Crisis Management: Tornadoes in Florida kill 42 people (1998). Politics: Joe Clark is elected Conservative leader (1976). Media: Calvin Coolidge become the first U.S. President to deliver a political speech on radio (1924). ...

Politics: David Peterson becomes Liberal leader in Ontario (1982). Negotiation: President Richard Nixon travels to China (1972). Crisis Management: A fire at a coal mine in Springhill, Nova Scotia, kills 129 people (1891). ...

Crisis Management: A fire at a nightclub in Rhode Island kills 100 people (2003). John Glenn becomes the first American to orbit the earth (1962). Politics: The Avro Arrow program is scrapped by the Diefenbaker government (1959). ...

Crisis Management: An overloaded passenger ferry near Haiti sinks, resulting in the deaths of about 900 people (1993). Politics: Prime Minister Pearson lowers the age for Old Age Pension (1965). Negotiation: The Missouri Compromise attempts to deal with the issue of slavery (1820). ...

Crisis Management: A plane crash in Taiwan kills 196 people (1998). Negotiation: Canada and Cuba sign an anti-hijacking agreement (1973). Politics: The House of Commons votes to accept Newfoundland as part of Canada (1949). ...


Crisis Management: An oil drilling rig near Newfoundland capsizes, killing 84 people (1982). Politics: A new Canadian flag is flown for the first time (1965). Crisis Management: A plane crash kills all 18 members of the U.S. figure skating team (1961). ...

Negotiation: An illegal strike by Quebec miners (1949). Media: The St. Valentine’s Day Massacre in Chicago shocks the public, and there’s a push to end the impact of gangsters (1929). Crisis Management: A fire at an orphanage in Montreal kills 64 children (1918). ...

Crisis Management: A fire at a theatre in Italy kills 74 people (1983). Negotiation: The International Energy Agency is created by13 oil-consuming countries (1974). Politics: William Davis succeeds John Robarts as Ontario Premier (1971)....

Crisis Management: An avalanche in France kills 42 people (1970). Negotiation: A prisoner exchange takes place between the USSR and the USA (1962). Politics: The Seven Years' War ends with the Treaty of Paris (1763)....

Negotiation: Nurses on strike vote to return to work (1991). Crisis Management: A San Francisco earthquake kills 65 people and causes $500,000 in damage (1971). Politics: Dean Rusk, Secretary of State under two US Presidents, is born (1909)....