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1962: Opening of the Trans-Canada Highway
1958: Founding of the Canadian Opera Company in Toronto
1949: Work and report of the Royal Commission on National Development in the Arts, Letters and Sciences, the Massey Commission
2002: Beginning of war in Afghanistan
1990: Gulf War (to liberate Kuwait, which had been invaded by Iraq; decisive UN coalition victory)
1990: Elijah Harper, Native Manitoba MLA, refuses to sign Meech Lake Accord because of non-involvement of Aboriginal peoples in the process; Newfoundland Premier Clyde Wells refuses to present Accord to Newfoundland Legislative Assembly for approval, thus
1974: Re-establishment of Press Gang Publishing (originally established 1970) by a feminist printing collective in Vancouver, as a women-only, anti-capitalist collective; bankruptcy declared 2002
2008: General election results: Stephen Harper leads the third consecutive minority Parliament
2007: Establishment of the Ad Hoc Coalition for Women's Equality and Human Rights as a response to actions taken by the Canadian government (including changes to the mandate of Status of Women in Canada and budget reductions affecting services for women)
1953: Opening of the Frederic Wood Theatre at the University of British Columbia
1970: Invocation of the War Measures Act by Prime Minister Pierre Elliott Trudeau, following kidnapping of British Trade Minister James Cross and kidnapping and murder of Quebec Minister of Labour Pierre Laporte
1968: Invasion of Czechoslovakia by Warsaw Pact forces; march of Soviet Army through Prague
1957: Elvis Presley bursts onto the rock 'n' roll scene
1988: Opening of the National Gallery, Sussex Drive, Ottawa
1951: Amendment of Indian Act, permits the Potlatch and the Sun Dance
1960: Jean Lesage as Premier of Quebec and the beginning of the Quiet Revolution
1956: Founding of the Canadian Theatre Centre with Mavor Moore as chairman
1980: Announcement of chosen architects for National Gallery (Moshe Safdie) and Canadian Museum of Civilization (Douglas Cardinal)
1965: Adoption of the Maple Leaf flag in Canada
2001: Signing of Nisga'a Treaty in BC (guaranteeing open democratic, and accountable Nisga'a self-government and management of lands and resources)
1969: Formation of Theatre New Brunswick formed by Walter Learning, Fredericton
1962: Opening of new theatres: Shaw Festival, Niagara-on-the-Lake (1962) Arts Club, Vancouver (1964); Neptune, Halifax (1963); Vancouver Playhouse (1963); Charlottetown Festival (1964); Beaverbrook Festival, Edmonton (1964); Citadel, Edmonton (1965); Glob
1952: Lester Pearson as first Canadian President of the UN General Assembly
1966: Adoption of Medicare in Canada (universal access to medical services)
1999: Adrienne Clarkson becomes Governor General
1980: Incorporation of Ragweed Press, in Charlottetown, by Harry Baglole and Libby Oughton, to reflect Atlantic Canada's life and culture
1964: The Beatles burst onto the North American scene
1956: Revolution in Hungary
1956: Suez Crisis
1968: Assassinations of Senator Robert Kennedy and the Reverend Martin Luther King, Jr.
1982: Amalgamation of Playwrights Canada and Guild of Canadian Playwrights to form Playwrights Union of Canada
1950: Margaret Laurence living in Africa: in Somalia (1950-52) and Ghana (1952-57)
1969: Neil Armstrong lands on the moon
1959: Founding of Toronto Workshop Productions by George Luscombe
2004: Sponsorship scandal and appointment of Justice John Gomery to investigate misuse of federal funds to promote federalism in Quebec
1959: Saint Lawrence Seaway opens
1969: Opening of National Arts Centre, Ottawa
1954: Distance Early Warning (DEW) line across Canadian North
1956: Founding of the Canadian Music Journal
1970: First Report of the Royal Commission on the Status of Women in Canada
1999: Establishment of Nunavut, "Our Land"ù (including most of the Arctic Archipelago, all the islands in Hudson Bay, James Bay, Ungava Bay, bordered by the North West Territories to the west, Manitoba to the south, with aquatic borders in Manitoba, Ontar
1973: Founding of Kids Can Press in Toronto by small group of women, to produce Canadian books for Canadian children
1951: Founding of Le Théâtre du Nouveau Monde in Montréal by Jean-Louis Roux and Jean Gascon
1976: Founding of NeWest Press in Edmonton; of Les Éditions du Remue-ménage by a collective in Montréal to mark International Women's Year (1975)
1952: Vincent Massey as first Canadian-born Governor General
1968: Election of Pierre Elliott Trudeau as Prime Minister
1972: Founding of Alberta Theatre Projects by Douglas Riske and Lucille Wagner, in Canmore Opera House, Heritage Park, Canmore, specializing in plays on Canadian history
1970: Establishment of new theatres: in Toronto, Factory Theatre Lab (1970), Tarragon (1971), Toronto Free Theatre (1972)
1999: Launch of Aboriginal Television Network
1953: Invasion of South Korea by North Korean forces
1957: Soviet Union launches Sputnik I
1978: Establishment of Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada
