Danny Ding's Canadian History Timeline

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Event Date:	Event Title:	Event Description:
08/04/1914	Canada Declared War	Canada formally declared war on Germany and Austria-Hungary.
04/22/1915	Second Battle of Ypres	Germans launched gas attack, many soldier were killed and gagged. Canadian troops moved in to replace the French. It costed 6000 Canadian lives, and they proved they could do the job.
04/09/1917	Battle of Vimy Ridge	On Easter Monday, four Canadian divisions and one British brigade captured Vimy Ridge, near Arras, France, with a loss of 3578 killed and 7000 wounded. It was a brilliant victory for the Canadians, who sensed a new national awareness.
05/24/1918	The Canada Elections Act	The Canada Elections Act first enfranchised all Canadian women over the age of 21 for federal elections.
06/21/1919	Winnipeg Strike	For Canadians, the climactic battle between business and workers was fought in Winnipeg in the late spring of 1919.
12/29/1921	W.L. Mackenzie King Becomes Prime Minister	W.L. Mackenzie King became prime minister of Canada for the first time.
09/15/1922	Chanak Affair	Britain sent a telegram calling upon the Dominions to contribute soldiers in a demonstration of the Empire's solidarity against the Turks. PM King was refused.
10/24/1929	The Black Thursday	The selling of stocks on the New York Stock Exchange accelerated, leading to panic selling and tumbling prices. The economic boom of the 1920s was in ruins and the Great Depression began.
10/29/1929	The Black Tuesday	IT was the most devastating stock market crash in the history of the United States. The crash signaled the beginning of the 12-year Great Depression
11/02/1936	CRBC Becomes CBC	The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation was created to replace the Canadian Radio Broadcasting Commission.
09/10/1939	Canada Declares War on Germany	Canada declared war on Germany, 7 days after Britain and France.
12/07/1941	Japanese Attack Pearl Harbor	The Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor, bringing the US into World War II. Canada declared war on Japan, Finland, Hungary and Romania.
12/08/1941	Japanese Attack Hong Kong	The Japanese attacked the mainland (Kowloon) side of Hong Kong, and Hong Kong itself on December 18. Hong Kong surrendered on December 25. Numerous Canadians were killed or died in Japanese prison camps.
07/10/1943	The Italian Campaign	The Italian Campaign of World War II was the name of Allied operations in and around Italy, from 1943 to the end of the war in Europe, In result Allied were success and collapse of Fascist Italy.
05/07/1945	Germans Surrender	The Germans surrendered unconditionally to the western Allies, and to the Soviets the next day.
05/23/1949	Newfoundland Becomes Province	Newfoundland entered the Dominion of Canada as the 10th province through an Act of Westminster. The first session of the legislature was held at St John's on July 13.
07/01/1960	Treaty Indians Right to Vote	Canadian Treaty Indians were given the right to vote in Canadian elections.
04/27/1967	Expo 67 Opens in Montréal	Expo 67 opened in Montréal. The World's Fair closed on October 29, having hosted more than 5 million visitors.
07/09/1969	Official Languages Act	The Official Languages Act was given assent. It declared English and French the official languages of the federal administration.
04/12/1980	Terry Fox Begins Run	Terry Fox began his Marathon of Hope at St John's, Nfld, to raise money for cancer research. The run ended on Sept 1 in Thunder Bay, Ont, after cancer was discovered in his lungs. Within days the Marathon had raised over $10 million.
05/02/1986	Expo 86 Opens	Expo 86 at Vancouver, BC, was opened by the Prince and Princess of Wales. It ran to 13 October 1986 and had 20 million visitors.
02/24/2002	Men’s Hockey Team Wins Olympic Gold	Canada’s men’s hockey team won the Olympic gold medal at the Salt Lake Olympics.
06/12/2002	G8 Foreign Ministers Meet	The G8 Foreign Ministers met for two days at Whistler, BC.
03/12/2010	Winter Olympics Games at Vancouver	Mar 12, 2010 to Mar 21, 2010 - The Winter Olympics Games were held in Vancouver, a first for Canada. The event hosted 506 athletes from 44 countries, and Canada ultimately ranked third in overall medal standings.
06/26/2010	G20 Toronto Summit	Activists and police faced off on Friday afternoon in the tensest and largest G20 protest to date. Thousands of marchers promoting everything from feminist issues to liberating Palestine snaked their way through Toronto's downtown streets under the watchful eye of police in riot gear.
Timespan Dates:	Timespan Title:	Timespan Description:
03/12/2010 to 03/21/2010	Winter Olympics Games at Vancouver	Winter Olympics Games at Vancouver Mar 12, 2010 to Mar 21, 2010 - The X Paralympic Winter Games were held in Vancouver, a first for Canada. The event hosted 506 athletes from 44 countries, and Canada ultimately ranked third in overall medal standings.