This Day in History
March 25
|
Year |
Month |
Start Date |
Event |
|
1736 |
March |
25 |
Died
- March 25 - François-Marie Bissot, Sieur de Vincennes, explorer
and soldier (born 1700). |
|
1815 |
March |
25 |
March 25 - Governor George Prevost informs Parliament, that
then-Prince Regent George IV has ordered him to England, to
answer charges of the naval commander. |
|
1818 |
March |
25 |
Born
- March 25 - Edwin Randolph Oakes, politician (d.1889) |
|
1838 |
March |
25 |
Born
- March 25 - Thomas Greenway, politician and 7th Premier of
Manitoba (died 1908) |
|
1872 |
March |
25 |
March 25 - The beginning of the Toronto Printers' Strike for a
nine-hour day. |
|
1880 |
March |
25 |
March 25 - George Brown fatally shot by a disgruntled employee |
|
1882 |
March |
25 |
Died
- March 25 - Charles-René-Léonidas d'Irumberry de Salaberry,
militia officer (b.1820) |
|
1886 |
March |
25 |
March 25 - Workman's Compensation Act passed in Ontario |
|
1901 |
March |
25 |
Born
- March 25 — Wilfrid Eggleston, journalist and chief censor for
Canada from 1942 until 1944 (d.1985) |
|
1903 |
March |
25 |
March 25 - The Alaska Boundary Dispute is settled in the United
States' favour |
|
1924 |
March |
25 |
Election of Charles Duquette to Montreal City Hall on March 25. |
|
1925 |
March |
25 |
Born
- March 25 - Daniel Yanofsky, chess player, Canada's first chess
grandmaster (d.2000) |
|
1927 |
March |
25 |
Born
- March 25 - Bill Barilko, ice hockey player (d.1951) |
|
1931 |
March |
25 |
Born
- March 25 - Jack Chambers, artist and filmmaker (d.1978) |
|
1943 |
March |
25 |
Born
- March 25 - Loyola Hearn, politician and Minister |
|
1951 |
March |
25 |
Born
- March 25 – Ethel Blondin-Andrew, politician |
|
1958 |
March |
25 |
March 25 – The Avro Arrow flies for the first time |
|
1966 |
March |
25 |
Born
- March 25 – David Hohl, wrestler |
|
1966 |
March |
25 |
Born
- March 25 – Jeff Healey, jazz and blues-rock guitarist and
vocalist (d.2008) |
|
1967 |
March |
25 |
March 25: After the death of Georges Vanier, Roland Michener
becomes Governor General |
|
1971 |
March |
25 |
Died
- March 25 - Anne Savage, painter and art teacher (b.1896) |
|
1978 |
March |
25 |
Died
- March 25 - Charles Alexander Best, politician (b.1931) |
|
2000 |
March |
25 |
March 25 - The Reform Party of Canada is dissolved and replaced
with the Canadian Alliance |
|
2004 |
March |
25 |
March 25 - Supreme Court of Canada rules 9–0 in not holding
Catholic Church of Canada responsible for sexual abuse of altar
boys by a Newfoundland priest Kevin Bennett. |
|
2011 |
March |
25 |
March 25 – Stephen Harper's conservative government is defeated
on a non-confidence vote by the opposition. |