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Italian navigator and explorer John Cabot discovers the Grand Banks of Newfoundland and runs "aground" on a bounty of fish.

Philosopher of communication theory Marshall McLuhan coins the phrases "the medium is the message" and "global village."

The surprise victory of the Paris Crew, a group of unheralded Canadian rowers, at the 1867 World Championships.

French coureur des bois and explorer Jean Nicolet becomes the first European to reach Lake Michigan, but thinks it's the Pacific.

Canadian aerospace engineers design and test the world's fastest, most advanced interceptor aircraft.

One family's quick thinking helps them to survive the 1870 fire in Saguenay, Quebec.

The first woman licensed to practice medicine in Canada faces prejudice in the classroom.

New France, under the leadership of French governor Louis de Buade de Frontenac, repels the British invasion at the Battle of Quebec

Native American Chief Sitting Bull seeks refuge in Canada.

Legal scholar, jurist, and human rights advocate John Humphrey drafts the United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights.

Engineer Thomas Wardrope Eadie develops the Trans Canada Microwave telecommunications network.

Lawyer and politician Robert Baldwin and Louis-Hippolyte Lafontaine build inter-lingual cooperation.

An African American escapes to Canada along the Underground Railroad.

Three men from Pine Street in Winnipeg win the Victoria Cross in World War I, and the street's name is changed to Valour Road in their honour.

An engineer who planned three railways plays a pivotal role in the creation of Standard Time (1885).

The explorer's first meeting with Iroquoian peoples provides one story of how Canada got its name.

Teacher Kate Henderson sways school trustees to embrace new methods, and the event is represented in the famous painting by Robert Harris: A Meeting...

Women's rights activist, jurist, and author Emily Murphy's quest for equal rights for women.

Toronto cartoonist Joe Shuster describes the comic book hero he created.

Jacques Plante becomes the first NHL player to wear a goaltender mask in regular play.