfoundland - Joey Smallwood

Premier Of Nova Scotia - Robert Stanfield

Premier Of Ontario - Leslie Frost

Premier Of Prince Edward Island - Walter Shaw

Premier Of Quebec - Paul Sauvé then Antonio Barrette then Jean Lesage

Premier Of Saskatchewan - Tommy Douglas

EVENTS

January 2 - Paul Sauvé , Premier of Quebec , dies in office

January 8 - Antonio Barrette becomes premier of Quebec

January 16 - Gordie Howe becomes the leading scorer in NHL history, passing Maurice Richard

February 16 - The new National Gallery Of Canada building opens in Ottawa

April 14 - The Montreal Canadiens defeat the Toronto Maple Leafs to win their fifth Stanley Cup in a row

April 24 - Television station CBWFT signs on for the first time as Radio-Canada Winnipeg.

's Co-operative Commonwealth Federation wins a fifth consecutive majority

July 1 - Status Indians are given the right to vote

July 12 - Louis Robichaud becomes premier of New Brunswick , replacing Hugh John Flemming

July 22 - Jean Lesage becomes premier of Quebec, replacing Antonio Barrette

July 22 - Vincent Massey becomes the first Canadian to receive the Royal Victorian Chain

July 25 - 27 - The first First Ministers Conference is held

August 10 - The Canadian Bill Of Rights is given royal assent

September - York University 's first class begins learning

September 19 - The University Of Calgary is founded

October 6 - Maurice Richard 's number is retired by the Montreal Canadiens

November 2 - The National Theatre School opens in Montreal

December 17 - Quebec becomes the last province to agree to the National Health Act

The Quiet Revolution is usually said to begin in Quebec

The Canadian Bill Of Rights is approved by Parliament

French beginning to be recognized as language taught in schools outside of Quebec

L'Anse Aux Meadows , evidence of Viking colonization of North America is discovered in Newfoundland

Seven-year-old Roger Woodward became the first person to accidentally fall over the Horseshoe Falls and survive.

ARTS AND LITERATURE

:New Books

Milton Acorn - ''Against a League of Liars''

Farley Mowat - ''Ordeal by Ice''

Gordon R. Dickson - ''Necromancer''

See 1960 Governor General's Awards for a complete list of winners and finalists for those awards.

, ''Just Add Water and Stir''

BIRTHS

January 12 - Oliver Platt , actor

January 25 - John Anderson Alleyne , choreographer

February 2 - Grant Main , rower

February 12 - George Elliott Clarke , author

February 14 - Meg Tilly , actor

February 17 - Lindy Ruff , ice hockey player and coach

February 28 - Dorothy Stratten , actor

March 7 - Gail Greenough , author

March 15 - Carole Rouillard , long-distance runner

April 10 - Drew Caldwell , politician

April 28 - John Cerutti , baseball pitcher

April 29 - Robert J. Sawyer , science fiction writer

May 23 - Cheryl Gallant , politician

July 19 - Atom Egoyan , filmmaker

July 21 - Dale Hunter , ice hockey player

July 25 - Alain Robidoux , snooker player

August 30 - Mark Eyking , politician

September 14 - Callum Keith Rennie , actor

September 21 - David James Elliott , actor

November 6 - Kevin Neufeld , rower

December 28 - Ray Bourque , ice hockey player

John Greyson , Film Director

DEATHS

January 2 - Paul Sauvé , Premier of Quebec

February 22 - Paul-Émile Borduas , abstract painter

November 5 - Mack Sennett , comedian

December 12 - Louis Orville Breithaupt , 18th Lieutenant Governor of Ontario