Negotiations: A strike by steelworkers in New Brunswick is settled (1991). Politics: Several hundred students demonstrate in Vancouver (1970). Negotiations: Canada and the U.S. sign a treaty that allows the U.S. to have fishing rights in Canada (1871)....

Politics: Leonid Brezhnev is elevated in the Soviet political system (1964). Disaster: A British passenger ship is torpedoed by the Germans, killing 1,959 people (1915). Disaster: A volcano in the Caribbean kills 30,000 people (1902)....

Politics: The U.S. and Canada agree to work together to develop the St. Lawrence Seaway(1954). Media: The crash of the Hindenburg is broadcast on radio (1937). Politics: President Franklin Roosevelt creates the Works Progress Administration to provide jobs during the Depression (1933)....

Politics: Clyde Wells takes over as Liberal Premier of Newfoundland (1989). Space: Alan Shepherd becomes the first American in space (1961). Disaster: Flooding in Manitoba leaves one person dead and causes $600 million in damages. ...

Disaster: An airplane accident in Nigeria leaves 148 people dead (2002). Negotiation: The leaders of Israel and the Palestine Liberation Organization agree on the first steps of Palestinian self-rule (1994). Media: Former President Nixon is interviewed by David Frost about his resignation following the Watergate scandal (1977)....

Disaster: Contaminated drinking water in North Battleford, Saskatchewan, leaves three people dead (2001). Disaster: Oklahoma is hit by a tornado, and 45 people are killed. Disaster: Two trains collide in Japan, leaving 160 people dead (1962)....

Politics: The Conservatives under Stephen Harper win its first majority government (2011). Disaster: There’s an ecoli outbreak in Europe, leaving 30 people dead (2011). Disaster: A sandstorm in Egypt leaves 12 people dead (1997)....

Disaster: A record high number of tornadoes in the U.S. kill 38 people (2003). Disaster: The worst flooding in almost 50 years occur in Manitoba (1997). Science: The Salk polio vaccine is made available to the public (1956)....

Disaster: It’s one of the worst days for tornadoes in U.S. history, as more than 200 tornadoes touch down, and more than 300 people are killed (2011). Politics: Expo ’67 is opened in Montreal by Prime Minister Pearson (1967). Disaster: An explosion on a steamboat on the Mississippi leaves 1,547 people dead (1865)....

Disaster: A nuclear accident at Chernobyl kills thousands of people and has harmful long-term effects (1986). Politics: Progressive Conservatives under Grant Devine, come to power in Saskatchewan by beating the NDP (1982). Negotiation: The Geneva Conference opens in hopes of restoring peace in Indochina (1954). ...