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H1N1 Clinics Rescheduled and Postponed Tuesday, November 10, 2009 2:15 PM
The Horizon Health Network has rescheduled 11 clinics in Saint John and surrounding area starting Thursday and running until Sunday.
Millidgeville North School -500 Woodward Ave., November 12
M.Gerald Teed School – 151, Black St., November 12
Havelock Elementary School (Dist.2)- 4530 Rte. 880, November 12
Samuel -de -Champlain -67,ch. Ragged Point, November 12
Back Bay Elementary School- 980 Rte 170, November 13
Lawrence Station Elementary School- 6227 Rte 3, November 13
Belleisle Elementary School- 1775 Rte 124, Springfield, November 13
Samuel -de -Champlain -67,ch. Ragged Point, November 13
Champlain Heights School- 111 Champlain Hts, November 13
MacDonald Consolidated School- 3950 Rte 845, November 14
St. John the Baptist School- 223 St. James St., November 15
Due to a shortage of vaccine, the following H1N1 vaccination clinics scheduled between November 12th and 24th have been postponed:
North End Community Centre, Saint John, 195 Victoria St., November 12
New Brunswick Community College St Andrew's 99 Augustus St., November 12
North End Community Centre 195 Victoria St., November 13
University of New Brunswick Saint John 100 Tucker Park Rd., Rm 112 Athletics Cntr., November 13
Quispamsis Civic Centre 12 Civic Dr., November 14
New Brunswick Community College Saint John 950 Grandview Ave, November 15
Carleton Community Centre Market Place, November 16
New Brunswick Community College Saint John 950 Grandview Ave, November 16
Rothesay/Netherwood School 40 College Hill Rd., November 17
Quispamsis United Church 372 Hampton Rd., November 18
Kingston Parish Hall 396 Rte 845, November 19
Quispamsis Civic Centre 12 Civic Dr., November 20
Quispamsis Civic Centre 12 Civic Dr., November 21
Carleton Community Centre Market Place, November 22
River Valley Community Centre 749 Rivervalley Dr., November 23
Carleton Community Centre Market Place, November 21
River Valley Community Centre 749 Rivervalley Dr., November 24
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Children 6 months to18 years
Parents of children under 6 months
Pregnant women
First Nations (on reservations only)
For updated information on the clinics go to www.gnb.ca/flu or call 1-800-580-0038.
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- Remembrance Day can be a difficult day for many military members and their families even as citizens pay tribute to the Canadian Forces, according to a CFB Gagetown officer.
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- The niece of Gladys Winifred Fowler says she'll be at her aunt's burial on Sunday, 92 years after the New Brunswick woman died in England as an 18-year-old.
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- A large crowd gathered in Halifax's Grand Parade Square on Wednesday to remember those who died serving their country.
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- The four opposition MPs for the Halifax area say they have not been invited to any Olympic torch relay events and are blaming the Conservative government for "petty politics."
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- Nova Scotians who wanted to take advantage of the provincial Nov. 11 holiday to get an H1N1 shot were out of luck.
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- Thousands of Islanders attended Remembrance Day ceremonies across P.E.I. on Wednesday.
- 3rd P.E.I. grinder fire in less than a week
- A single-vehicle garage at a home in Oyster Bed, P.E.I., has been destroyed by fire.
- Man arrested in Charlottetown stabbing
- A 19-year-old man has been charged with assault following a stabbing in Charlottetown early Wednesday morning.
- Cold weather and fear of contracting swine flu kept some veterans away from the Remembrance Day ceremony at the National War Memorial in St. John's on Wednesday.
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- Newfoundland and Labrador's health minister is blaming the federal government for uncertainty over the province's swine flu vaccination supply.
- N.L. woman demands mammogram
- A woman in central Newfoundland is frustrated that she is being denied breast cancer screening even though her doctor says she should have it.
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- People in Canada's three territorial capitals filled gymnasiums and halls for Remembrance Day ceremonies on Wednesday morning.
- Ex-minister confirms Yukon premier's 'irate' call
- Yukon Independent MLA Brad Cathers is backing claims that Premier Dennis Fentie made an angry phone call to a top environment official earlier this year about the government's submission to the Peel Watershed Planning Commission.
