|
Year |
Month |
Start Date |
Event |
|
1789 |
December |
20 |
Christ Church opens for service on December 20. |
|
1792 |
December |
20 |
A
fortnightly mail is established between Canada and the United
States. |
|
1792 |
December |
20 |
December 20 - A fortnightly mail is established between Canada
and the United States. |
|
1792 |
December |
20 |
Opening of the first post office in Montreal on December 20. |
|
1792 |
December |
20 |
Opening of the first post office in Montreal on December 20. |
|
1841 |
December |
20 |
December 20 - The Kingston Common Council establishes a police
force. |
|
1871 |
December |
20 |
December 20 - Edward Blake becomes premier of Ontario, replacing
J. S. Macdonald. |
|
1881 |
December |
20 |
Born
- December 20 - Télesphore-Damien Bouchard, politician (d.1962) |
|
1887 |
December |
20 |
Born
- December 20 - Walter Russell Shaw, politician and Premier of
Prince Edward Island (d.1981) |
|
1892 |
December |
20 |
Born
- December 20 - Percy Corbett, legal scholar |
|
1916 |
December |
20 |
Born
- December 20 - Michel Chartrand, activist (d.2010) |
|
1918 |
December |
20 |
Born
- December 20 - Jean Marchand, trade unionist and politician
(d.1988) |
|
1924 |
December |
20 |
Born
- December 20 - Judy LaMarsh, politician and Minister, lawyer,
author and broadcaster (d.1980) |
|
1940 |
December |
20 |
Born
- December 20 - Ed Helwer, politician |
|
1941 |
December |
20 |
Died
- December 20 - John Campbell Elliott, lawyer and politician
(b.1872) |
|
1943 |
December |
20 |
December 20 - December 27 - Battle of Ortona rages in Italy. |
|
1950 |
December |
20 |
Born
- December 20 - Carolyn Bennett, politician |
|
1973 |
December |
20 |
Born
- December 20 - David Nedohin, curler |
|
1975 |
December |
20 |
Born
- December 20 - Andrew Hoskins, rower |
|
1994 |
December |
20 |
Died
- December 20 - John Wintermeyer, politician (born 1916) |
|
1995 |
December |
20 |
December 20 - Lieutenant General Jean Boyle becomes Chief of the
Defence Staff |
|
1999 |
December |
20 |
December 20 - Hank Snow, country music artist (born 1914) |
|
2010 |
December |
20 |
December 20–22: A storm brings flooding storm surge coinciding
with high tide and heavy snow to the Atlantic provinces, causing
millions of dollars in damage. |