Historical Events
- 1604 Pierre Dugua de Monts reaches Cap La Hève (La Have) on the Nova Scotia coast, on his way to establish Arcadia, the first successful permanent settlement in New France
John Brown's Antislavery Convention
1858 American abolitionist John Brown holds a secret antislavery convention in Canada
Burns vs O'Brien
1907 Canadian Tommy Burns retains his world heavyweight boxing title after beating 'Philadelphia' Jack O'Brien on points in 20 rounds in Los Angeles, California
68th Preakness
1943 68th Preakness: Johnny Longden aboard Count Fleet wins in 1:57.4
- 1945 Canadian troops move into Amsterdam
Trudeau Government Falls
1974 Canadian government of Pierre Trudeau falls
Boxing Title Fight
1993 Lennox Lewis beats Tony Tucker in 12 for heavyweight boxing title
- 2022 Dutch runner Jo Schoonbroodt (71) breaks Canadian Ed Whitlock's 2004 record for fastest marathon by person over 70 by 29 seconds (2:54:19) at Maasmarathon of Visé in Belboom, Belgium
Famous Birthdays
- 1821 William Henry Vanderbilt, American businessman, member of the Vanderbilt family, born in New Brunswick, New Jersey (d. 1885)
- 1839 Adolphe-Basile Routhier, French Canadian lyricist ("O! Canada"), born in Saint-Placide, Quebec (d. 1920)
- 1912 George Woodcock, Canadian writer of political biography and history (Anarchism: A History of Libertarian Ideas and Movements), born in Winnipeg, Manitoba (d. 1995)
- 1929 Claude Castonguay, Quebec politician (task force on Quebec health care), born in Quebec City (d. 2020)
- 1931 Charles M. Wilson, Canadian organist and composer (The Angels Of The Earth), born in Toronto, Ontario (d. 2019)
- 1940 Irwin Cotler, Canadian politician (Attorney General of Canada 2003-6), born in Montreal, Quebec
- 1946 André Boulerice, Quebec politician and gay rights activist, born in Joliette, Quebec
- 1948 Stephen Stohn, Canadian television producer (Degrassi)
- 1952 Peter McNab, Canadian ice hockey center (Boston Bruins and 3 other teams) and broadcaster (New Jersey Devils, 1987-95; Colorado Avalanche, 1995-2022), born in Vancouver, British Columbia (d. 2022)
- 1957 Jeff Wincott, Canadian actor (Night Heat), born in Toronto, Ontario
- 1961 David Winning, Canadian film director
- 1974 Colin Daynes, Canadian 68 kg Greco Roman wrestler (Olympic-96), born in Windsor, Ontario
- 1976 Martha Wainwright, Canadian-American musician and songwriter, born in Montréal, Quebec
- 1980 Benny Yau, Canadian TV presenter (What's On), born in Hong Kong
- 1981 Stephen Amell, Canadian actor (Arrow), born in Toronto, Ontario
- 1997 [Xiaoyu] Bruce Liu, Chinese-Canadian classical pianist (International Chopin Piano Competition, 2021), born in Paris, France
Famous Deaths
- 1982 Al Leader, Canadian-American Hockey Hall of Fame player, referee and administrator (Western Hockey League), dies at 78
- 1982 Gilles Villeneuve, Canadian auto racer (World F1 runner-up 1979; Ferrari), dies in a practice accident prior to Belgian GP, at 32
- 1992 Brian Moore, Northern Irish-Canadian writer (Catholics), dies of heart failure at 59
- 2023 Joe Kapp, American College / Canadian Football HOF quarterback (UC Berkeley; NFL C'ship & Pro Bowl 1969 Minnesota Vikings; CFL Grey Cup 1964 BC Lions; CFL All-Star 1963, 64), dies at 85