History By EliG21 Jan 28, 1914 WW1 begins Apr 9, 1917 Battle of Vimy ridge Jun 28, 1919 Treaty of Versailles is signed Jan 1, 1929 Great depression begins Jan 1, 1939 WW2 begins Jan 1, 1949 Newfoundland joins Confederation Jun 25, 1950 Korean war Oct 16, 1962 Cuban missile crisis Feb 15, 1965 Canada gets its own flag Apr 17, 1982 Constitution is patriated Jan 1, 2001 Start of the 21st century Sep 11, 2001 911 occurres Jun 1, 2017 Canada 150