Monday, September 6 – Edmonton publisher Mel Hurtig launched The Canadian Encyclopedia in 1985 at a gala at Edmonton's Citadel Theatre. More
Tuesday, September 7– In 1783 Joseph Brant spoke to a Native council at Lower Sandusky, Ohio, attended by Shawnees, Cherokees and others to unite them with the Six Nations and to encourage them to speak with "the United Voice of us all." More
Wednesday, September 8 – Sep 8, 1918 to Sep 8, 1919 - Possibly the most devastating epidemic in human history, which may have originated in Funston, Kansas, spread through Europe and the world, killing some 30 million people, including about 50 000 Canadians. The virus arrived with servicemen on board the ship Araguaya at Halifax. The first civilian outbreak in Canada occurred on September 8, 1918. More
Thursday, September 9 – The hydrofoil created by Alexander Graham Bell, his wife Mabel Bell and the engineer F.W. Casey Baldwin set a record in 1919 for speed over water on the tranquil waters of the Bras d'Or, NS. At a time when the greatest steamships of the world made less than 60km/h, the HD-4 hydrofoil vessel was clocked at 114km/h. More
Friday, September 10 – Canada declared war on Germany in 1939, 7 days after Britain and France. The first Canadian troops left for England in December. Although "obliged to go to war at Britain's side," King's delay of a week was a symbolic gesture of independence. More
Saturday, September 11 – A court in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, convicted Canadian journalist Murray Hiebert of contempt in 1999 for writing that Malaysia was becoming increasingly litigious. He was sentenced to 6 years in prison. For more on law and the press in Canada. More
Sunday, September 12 – Sep 12, 1945 to Dec 20, 1945 - The walkout of some 17 000 workers at the Ford Motor Company in Windsor was the first and most significant of the many strikes occurring immediately after WWII. More
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