1962: Discovery by Francis Crick and James Watson of the molecular structure of nuclear acids and its significance for information transfer in living material (DNA)
1964: Audrey Thomas in Ghana
1959: Establishment of the journal: Canadian Literature
1957: Lester Pearson wins Nobel Peace Prize
1974: Symons Report, To Know Ourselves
1948: Louis Saint-Laurent (Liberal) replaces Mackenzie King as Prime Minister
1959: Creation of Beaverbrook Art Gallery, Fredericton, by Max Aitken, Lord Beaverbrook
2006: Swearing in of Prime Minister Stephen Harper's minority Conservative government
1960: Opening of National Theatre School in Montréal
1960: Dorothy Livesay teaching in Zambia
2001: Terrorist attacks on World Trade Centre and Pentagon
1983: Establishment of the Centre for Women's Studies in Education (CWSE), at the University of Toronto, to advance interdisciplinary and multidisciplinary feminist research
1979: Formation of Playwrights Canada, Inc., a non-profit arts service organization
1961: Berlin Wall goes up
1962: Cuban Missile Crisis, escalation of the Cold War
1990: Oka Crisis (armed stand-off between Mohawk Nation of Kanesatake protesting plans for a golf course on sacred burial ground and Quebec Police and, eventually, the Canadian Army)
1975: Establishment of Annick Press in Toronto by Anne Millyard and Rick Wilks to produce books that address the world of the child; of Les Éditions de la Pleine Lune by a feminist collective in Montréal, dedicated to the production of Québecois writers (
1984: Assassination of Indian President Indira Gandhi
1985: Air India crash
1978: Establishment of Groundwood Books in Toronto by Patsy Aldana, dedicated to producing children's books in Canada, the US, and Latin America
1974: Establishment of Studio D for women's productions at the National Film Board
1965: Co-founding of literary avant-garde magazine La Barre du jour by Nicole Brossard in Montréal; became La Nouvelle Barre du jour (1977-90)
1989: Opening of the Museum of Civilization, Gatineau
2003: Capture of Saddam Hussein by US forces, subsequent trial for crimes against humanity (by the Iraq Special Tribunal) and execution
1951: Founding of the National Ballet of Canada by Celia Franca
1997: Death of Diana, Princess of Wales
2001: Incorporation of Playwrights Canada Press as Canada's oldest and largest exclusive publisher of drama titles
1954: Establishment of the Crest Theatre and Canadian Players
2002: Renaming of Playwrights Union of Canada as Playwrights Guild of Canada
1957: Founding of The Canada Council
1953: Founding of the Stratford Shakespeare Festival
1973: Watergate hearings (wire-tapping scandal that brought down the Nixon administration)
1955: Founding of the Canadian Branch of Actors' Equity
1958: Founding by Tom Hendry and John Hirsch of the Manitoba Theatre Centre
1996: BC Supreme Court decision that Canada Customs agents had acted contrary to the Charter in seizing material bound for Little Sisters Book and Art Emporium, Vancouver
1963: Assassination of US President John F. Kennedy
1953: Founding by Joy Coghill and Myra Benson of the Holiday Theatre in Vancouver, devoted to plays for children
1969: Anti-Vietnam War protests and large-scale emigration of US draft dodgers to Canada
1950: Korean War; UN forces assist South Korea in stopping the advance; establishment of the Demilitarized Zone, DMZ
1982: Passage of the Constitution Act, repatriating the constitution and signed by all provincial Premiers except René Lévesque, and of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms
1987: Negotiation of Meech Lake Accord by Prime Minister Brian Mulroney and the provincial premiers. The proposed amendments to the Constitution would recognize Quebec as a distinct society, increase provincial powers, and require provincial approval of t
1957: Launch of McClelland & Stewart's New Canadian Library series
1977: Formation of Guild of Canadian Playwrights in Calgary, to improve working conditions for playwrights
1977: Berger Commission Report, Northern Frontier, Northern Homeland
1957: John Diefenbaker (Conservative) becomes Prime Minister, ending Liberal rule
2003: US invasion of Iraq and deposition of dictator Saddam Hussein
1967: Start of Talonbooks, specializing in drama, in Vancouver
1972: Formation of Playwrights' Co-op in Toronto, under direction of writer/editor Daryl Sharp, to publish and distribute new Canadian plays in typescript at rate of two per week
1952: Founding of CBC television
1955: Presidency of Irene Clarke at Clarke, Irwin Company, Ltd. (1930-84), one of Canada's chief publishing houses
1967: Establishment of Tundra Books in Montréal by May Cutler, to create children's books as works of art
1967: Canadian centennial celebrations: Expo 67, Montréal
1993: Signing of North American Free Trade Agreement (Canada, US and Mexico create the world's largest free trade area)
1972: President Richard Nixon goes to China and meets with Chairman Mao Tse-tung
1956: Founding of The Tamarack Review
1953: Founding of the National Library
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