- MLAs divided on N.W.T. power rate proposals
- Opinion is sharply divided over how best to overhaul the Northwest Territories' power rate structure, following a review panel's suggestion to blend rates based on which energy sources communities use.
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- Thousands of Quebecers marked Remembrance Day at ceremonies across the province, including a moving memorial in Montreal that drew generations of veterans.
- ADQ leader blames Tories for his undoing
- One day after announcing his resignation, Action Démocratique du Québec Leader Gilles Taillon says he was the victim of a putsch organized by the former "owners" of the party, including former leader Mario Dumont, other influential members of the ADQ and the federal Conservative Party.
- Nurses demand apology from health minister
- The union federation representing most nurses in Quebec is demanding an apology from Health Minister Yves Bolduc after he threatened disciplinary action against nurses who help people jump the queue to get their flu vaccination.
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- Swine flu vaccination clinics in Ottawa will temporarily close at the end of Thursday because there is not enough vaccine, the Ottawa Public Health department announced Wednesday.
- Lansdowne debate to draw hundreds
- Ottawa city councillors are preparing for at least a day of passionate arguments for — and against — the proposed plan to redevelop Lansdowne Park.
- Remembrance Day observances honour the fallen
- Remembrance ceremonies are attracting crowds in Canada and around the world to honour those who died while serving their countries.
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- Thousands stood in silence in downtown Toronto, taking part in the city's Remembrance Day ceremonies.
- Baby Kaylee's father pleads guilty to reduced charges
- Jason Wallace, the father at the centre of a heart transplant drama involving his infant daughter Kaylee, has pleaded guilty to charges stemming from an aggravated assault and robbery.
- Toronto-area private schools got H1N1 shots
- Some students in three York region private schools have received the H1N1 shot, even though the region's top medical official says they are not considered members of priority groups.
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- An ad placed in Wednesday's Windsor Star newspaper is causing some controversy on Remembrance Day.
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- A police officer in Sarnia, Ont., has been arrested and charged with two counts each of sexual assault and sexual interference.
- Tecumseh taxes expected to rise
- Municipal taxes in Tecumseh, Ont., could rise almost three per cent in 2010, the town's mayor said Tuesday night.
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- Remembrance ceremonies are attracting crowds in Canada and around the world to honour those who died while serving their countries.
- Flu forces cancellation of MJHL games
- The Manitoba Junior Hockey League (MJHL) is being forced to postpone some games because of a flu outbreak, the league's commissioner told CBC News on Wednesday.
- City cab drivers want panic alarms
- Winnipeg taxi drivers are asking for help from government to pay for panic alarms that could immediately alert police that they're in distress while working.
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- An Afghan girl and a Canadian soldier who served in Afghanistan shared a solemn moment in Regina on Wednesday.
- Woman, 29, killed in highway crash
- A woman, 29, was killed in a single-vehicle crash Wednesday morning on the Trans-Canada Highway east of Regina, the RCMP says.
- Sask. hog company seeks creditor protection
- Saskatchewan's largest hog producer has applied for creditor protection.
- Thousands of Calgarians paused to remember the sacrifices of soldiers past and present as Remembrance Day ceremonies were held across the city.
- Fire crews clean up major gas spill
- Fire crews blocked off an area in a Calgary northeast industrial area after a tanker truck leaked thousands of litres of gasoline.
- Calgary mother's murder acquittal appealed
- The Crown is appealing an Alberta judge's decision that a Calgary mother did not commit second-degree murder in killing her teenage daughter.
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- It was an overcast and chilly morning as hundreds of Edmontonians stood together to honour Canada's war veterans at the Loyal Edmonton Regiment Remembrance Day Ceremony in front of city hall.
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- Maurice White, 84, was an infantryman at age 17 with the 49th Loyal Edmonton Regiment during the Second World War. He recalls the invasion of Sicily.
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- Thousands of people turned out for Remembrance Day ceremonies across B.C. Wednesday morning, with the largest events taking place outside the legislature in Victoria and at the cenotaph in downtown Vancouver.
