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Leif Ericson visits L'Anse aux Meadows and Labrador, Newfoundland
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An adventurer named David Kirke takes Québec for Britain
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Hans Bernhardt is the first recorded German immigrant to come to what now is Canada
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Sir John Alexander Macdonald was Canada's first Prime minister who was in office for two terms (July 1, 1867-November5, 1873).
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With the passing of the British North America Act in 1867, Canada became a Dominion in the British Commonwealth, (This did not mean it was fully independent).
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Canada's first war effort was in WWI when Britin entered the war against Germany. This is important because this was the begining of Canada's war history.
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Alexandra Luke organizes a touring exhibition of Canadian Abstract Art
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The maple leaf design was by George Stanley, and is now celebrated as National Flag of Canada Day.
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Members of Quebec's Liberal front that wanted formal recongnition set off a powerful bomb that injured 27 people and ripped through the Montreal Stock Exchange
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Toronto's CN Tower becomes the world's tallest free-standing structure
