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The first television broadcast showing the opening of Parliament.
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The Bank of Toronto and The Dominion Bank merge to form the Toronto-Dominion Bank.
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A riot erupts in Montreal when Maurice Richard is suspended because he slapped an official during a hockey game.
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The Angus L. MacDonald Bridge connecting Halifax to Dartmouth opens.
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Leslie Frost's PCs win fourth consecutive majority.
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Ernest Manning's Social Credit Party wins a sixth consecutive majority.
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Seven teenagers die in a mountaineering accident on Mount Temple in Banff National Park.
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Dalton McGuinty is born and in present day is the premier of Ontario.