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- A Simon Fraser University football quarterback has drowned in the school's pool in what police are describing as a tragic accident
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- The B.C. Supreme Court has ordered a home inspector to pay nearly $200,000 in compensation to a North Vancouver couple for a faulty home inspection he performed.
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- The Montreal Police department is defending its handling of a protest during a Tuesday visit to the city by Prince Charles and his wife, Camilla.
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- U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is urging calm in the wake of a naval skirmish between North and South Korea this week, and says diplomatic efforts to resolve the nuclear standoff with the North will continue.
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- A monument to Métis soldiers who fought during the two World Wars will be erected at the Juno Beach museum in France on Wednesday, as a part of Remembrance Day ceremonies.
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- Camps for people uprooted by natural disasters or armed conflict inside their own country can stir envy among locals and become a recruiting ground for armed groups, the International Committee of the Red Cross warns.
- Remembrance ceremonies are attracting crowds in Canada and around the world to honour those who died while serving their countries.
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- U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is urging calm in the wake of a naval skirmish between North and South Korea this week, and says diplomatic efforts to resolve the nuclear standoff with the North will continue.
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- OPEC has revised its 2010 global crude demand up to 85.07 million barrels per day — 75,000 barrels per day higher than its assessment last month.
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Montreal Quebec - American Revolutionary General Richard Montgomery 1736-1775 lands at Point St. Charles and marches into Montreal a day after Guy Carleton evacuates the town. All Canada except Trois-Rivieres and Quebec City is now under the occupation of the Army of the Continental Congress, and the French habitants are being urged to join the Revolution.
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Prescott Ontario -
Republican Colonel Nils von Schoultz leads 200 Canadian exiles and US sympathizers in an attack against Prescott; fights the four-day Battle of the Windmill against British regulars and the local Canadian militia. Von Schoultz, a Finn, runs his schooner Charlotte aground below Prescott, and takes up position in a 6-storey stone windmill and several stone houses nearby; Canadians send a small vessel, the Experiment, to cut Schoultz off from the US, while 700 militia start arriving from the surrounding counties and a force of 70 British marines comes downriver by steamer from Kingston; the militia drive the Hunters from the houses into the windmill the following day; on the 14th Col Henry Dundas arrives with 4 companies of the 83rd Regiment, 2 eighteen-pounders and a howitzer; the rebels surrender on the 16th.
1945
And in Today's Canadian Birthdays...
Neil Young 1945-
singer and songwriter, was born on this day at Toronto in 1945, the son of Globe and Mail sports columnist Scott Young. Young started playing garage rock and roll in 1960, and by 1963 had cut his first record with the Squires, a Group from Winnipeg. In the mid 60s, he played with 4 To Go, and in 1965 cut 16 songs at Motown studios in Detroit with The Mynah Birds. In 1966 he helped found Buffalo Springfield - later CSNY (Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young - and toured southern California with them, selling out at the Whiskey A Go Go in LA. In 1968 he toured the US solo, then Canada solo and released the album Neil Young (1969). He toured U.S. east coast with Crazy Horse, then released After the Gold Rush (1969), then toured with CSNY and Friends. In 1971 he recorded most of the album Harvest with The Stray Gators, released the album 4 Way Street, and the following year played the Mariposa Folk Festival in Toronto solo. In 1973 he toured with The Santa Monica Flyers, and started playing prison and Indian Community benefits. In 1976 he played The Last Waltz Concert with The Band and Joni Mitchell. Other albums from this period include Zume (1975) Long May You Run (1976 - Stills Young Band), Decade (1977), Comes a Time (1978) and Rust Never Sleeps (1979). In 1980 Young played the Bread & Roses Festival with Friends, and released the album Hawks & Doves (1980), Re-Ac-Tor (1981), Trans (1982- Friends) , Everybody's Rockin' (1983- Shocking Pinks). In 1984 he played Austin City Limits with the International Harvesters. In 1985 he helped record "Tears are Not Enough" with Northern Lights, and played Live Aid in Philadelphia, and Farm Aid with The Grey Riders. He has played other benefits for Vietnam Veterans, Greenpeace, Get Tough on Toxins, Hungerthon, Walden Woods and the Nelson Mandela Benefit. On June 27, 1987 he played with his old band The Squires in a concert in the Blue Note Cafe, Winnipeg, and in 1988 joined Bob Dylan and Bruce Springsteen on stage for several concerts. He played Saturday Night Live in 1989 and in the 1990s released Ragged Glory (1990), Arc (1991), Harvest Moon (1993) and Broken Arrow (1996). He has recently toured with Crazy Horse and Friends, and played with Nicolette Larson, Nils Lofgren, the Grateful Dead, Warren Zevon, Brooker T. and the MGs, Willie Nelson, Led Zeppelin, Brendan O'Brien and Pearl Jam (MTV Video Music Awards). In 1994 he received the Canadian Governor-General's Performing Arts Award, and the following year was inducted into the Rock'n'Roll Hall of Fame, thirty albums after he began. For more Neil, check out The Neil Young Appreciation Society , founded in 1981, producers of Broken Arrow magazine.
