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Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria Hungary are assassinated
Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria Hungary and his wife were shot and killed while visiting the capital of Bosnia-Herzegovina -
Second Battle of Ypres
Canadian replaced the french soldiers, the line held and the german advance was stopped -
Battle of the Somme
the British launched a major atack near the river Somme River in France. Unfortunately, the German were prepared. The battle became a terrible bloodbath for both side. -
Battle of Vimy Ridge
the British and French army had tried and fail to capture Vimy Ridge. the assignment to capture ridge was then given to the Canadian -
Canada at the Peace Table
Robert Borden , the Prime Minister of Canada at that time. He argued that Canada should have earned the right tosend independent delegates to the negotiating table. -
The Chinese Exclusion Act
The Act was againsting to all people who from China, Japan and India these asian countries. the Act didnt allow people from these countries came in Canada -
Black Thursday
The great depression. The wheat price flopped down dismally. one-third Canadian working population unempolyed. -
Five cent speech
Williams Lyon Mackenzie King stated that he wouldn't offer a "five-cent piece" if a Liberal government wasn't present in a province -
The On to Ottawa Trek
About 1000 camp workers organized to demand higher wages. At a protest rally in Regina, police waded into the crowd to make the arrests -
The Battle of the Atlamtic
the longeset and most important battle of world war 2. German U boat hunted the convoys in groups called wolf packs. -
Women in the forces
the Royal Canadian Air Force Formed its Women's Division -
Interning Japanese Canadian
all male Japanese Canadian between the ages of 18 and 45 were rouned up and shipped to camps in the interior of bristish Comlumbia. -
A War time Highway
United State afriad of Japan might invade Alaska. In fact, they bulit a highway through Canada to move soldiers and equipment to Alaska over land -
The Invasion of Normanday
The Allies launched the biggest invasion in history which is called D day today. -
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
To protect themselves from Soviet Union, the countires of western Europe and America Formed a Organization which is NATO, in 1949. -
The Korean War
North Korea invaded south Korea. Canada sent troops to support captalism South Korea as a member of the UN - United Nation -
The Vietnam War
North Vietnam invaded South Vietnam. Canada was sent to civilians in South Vietnam but not in North Vietnam -
The October Crisis
The FLQ is a group of terrorist whose goal was to achieve independence for Qubec. Several bombing attempts led up to the October Crisis of 1970 when the FLQ abducted a English speaker. -
Bill 101
Bill 101 also known as the charter of the French Language, is a law in the province of Quebec in Canada defining French, the language of the majority of the population, as the only official language of Quebec. -
The Oka Crisis
Some Mohawks on the Kansatake reserve, near the Quebec village of Oka, set up a roadblock and a camp in nearby woods. -
The persian Gulf War
The Iraqi dictator, Saddam Hussein had attacked Kuwait in hopes of taking over that country's valuable oil resources. Canada joined a United Nation's operation called Desert Storm. Within six months, the Iraqi army had been pushed out of Kuwait -
Somalia Affair
the government of Somalia had collapsed , and a civil war had started. Nine hundred Canadian peacekeepers were sent to Somalia as part of the UN -
The kyoto Protocol
Our parliament ratified, accepted the Kyoto Protocol which means agreed to limit the amount of greenhouse gases we produced. -
Immigration Trends
The Canadian government announced a new immigration plan designed to increase the number of immigrant with this new idea -
Royal Canadian Air Force
An oranization formed in Canada. During the War, Gemany kept bombing Bratian military base. This caused Britain had to train pilot over sea.
