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Chemical Weapons
Many poison gases were used for the first time in World War I. -
Beginning of the WWI
Beginning of the WWI, cause Archduke Franz Ferdinand get killed in Austria. -
Battle of Vimy Ridge
By April 1917, both French and Brirish troops had tried and failed to capture Vimy Ridge. -
Introducing Conscription
The government passed the Military service Act, which introduce conscription. -
women gained a limited right to vote
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The Chinese Immigration Act
1923, known in the Chinese Canadian community as the Chinese Exclusion Act,[1] was an act passed by the Parliament of Canada, banning most forms of Chinese immigration to Canada. -
The Balfour Report
The Balfour Report changed the relationship between Britain and some former colonies, such as Candian and Australia. -
A terrible drought and dust bowl began in Canadian
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Black Thursday
The international price of wheat reached a record high in July 29. Then on Thursday, Ocrober 24, 1929 wheat prices on the Winnipeg Grain Exchange plummeted. -
Black tuesday
The Stock Market Crash, It was the most devastating stock market crash in the history of the United States, taking into consideration the full extent and duration of its fallout.[ -
Attack on Pearl Harbor
The attack on Pearl Harbor by the Japanese Imperial General Headquarters and the was a surprise military strike conducted by the Imperial Japanese Navy against the United States naval base at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. -
Japanese Canadian internment
The internment began in December 1941, following the attack by carrier-borne Japanese forces on American naval and army facilities at Pearl Harbor. -
The Italian Campaign
Canadian, American, and British troops caught the Germans and Italians by surprise when they landed in sicily. -
Invasion of Normandy
The Invasion of Normandy was the invasion and establishment of Allied forces in Normandy, France, during Operation Overlord in World War II. -
Germany surrenders
On April 30, 1945, as Russian troops fought to within yards of his subterranean bunker, Adolph Hitler put a pistol to his head, pulled the trigger and closed the curtain on the Third Reich. Before his death, Hitler anointed Admiral Karl Donitz as his successor with orders to continue the fighting. Hitler was unaware that the German surrender had already begun. -
Canadian accepts nuclear warheads for Bomarc missiles
The Opposition Liberal Party argued in favour of accepting nuclear warheads and, after winning the 1963 election, the new Liberal government of Lester Pearson proceeded to accept nuclear-armed Bomarcs, with the first being deployed on 31 December 1963. -
French becomes only official language in Quebec
it was passed by the National Assembly, and granted Royal Assent by Lieutenant Governor Hugues Lapointe on August 26, 1977. -
Canadian is used for first time on space shuttle
On March 19, 1981, during preparations for a ground test, two workers were asphyxiated while working in Columbia's nitrogen-purged aft engine compartment, resulting in their deaths. -
Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms
It protects individual rights and recognizes that all Canadians have basic right that no government can take away without just cause. -
Queen Elizabeth II signed the Canada ACT
This law added the constitution Act of 1982 to Canada's existing Constitution. -
Genocide in Rwanda
Canadian general Romeo Dallaire and a samll United Nations force of 2600 soldiers arrived in the country to keep peace. -
Keeping Canada safe
the government also began to screen immigrants, refugees, and visitors more strictly and created a new permanent- resident card that resisted forgery. -
Same-sex marriage in Canada
Canada became the fourth country in the world and the first country in the Americas to legalize same-sex marriage nationwide with the enactment of the Civil Marriage Act which provided a gender-neutral marriage definition. -
Immigration Trends
The Canadian government announced a new immigration plan designed to increase the number of immigrants to 320000 a year from 235000