Also Jeanne Mance 1606-1673
hospital founder, was baptized on this day at Langres, France, in 1606; died at Montreal June 18, 1673. Mance joined the Société Notre-Dame de Montréal in 1641 and accompanied de Maisonneuve and the first settlers to Ville Marie; spent first winter at the Sillery reserve; 1642 took first patients; 1645 completed the Hotel Dieu de Montréal; returned to France to raise funds; 1657 to France to bring the Hospitallers from La Flèche to staff the Hotel Dieu.
Also Francis Nicholson 1655-1727
soldier, colonial administrator, was born on this day at Downholme, England, in 1655; dies at London, England, Mar. 05, 1727 OS. Nicholson led two unsuccessful attacks on New France via the Hudson River and Lake Champlain in 1709 and 1711; 1710 captured Port Royal in Acadia with 500 marines and a fleet led by Commodore George Martin; 1712 appointed Governor of Nova Scotia and Placentia; 1714 spent August to October in Nova Scotia, but was recalled.
Also Louis-Antoine de Bougainville, Comte de Bougainville 1729-1811
soldier, sailor, scientist, was born on this day at Paris, France, in 1729; died at Paris Aug. 20, 1811. Bougainville entered the French military in 1750 and was posted to Quebec in 1756 as aide-de-camp to the Marquis de Montcalm; 1758 wrote treatise on the benefits of freer trade for New France; 1763 entered the French navy; founded short-lived colony of exiled Acadians on the Falkland Islands; 1771 published Voyage autour du monde; saw action in the French navy during the American Revolution; tropical vine bougainvillaea named after him.
Also Miller Brittain 1912-1968
artist, was born on this day at Saint John, New Brunswick, in 1912; died at Saint John Jan. 21, 1968. Brittain attended the Art Students League in New York from 1930 to 1932; specialized in painting the detail of urban life; served in the RCAF and worked as a war artist; his later paintings were more surrealist.
Also Jean Papineau-Couture 1916-
musician, teacher, composer, was born on this day at Montreal in 1916. Papineau-Couture studied in Montreal and Cambridge, Massachusetts, under Nadia Boulanger, concentrating on Stravinsky and French Impressionist composers; taught at Collège Jean-de-Brébeuf, the Conservatoire de musique de Montréal and 'Universiteé de Montréal (Dean of the Faculty 1968-73).
Also John Porter 1921-1979
sociologist, was born on this day at Vancouver in 1921; died at Ottawa June 15, 1979. Porter graduated from the London School of Economics, and taught primarily at Carleton University; his major study was the use of power by Canadian elites; 1965 published The Vertical Mosaic; 1979 published his collected essays, The Measure of Canadian Society: Education, Equality, and Opportunity.
Also Agnes Nanogak 1925-
artist, printmaker, was born on this day at Baillie Island, NWT, in 1925. Nanogak started publishing prints with the Holman artists' co-operative in 1967; has illustrated 2 books of Inuit stories, Tales from the Igloo (1972), and More Tales from the Igloo (1986).
