Canada Day commemorates the creation of the Dominion of Canada. On July 1, 1867, the British North America Act established “one Dominion under the name of Canada” out of the colonies of Upper Canada, Lower Canada, Nova Scotia and New Brunswick, dividing it into four provinces named Ontario, Quebec, Nova Scotia, and New Brunswick. Canada Day was so named by Parliament in 1982; previous names were First of July, July the First, Confederation Day, and Dominion Day.
Every Year
1840s
1860s
- 1863: BATTLE OF GETTYSBURG BEGAN
- 1867: DOMINION OF CANADA WAS CREATED BY THE BRITISH NORTH AMERICA ACT; THE DOMINION CONSISTED OF NOVA SCOTIA, NEW BRUNSWICK, LOWER AND UPPER CANADA
- 1867: JOHN A. MACDONALD BECAME THE FIRST PRIME MINISTER OF CANADA
1870s
- BORN 1872: LOUIS BLÉRIOT (FIRST MAN TO FLY ACROSS THE ENGLISH CHANNEL)
- 1873: PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND JOINED THE CANADIAN CONFEDERATION
- 1874: FIRST U.S. ZOO OPENED, WITH BEAR PIT AND LION HOUSE, PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA
- BORN 1877: BENJAMIN OLIVER DAVIS (FIRST AFRICAN AMERICAN GENERAL IN U.S. ARMY)
1890s
1900s
1910s
- 1913: LINCOLN HIGHWAY ASSOCIATION FORMED TO CREATE FIRST COAST-TO-COAST U.S. HIGHWAY
- BORN 1916: OLIVIA DE HAVILLAND (ACTRESS)
1920s
- 1921: FIRST SALES TAX IN U.S. BEGAN IN WEST VIRGINIA100 Years Ago
- 1927: FIRST PIANO CONCERTO BY BELA BARTOK PREMIERED IN FRANKFURT, GERMANY
1930s
1940s
1950s
1960s
- BORN 1961: CARL LEWIS (ATHLETE)
- BORN 1961: PRINCESS DIANA OF WALES
- 1962: INTELLIGENCE AND SECURITY BRANCH OF U.S. ARMY ESTABLISHED
- 1963: ZIP CODES INTRODUCED FOR U.S. MAIL
- 1966: MEDICARE WENT INTO EFFECT
1970s
- BORN 1971: MISSY ELLIOTT (HIP HOP ARTIST)
- BORN 1977: LIV TYLER (ACTRESS)
- BORN 1977: JAROME IGINLA (HOCKEY PLAYER)
1980s
1990s
2000s
- DIED 2000: WALTER MATTHAU (ACTOR)
- 2004: AFTER A SEVEN-YEAR JOURNEY, NASA’S CASSINI PROBE BECAME THE FIRST SPACECRAFT EVER TO ORBIT THE GIANT RINGED PLANET SATURN
- DIED 2004: MARLON BRANDO (ACTOR)
- DIED 2005: LUTHER VANDROSS (SINGER)
- 2005: JUSTICE SANDRA DAY O’CONNOR, THE FIRST WOMAN APPOINTED TO THE SUPREME COURT, ANNOUNCED THAT SHE WAS RETIRING FROM THE BENCH AFTER 24 YEARS
- DIED 2009: KARL MALDEN (ACTOR)
- DIED 2009: MOLLIE SUGDEN (ACTRESS)
2010s
- 2011: PARTIAL ECLIPSE OF THE SUN
- 2013: ANDY PETTITTE BROKE WHITEY FORD’S RECORD FOR CAREER STRIKEOUTS AS A NEW YORK YANKEES PITCHER AFTER STRIKING OUT HIS 1,958TH BATTER
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