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born January 11, 1934, Shawinigan, Quebec, Canada.
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Chrétien became a parliamentary secretary to the prime minister in 1965, a minister of state in 1967, and minister of national revenue in 1968.
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He served as minister of Indian affairs and northern development from 1968 to 1974.
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In 1977 became the first French Canadian to hold the post of minister of finance.
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After losing to John Turner in a contest to succeed Trudeau as head of the Liberal Party, Chrétien resigned his seat in the House of Commons in 1986.
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He was reelected to Parliament in 1990 and took over the leadership of the Liberals that same year.
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Justin started his career at The Mickey Mouse Club in 1993
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Justin Timberlake appeared on "Star Search" in 1993 under the name Justin Randall.
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Chrétien led his party to a landslide victory over the governing Progressive Conservative Party in national elections on October 25, 1993, and became prime minister of Canada on November 4.
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In the October 1993 federal election, the Bloc obtained 49.3 percent of the Quebec vote and 54 seats — enough to form the Official Opposition in the House of Commons.
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Women's gains were in higher-paying professional occupations, such as dentists and doctors at 26% (1993), and middle administrative jobs at 42% (1993) up from 18% (1982). But women still earned considerably less than men at every level regardless of age or education.
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One in 4 four women worked part-time, generally in low paid, nonunionized, service-oriented jobs without benefits (1993). Because many women with small children drop out while their children are small and then opt for part-time work, they and their children often end up living in poverty. Sixty percent of single mothers live below the poverty level.
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High-profile designers in Montréal include Philippe DUBUC, who began his high-end ready-to-wear men's line in 1993
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The government lowered cigarette taxes in an attempt to stem rampant smuggling from the United States.
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Rockstar Kurt Cobain killed himself with a shotgun blast to the head, police said yesterday.
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Carrey's expressive face, expert mimicry skills and physical brand of comedy kept the hits coming. He followed with The Mask (1994), Dumb and Dumber (1994), Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls (1995), Batman Forever (1995),The Cable Guy (1996) and Liar Liar (1997).
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Forrest Gump, one of the most popular movies of 1994, starred Tom Hanks as an intellectually impaired man who participates in every major event in American history over four decades. Critics praised the movie, pointing out that its real theme is Forrest Gump's life-affirming power to transform the lives of those around him.
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In 1995, he became a teen heartthrob with the pop group *NSYNC.
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Alexa McDonough was elected Leader of the NDP (New Democratic Party) in October.
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IMAX projection systems have been installed in 129 theaters worldwide, as of December 1995. Many of these are located in specially constructed sites at tourist and educational institutions, such as the National Air and Space Museum in Washington, D.C., Taman Mini Park in Jakarta, Indonesia, and the Museum of Civilization in Hull.
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On the first full weekend of the Games, the 100m final began with three false starts and a disqualification of 1993 world champion Linford Christie. That led to an eventual slow start, with 1995 world champion Donovan Bailey posting the slowest reaction time in the field. But he quickly gained steam to win in a world record time of 9.84 seconds, giving Canada its first 100m Olympic gold in 68 years.
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The precursor to the BlackBerry smartphone was the RIM Inter@ctive Pager 900, introduced in 1996. The two-way pager was equipped with a QWERTY keyboard and capable of sending faxes and emails.
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The Jean Chrétien government presented the Bill in response to the Supreme Court’s Quebec Secession Reference, which stipulates that "political actors" are responsible for determining, among other things, what constitutes a clear question and a clear majority following a province or territory referendum on secession from Canada.
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In 1997, Jim Carrey played the role of ‘Van Elsinger’ in the television series, ‘Sliders’. However, he got his big break on television as ‘Leo Chingkwake’ in the hit American series, ‘That ‘70s Show’, where he played a recurring character for a number of seasons.
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Four runs, each timed to the hundredth of a second, and somehow two sleds finish in the exact same cumulative time, resulting in the first ever shared gold medal in Olympic bobsleigh competition. Pierre Lueders and brakeman Dave MacEachern were part of that historic moment at Nagano 1998 as they stood on the top step of the podium with Italy’s Gunther Huber and Antonio Tartaglia.
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In the summer of 1999, when four boats carrying Chinese migrants arrived off the shores of British Columbia, the debate over immigration and refugee law and policies became more widespread and intense. Much of the Canadian public did not like what it saw.
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Nunavut is created in the western Arctic, with lands set aside where Inuit can live, hunt and control subsurface resources.
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In 1999, after two years of working with Dre, Eminem released The Slim Shady LP. The heavily hyped record became an instant success and went on to sell over three million copies. Eminem's first single, "My Name Is," mixed a childish humor and energy with rampant profanity and flashes of violence—a potent and fascinating combination that felt different from anything else in rap.
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The Auditor General found that immigration officers overseas were overwhelmed by their workload, and concluded that the Department did not have the resources to process the number of immigration applications required to reach its target levels.
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Nigerian-born freestyle wrestler Daniel Igali won Canada's first-ever gold medal in wrestling.
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Men's tennis doubles Daniel Nestor and Sebastien Lareau upset the number one seed Australians Mark Woodforde and Todd Woodbridge to claim Canada's third gold medal of the games.
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The federal government approves the Nisga'a Treaty, giving the tribe about $196 million over 15 years plus communal self-government and control of natural resources in parts of northwestern British Columbia.
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During the terror attacks against the US in 2001, Canada gave refuge to hundreds of stranded commercial airliners and their passengers.
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Canada also participated in the US-led invasion of Afghanistan.
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The shoe shops have suddenly seen the influence of designers like Jimmy Choo appear in everyday footwear ranges. Pretty shoes with an interesting array of heels of all sorts. Newer cone heels and Louis hourglass heels are catching the attention of women again.
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The first iPod came out in October 2001. Before that, people walked around with this thing called a Walkman. If you had one with a CD player, you we're pretty cool.
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Timberlake went solo in 2002, releasing his own album, Justified. He proved he could stand alone with the Grammy-winning album.
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2006’s “Alpha Dog” was Timberlake’s first major film role. He starred alongside Bruce Willis, Emile Hirsch and Anton Yelchin.
