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On this date: Mar-Apr 2024

Legion Magazine — Thu, 21 Mar 2024 17:31:45 +0000

1 March 1942 The Canadian Women’s Army Corps is granted full army status and becomes an integral part of the Canadian Militia. Prior to this, only nursing sisters were admitted into the country’s armed forces. 2 March 2011 HMCS Charlottetown heads for Libya to provide humanitarian assistance amid civil war. 3 March 1838 A small …

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On this date: Nov-Dec 2023

Legion Magazine — Fri, 15 Dec 2023 19:48:59 +0000

3 November 1534 King Henry VIII becomes Supreme Head of the Church of England following the passage of the Act of Supremacy by the U.K. Parliament. 4 November 1920 Airmail service begins between Canada and the U.S. 5 November 2006 Saddam Hussein is sentenced to death. 6 November 1861 James Naismith, the inventor of basketball, is born in …

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On this date : June 2023

Legion Magazine — Wed, 03 May 2023 14:15:39 +0000

4 June 1940 The evacuation from Dunkirk is completed. Six Canadians die in the battle. 5 June 1981 The first case of AIDS is reported. 6 June 1944 Nearly 160,000 Allied soldiers land in Normandy, France, on D-Day. 10 June 1999 The Kosovo War ends. 11 June 1847 Explorer John Franklin dies aboard HMS Erebus, …

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On this date : May 2023

Legion Magazine — Wed, 03 May 2023 14:10:10 +0000

5 May 1862 Mexico repels the French forces of Napoleon III at the Battle of Puebla, a victory now celebrated as the national holiday Cinco de Mayo. 7 May 1944 HMCS Valleyfield is hit by a homing torpedo from U-548 and sinks southeast of Cape Race, Nfld., leaving 125 dead. 8 May 1945 As the …

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On this date : April 2023

Legion Magazine — Mon, 03 Apr 2023 13:57:24 +0000

5 April 1947 The first of seven Sikorsky helicopters, to be used for search and rescue, is received by the Royal Canadian Air Force. 6 April 1917 The United States declares war on Germany, officially entering the First World War. 8 April 2007 Six Canadian soldiers die after their vehicle hits an improvised explosive device in …

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On this date : March 2023

Legion Magazine — Fri, 03 Mar 2023 14:50:14 +0000

1 March 1633 Samuel de Champlain becomes the first governor of New France. 2 March 1951 The Department of National Defence publishes its first Korean War casualty list. The names of 516 Canadians are inscribed in the Korean War Book of Remembrance. 4 March 1943 HMCS Shediac and HMCS St. Croix sink U-87 in the North Atlantic. …

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On this date : February 2023

Legion Magazine — Wed, 01 Feb 2023 18:12:05 +0000

1 February 1944 A Canadian corps operates on the front line, in Italy, for the first time since the Great War. 2 February 1915 A German spy bombs the Saint Croix-Vanceboro Railway Bridge at the New Brunswick-Maine border. The bomb damages, but fails to destroy, the bridge. 3 February 1945 Almost 1,000 Flying Fortresses drop over 2,700 tonnes …

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On this date : January 2023

Legion Magazine — Wed, 04 Jan 2023 20:32:23 +0000

1 January 1916 In his New Years’ message, Prime Minister Robert Borden announces Canada’s goal to place 500,000 men in uniform. 2 January 1940 PO Selby Roger Henderson and Wing Cmdr. John Francis Griffiths are the first Canadians awarded medals during the Second World War, each earning the Distinguished Flying Cross. 4 January 1945 U-boats claim the Norwegian steamship …

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On this date: December

Legion Magazine — Thu, 24 Nov 2022 16:12:16 +0000

1 December 1943 Joseph Stalin, Franklin D. Roosevelt and Winston Churchill meet in Tehran and express their determination to win the war in Europe. 2 December 1968 The Canadian submarine Rainbow (S75) is commissioned. Purchased from the U.S., it was originally known as USS Argonaut and launched in 1944. 3 December 1970 British Trade Commissioner …

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On this date: November 2022

Legion Magazine — Mon, 31 Oct 2022 19:30:39 +0000

1 November 1918 Sgt. Hugh Cairns earns the Victoria Cross for capturing multiple machine-gun crews near Valenciennes, France. He is mortally wounded in the process. 2 November 1951 One Canadian dies and 13 are wounded in a diversionary raid by the Chinese on Hill 187 in Korea. 4 November 1942 Germany’s Afrika Korps begins its …

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