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The day that Lester was born in Newtonbrook, Toronto, Ontario.
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The timespan of the life of Lester B. Pearson.
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When the First World War broke out in 1914, he volunteered for service as a Medical Orderly with the University of Toronto Hospital Unit.
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During 1917, Pearson transferred to the Royal Flying Corps, where he served as a Flying Officer.
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While training as a pilot at an air training school in Hendon, England, Pearson survived an airplane crash during his first flight
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In 1918, he was hit by a London bus during a citywide blackout and was sent home as an invalid to recuperate, and was then discharged from the service.
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After the war, he returned to school, receiving his Bachelor's Degree of Arts from the University of Toronto in 1919.
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While on a scholarship at the University of Oxford he played for the Oxford University Ice Hockey Club, the team that won the first-ever Spengler Cup in 1923.
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Maryon and Lester Pearson married on August 22, 1925. They met at the University of Toronto, where he was a teacher and she was a student.
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He served as Canada's ambassador to the United States from 1945-1946.
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Pearson was appointed to Secretary of State for External Affairs by Prime Minister Louis St. Laurent.
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Pearson was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for his efforts in stopping the Suez Crisis through the United Nations.
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At the 1958 leadership convention, Pearson was elected leader of the Liberal Party, defeating Cabinet Minister Paul Joseph James Martin.
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Pearson was sworn in as the 14th Prime Minister of Canada on this date and formed his minority government. He was in office from 22 April 1963 to 20 April 1968.
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Pearson announces his retirement from politics on this date.
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Pearson passed away on this date, and he was burried in Wakefield, Quebec.