Also Jean-Guy Pilot 1930-
writer, producer, was born on this day at St-Polycarpe, Quebec, in 1930. After studies at Valleyfield, Rigaud and l'Université de Montréal, Pilot worked for Radio-Canada producing talk shows; 1959 co-founded the magazine Liberté; 1970-1985 head of cultural programming for SRC; 1985 returned to arts production; has published 8 poetry collections.
Also Barbara MacDougall 1937-
stockbroker, journalist, politician, was born Barbara Jean Leamen on this day at Toronto in 1937. MacDougall was educated at the University of Toronto, and after graduation worked as an investment analyst, and a business writer; 1976 VP of AE Ames; 1984 elected to Parliament as a PC in Toronto-St. Paul's; served in the Mulroney Cabinet as Minister of State for Finance, with responsibility for privatization, as well as in the Health & Welfare and External Affairs portfolios; 1993 returned to private life.
Also John Metcalf 1938-
writer, was born on this day at Carlisle, England, in 1938. Metcalf came to Canada in 1961 to teach school in Montréal; works include: 1970 short story collection The Lady Who Sold Furniture; 1972 novel Going Down Slow; 1975 short story collection The Teeth of My Father; 1978 Girl in Gingham (novellas); 1980 novel General Ludd; 1982 literary criticism, Kicking Against the Pricks; 1986 novel Adult Entertainment.
Also Chris Wells 1975-
NHL centre, was born on this day at Calgary in 1975. Wells was selected by the Pittsburgh Penguins in the first round (24th pick overall) of the 1994 NHL Entry Draft; currently plays for the Florida Panthers.
In Other Events...
1997 Tampa Florida - Jacques Demers hired as Head Coach of the NHL Tampa Bay Lighting.
1996 Toronto Ontario - Blue Jays pitcher Pat Hentgen wins the Cy Young Award, edging Andy Pettitte of the New York Yankees; Hentgen was 20-10 with a 3.22 ERA; first player from a Canadian team to win.
1995 Cape Canaveral, Florida - Canadian Space Agency astronaut Chris Hadfield on board Atlantis shuttle flight STS-74 as it blasts off from Kennedy Space Center for a rendezvous with the Russian space station Mir; Hadfield the fourth Canadian to go into space; first Canadian to perform NASA Mission Specialist duties including operation of the Canadarm.
1992 Iqaluit NWT - 69% of 9,648 eligible Inuit vote Yes to land settlement and creation of Nunavut Territory; Inuit to get clear title to land, hunting and fishing rights.
1991 Yellowknife NWT - Nellie Cournoyea elected as leader of Northwest Territories legislature; 12 year veteran of assembly.
1991 Toronto Ontario - June Rowlands elected Mayor of Toronto, defeating Jack Layton; first woman mayor of city.
1991 New York City - Bryan Adams' 'Can't Stop This Thing We Started' at #1 on the Billboard hit singles list.
1991 Mississauga Ontario - Northern Telecom wins $1.05 billion order for digital switching and transmission equipment; to midwest Ameritech phone network.
1990 Montreal Quebec - Robert Bourassa in hospital for diagnostic tests; suffering from melanoma.
1984 Space - NASA shuttle astronauts use Canadarm to snare a wandering satellite; history's first space salvage.
1983 Space - Loverboy's 'Queen of the Broken Hearts' peaks at #34 on the Billboard pop singles chart; Vancouver group.
1982 Space - NASA Shuttle Columbia flight STS-5 deploys Canadian Anik-C3 comsat (mass 632 kg).
1981 Cape Canaveral, Florida - NASA space shuttle Columbia STS-2 blasts off from the Kennedy Space Center, carrying Canada's $100 million robot arm, made by Spar Aerospace in Toronto; the Canadarm will perform flawlessly; Columbia the first spaceship to be relaunched.
1979 Norman Wells, NWT - Metis Association of the NWT offers $160 million for Ottawa's 1/3 share of Norman Wells operation.
