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

One of Canada's most remarkable families works tirelessly to aid displaced persons and refugees during the Second World War.

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

Native American Chief Sitting Bull seeks refuge in Canada.

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

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

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.

Author, artist and physician during World War I John McCrae pens In Flanders Fields.

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

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

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

The town of Myrnam, Alberta forms a non-denominational hospital.

The first woman to be elected to the Canadian House of Commons Agnes Macphail fights for penal reform.

The story of how Mary Travers becomes a famed popular singer in Quebec.

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

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

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

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

Montréal Royals players and fans welcome the first African American player, marking the beginning of the end of baseball's colour barrier.

L'Anse aux Meadows in Newfoundland is settled by Norsemen (Vikings) around the year 1000 CE.