Nov. 15 – Ned Hanlan becomes world champion
Back in 1880, Edward "Ned" Hanlan defeated E.A. Trichett of Australia for the world singles rowing championship.
15 Nov 20258min
Nov. 10 – The Edmund Fitzgerald goes down
Back in 1975, the Edmund Fitzgerald sank in Lake Superior.
10 Nov 20259min
Nov. 9 – The First Game of Football
The first documented game of football was played at the University of Toronto on this day back in 1861. To learn more about the history of football in Canada I spoke with Curator of the Canadian Footb...
9 Nov 20257min
Nov. 8 – Viola Desmond is physically removed from theatre
In 1946, Viola Desmond was forcibly removed from a theatre in New Glasgow, NS for refusing to move from whites-only section.
8 Nov 202513min
Nov. 5 – First CBC broadcast of official time signal
Back in 1939, CBC first broadcasts the NRC (then Dominion Observatory) official time signal.
5 Nov 20258min
Nov. 4 – Inventor George Klein Passes Away
We spoke with Dick Bourgeois-Doyle, author of George J. Klein: the great inventor about this amazing Canadian's life and approximately 1500 inventions.
4 Nov 20256min
Nov. 3 – The story of Danylo Shumuk
This political prisoner arrived in Canada after being imprisoned for 42 years.
3 Nov 202511min
Nov. 2 – Compensation for sterilization victims
Back in 1999, Alberta government announced that it would compensate 242 people who had been sterilized under the Sexual Sterilization Act.
2 Nov 20259min