1978 Montreal Quebec - Jean Drapeau elected Mayor of Montreal for the 7th consecutive time.
1976 USA - Canadian jockey Sandy Hawley 1949- breaks thoroughbred racing's all-time money-winning record for single year; $4,255,912 winnings in 1 year.
1975 Toronto Ontario - 8,800 Toronto teachers go on strike at 135 high schools.
1971 Regina Saskatchewan - Paul Joseph Cini hijacks Air Canada plain over the prairies, but soon subdued and arrested; brandishing 54 sticks of dynamite and a shotgun.
1969 Montreal Quebec - Montreal Mayor Jean Drapeau bans street demonstrations in the city.
1966 Omaha Nebraska - Dick The Bruiser beats Quebec's Mad Dog Vachon in Omaha, to become NWA champ.
1965 Denver Colorado - Quebec's Mad Dog Vachon beats The Crusher in Denver, to become NWA champ.
1962 Montreal Quebec - International Exhibition Bureau approves Montreal bid to hold World's Fair, Expo '67.
1956 Ottawa Ontario - Ottawa founds Canada Council, to encourage growth of arts, humanities and social sciences.
1953 Washington DC - US-Canada agreement establishes St. Lawrence River Joint Board of Engineers; to plan construction of St. Lawrence Seaway.
1951 Toronto Ontario - National Ballet of Canada gives first performance in Toronto.
1941 Ottawa Ontario - Arthur Meighen 1874-1960 again elected Leader of the Conservative Party, replacing interim leader R.B. Hanson; was Leader 1920-26.
1940 Ottawa Ontario - Canadian government bans import of comic books.
1939 China - Canadian surgeon Dr. Norman Bethune dies of blood poisoning (septicemia) while operating a battlefield hospital in North China for Communist troops under Mao Tse Tung; becomes hero of the Revolution.
1938 Vancouver BC - Lions Gate Bridge opens for traffic to North Vancouver.
1935 Montreal Quebec - First flight of Noorduyn Norseman prototype bush plane; 904 Norsemans built before production ends in 1959.
1931 Toronto Ontario - Conn Smythe opens the Maple Leaf Gardens arena; has to pay workers with shares because of the Depression; in the first game this day, the Leafs beat the Black Hawks 2-1.
1930 Sverdrup Islands NWT - Norway recognizes Canadian sovereignty over Sverdrup Islands; after payment and negotiation with Sverrup's widow.
1922 Hollywood California - Toronto actress Mary Pickford stars in 'Tess of the Storm Country', released today; appeared in a 1914 version of the same story.
1921 Washington DC - Robert Laird Borden 1854-1937 represents Canada at Washington Conference on the Limitation of Armaments; until February 6, 1922.
1917 Ottawa Ontario - First Victory Loan of $150 million oversubscribed, yielding over $400 million.
1880 Stellarton Nova Scotia - Mine explosion in Foord Pit at Stellarton kills 50 coal miners.
1840 Toronto Ontario - Imperial Government sets up magnetical and meteorological observatory at Toronto.
1813 Astoria Oregon - John McTavish 17??-1847 takes possession of Astoria for the North West Company; establishes fort at mouth of Columbia River.
1757 German Flats New York - Beletre attacks and burns German Flats, on the Mohawk River, with 300 Canadians and Indians; kills 50 English settlers.
