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The three branches of the Canadian Forces are merged into one, adopting a common green uniform and Army-derived ranks
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The Florida Education Association (FEA) initiates a mass resignation of teachers to protest state funding of education. This is, in effect, the first statewide teachers' strike in the United States.
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The Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) is formed
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Martin Luther King, Jr. is shot dead at the Lorraine Motel in Memphis, Tennessee. Riots erupt in major American cities, lasting for several days afterwards.
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The flag of Alberta is authorized
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The laws creating Canada's Medicare system come into effect
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U.S. presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy is shot at the Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles, California by Sirhan Sirhan. Kennedy dies from his injuries the next day.
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Canada Post workers represented by the Canadian Union of Postal Workers go on strike
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canada postals workers strikes end
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Hawaii 5-O debuts on CBS and eventually becomes the longest-running crime show in television history until Law & Order overtakes it in 2003.
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