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28 June 1926
In the 1921 General Election, the Conservatives under the leadership of Arthur Meighen were pummeled. They lost more than 100 seats, including’s Meighen’s, both to the Liberal Party under William Lyon Mackenzie King, and to the new western-based Progressive Party led by Thomas Crerar. So bad was their drubbing, the Conserva...
16 August 1926
When Canadians think of a stampede what likely comes to mind is the Calgary Stampede, an event that brings together cowboys, horses, and cattle for bronco busting and cow punching every summer. This was also true one hundred years ago. But, for one brief week in the summer of 1926, all eyes were on Ottawa. The city was ce...
3 June 1969 and 23 December 1969
The most influential and ground-breaking rock ‘n’ roll group of the 1960s and possibly of all time was The Beatles—the foursome of Paul McCartney, John Lennon, George Harrison and Ringo Starr. With their origins in the gritty British port city of Liverpool, the group burst onto the public consciousness w...