1633 Quebec Quebec - Jesuit priest Paul LeJeune starts his mission to the Indians.
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1956, Johnnie Ray was at No.1 on the UK singles chart with 'Just Walking In The Rain.' It stayed at No.1 for seven weeks making it this years Christmas No.1. Written in 1952 by Johnny Bragg and Robert Riley, two prisoners at Tennessee State Prison in Nashville, after a comment made by Bragg as the pair crossed the courtyard while it was raining. 1965, after changing his name from Toby Tyler to Marc Bolan, the future T Rex star performed his first single 'The Wizard' on the UK TV show 'Ready Steady Go!' 1965, Velvet Underground made their live debut when the played at Summit High School, New Jersey, the band were paid $75 for the gig. 1966, The Monkees debut album started a 13-week run at No.1 on the US album chart, selling over 3 million copies in three months. 1966, Johnny Rivers went to No.1 on the US singles chart with 'Poor Side Of Town'. Not a hit in the UK. 1968, UK book and record chain W.H. Smiths refused to display The Jimi Hendrix Experience album 'Electric Ladyland' due to the naked girls featured on the sleeve. The album was then made available as two albums with changed artwork after the complaints. 1971, The Velvet Underground appeared at Friars, Aylesbury, England, tickets 75p. 1971, Led Zeppelin appeared at The Locarno, Sunderland, England, tickets cost 75p. 1971, The Supremes kicked off a 13-date UK tour at The Regal, Edmonton. 1973, Mott The Hoople kicked off a 20-date UK tour at Leeds Town Hall with support group Queen. 1976, AC/DC appeared at the Corn Exchange, Cambridge, England, supported by The Tyla Gang. 1977, during a UK tour Blondie appeared at Friars in Aylesbury, supported by XTC. 1977, The Sex Pistols went to No.1 on the UK album chart with their debut LP 'Never Mind the Bollocks, Here's The Sex Pistols', the punk group's only No.1 album. 1980, Bruce Springsteen scored his first No.1 US album with 'The River', featuring the US No.5 & UK No.44 single 'Hungry Heart.' 1983, Lionel Richie started a four week run at No.1 on the US singles chart with 'All Night Long', becoming Motown's biggest seller to date, it made No.2 in the UK. 1988, U2 started a six-week run at No.1 on the US album chart with 'Rattle And Hum.' 1988, UK group The Escape Club went to No.1 on the US singles chart with 'Wild Wild West', not a hit in the UK. 1990, Rolling Stone Ron Wood broke both his legs after his car crashed on the M4 motorway near Marlborough, Wiltshire, England. Wood was trying to wave other cars past his when he was run over. 1993, John Otway played at London's Astoria. It was Otway's 2,000 gig, (his highest chart position until now was with 'Cor Baby, That's Really Free' which made UK No.27). 1994, Sparks played their first live gig for 19 years in front of 200 people at Leicester University, England. 1997, US singer, keyboard player Billy Preston was jailed for three years for possessing cocaine. 1997, George Michael launched his fanclub 'Members Online' on the internet. 1998, winners at the MTV Europe Awards included Madonna, best female artist and album for 'Ray Of Light', The Spice Girls won best group, All Saints won breakthrough artist, Robbie Williams, best male artist and Natalie Imbruglia won best song with 'Torn.' 1999, Gary Glitter was sentenced to four months in a Bristol prison after being found guilty of downloading child pornography from the Internet. He was released on 11th January 2000. 1999, Oasis announced their new bass player was Andy Bell, the ex-Ride guitarist, who until recently looked set to join UK band Gay Dad. 2000, A1 went to No.1 on the UK singles chart with 'Same Old Brand New You.' 2000, Destiny's Child started an eleven week run at No.1 on the US singles chart with 'Independent Women Part 1.' Taken from the group's third studio album, Survivor, the song first appeared on the soundtrack to the 2000 film Charlie's Angels. 2000, LeAnn Rimes sued Curb Records to void a contract signed by her parents on her behalf in 1995. In the suit the 18 year-old singer asked Curb to relinquish its rights and publishing interests in Rimes' past work, as well as future profits. 2000, R Kelly started a two week run at No.1 on the US album chart with 'TP- 2.Com' 2000, Westlife went to No.1 on the UK album charts with 'Coast To Coast.' 2001, Pulp singer Jarvis Cocker made an appearance as a DJ at Pentonville Prison, North London as part of his club night 'Desperate.' 2002, die-hard Beatles fans were enraged after Paul McCartney altered the song writing credits on his 'Back In The US 2002' album, changing them to McCartney and Lennon from Lennon and McCartney. 2002, the city of Atlanta declared this day as TLC day to remember Lisa 'Left Eye' Lopes who was killed in a car crash on 26th April 2002 aged 30. 2003, Tony Thompson drummer with Chic died of cancer. (US No.1 & UK No.7 single 'Le Freak'). Also worked with David Bowie, Madonna and appeared at Live Aid drumming with Led Zeppelin. 2004, the funeral of DJ John Peel took place at St Edmundsbury Cathedral, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk. Pulp's Jarvis Cocker, Undertones singer Feargal Sharkey and The White Stripes were among mourners, while Sir Elton John left a wreath of yellow roses. 2006, Jamiroquai went to No.1 on the UK album chart with 'High Times Singles - 1992-2006.' 2006, Westlife scored their 14th UK No.1 'The Rose' originally a US hit for Bette Midler in 1980. 2007, former Culture Club frontman, Boy George was charged with the false imprisonment of a 28-year-old man. Police said the offence was alleged to have taken place at the 47-year-old's home in Hackney, in London on 28 April of this year. The singer, DJ was bailed and was due to appear before Thames Magistrates' Court on 22 November. 2008, Mitch Mitchell, the British drummer with the Jimi Hendrix Experience, was found dead in his US hotel room aged 61. Mitchell had been working with Georgie Fame & the Blue Flames when in 1966 he was invited to audition for a new band being formed to back Jimi Hendrix. During the 70's Mitchell failed an audition for Paul McCartney's new band, Wings. November 12th: Born on this day 1936, Born on this day, Mort Shuman, US songwriter. Wrote many early 60's hits with Doc Pomus including 'Sweets For My Sweet', 'Teenager In Love', 'Save The Last Dance For Me.' 1940, Born on this day, Screaming Lord Sutch, singer, politician and leader of The Official Monster Raving Loony Party. He was the first long-haired pop star - boasting hair over 18 inches long. His early records included Jack The Ripper and I'm A Hog For You Baby, he died on June 16th 1999. The self-styled lord - real name David Sutch - was Britain's longest-serving political leader, standing in nearly 40 elections. 1943, Born on this day, Brian Hyland, US singer, (1960 US No.1 & UK No.8 single 'Itsy Bitsy Weenie Yellow Polka Dot Bikini'). 1943, Born on this day, John Maus, vocals, The Walker Brothers, (1966 UK No.1 & US No. 13 single 'The Sun Ain't Gonna Shine Anymore'). 1944, Born on this day, Booker T. Jones. Booker T and the MG's, (1962 US No. 3 single 'Green Onions', 1969 UK No.4 single 'Time Is Tight'). 1945, Born on this day, Neil Young, Canadian singer, songwriter, guitarist, Buffalo Springfield, (1967 US No.17 single 'For What It's Worth'). Crosby Stills Nash & Young, (1970 US No.1 & UK No.5 album 'DejVu'). Solo, (1972 US No.1 & UK No.10 single 'Heart Of Gold', 1970 UK No.7 album 'Harvest' spent 66 weeks on the UK chart). 1947, Born on this day, Donald Roeser, Blue Oyster Cult, (1976 US No.12 & 1978 UK No.16 single 'Don't Fear The Reaper'). 1948, Born on this day, Errol Brown, singer, Hot Chocolate, (1975 US No.3 single 'You Sexy Thing', 1977 UK No.1 single 'So You Win Again' plus over 25 other Top 40 hits). 1949, Born on this day, Arthur Tavares, Tavares, (1976 UK No.4 & US No.15 single 'Heaven Must Be Missing An Angel'). 1952, Born on this day, Laurence Juber, British guitarist, most famous for playing lead guitar with Paul McCartney in Wings. 1953, Born on this day, Calum Macdonald, Runrig, (1995 UK No.18 single 'An Ubhal As Airde, The Highest Apple'). 1955, Born on this day, Les McKeown, The Bay City Rollers, (1975 UK No.1 single 'Bye Bye Baby', plus 11 other UK Top 20 singles'). 1964, Born on this day, David Ellefson, Megadeth, (1990 UK No.13 single 'No More Mr Nice Guy'). 1968, Born on this day, Jo Dunne, bass, We've Got A Fuzzbox And We're Gonna Use It, (1989 UK No.11 single 'International Rescue'). 1984, Born on this day, Omarion, US R&B singer, (Omari Ishmael Grandberry), former B2K singer, 2005 US No.1 album 'O' and 2006 US No.1 album ‘21.’
