Highlights of the day

  • 1894 Montreal Hockey Club (MHC) wins its Second Stanley Cup and the First Cup Game

List of Facts for March 22

  • 1723 Trade - The Compagnie des Indes [French West India Company] awarded the tobacco monopoly in New France. Paris, France
  • 1739 Religion - François-Louis de Lauberivière appointed 5th Bishop of Québec. Paris, France
  • 1740 Government - Paul Mascarene takes office as President of the Council of Nova Scotia and administrator; until July 12, 1749. Halifax, Nova Scotia
  • 1765 Publishing - Quebec diocese prints Canada’s first hardcover book, a catechism. Quebec, Quebec
  • 1811 Fur Trade - John Jacob Astor’s Pacific Fur Company ship Tonquin arrives at the mouth of the Columbia River where company employees immediately build Fort Astoria; in opposition to the North West Company. Oregon
  • 1812 Fur Trade - John Stuart and Montigny return to Fort Okanagan and thence to Fort Astoria. BC
  • 1834 Banking - Central Bank of New Brunswick chartered. Fredericton, New Brunswick
  • 1848 Madicine - Chloroform used for the first time during a childbirth in Canada. Pictou, Nova Scotia (CMA)
  • 1849 Politics - Tory mob demonstrates against passage of the Rebellion Losses Bill, burning Robert Baldwin, William Lyon Mackenzie and Edward Blake in effigy. Toronto, Ontario
  • 1878 Communications - R. B. McMicking demonstrates Victoria’s First 2 telephones. Victoria, BC
  • 1885 North West Rebellion - Winnipeg Militia ordered to a state of readiness; Major-General Frederick Middleton given command of the troops. Winnipeg, Manitoba
  • 1885 North West Rebellion - English half-breeds at St, Catherines and the Ridge vote to remain neutral in the event of armed conflict. Saskatchewan
  • 1894 Hockey - The Montreal Hockey Club (MHC), affiliated with the Montréal Amateur Athletic Association (MAAA) wins its second Stanley Cup and the very first Stanley Cup championship game, beating the Ottawa Capitals 3-1, and winning the Canadian Amateur Hockey Association tournament 3 games to 2. Because of a fight between the team and the MAAA, the cup was simply engraved, “Montreal 1894.” See also May 15. Ottawa, Ontario
  • 1909 Alberta Election - Alexander Rutherford leads Liberals to a second consecutive majority in the provincial election. Alberta
  • 1914 Exploration - Vilhjalmur Stefansson leaves Martin Point with two companions and heads east toward Banks Island. Martin Point, Alaska
  • 1922 Strike - 12,000 BC and Alberta coal miners go on strike; until August 24, 1923. Alberta
  • 1923 Hockey - Foster Hewitt announces his first hockey game on the radio. Toronto, Ontario
  • 1929 Prohibition - U.S. Coast Guard vessel sinks Canadian schooner I’m Alone carrying 2,800 cases of liquor, in the Gulf of Mexico off coast of Louisiana; Captain John Randell and crew taken to New Orleans as prisoners for violating prohibition laws; manufacture of liquor still legal in Canada. New Orleans, Louisiana
  • 1932 Taxation - Saskatchewan brings in First provincial income tax. Regina, Saskatchewan
  • 1942 Second World War - Department of Labour brings in the National Selective Service Mobilization Regulations; program for industry meets wartime manpower shortage by directing people to jobs. Ottawa, Ontario
  • 1955 Fire at Malton Airport causes $5 million in damage. Mississauga, Ontario
  • 1968 Weather - Calgary experiences the lowest relative humidity ever recorded in Canada (6%). Calgary, Alberta
  • 1970 Curling - Don Duguid Rink returns to Manitoba after winning the province’s First World Men’s Curling Championship the day before. Winnipeg, Manitoba
  • 1971 Media - First radio and TV coverage of the proceedings of the Nova Scotia legislature. Halifax, Nova Scotia
  • 1971 Language - Ottawa starts $2 million program to hire 276 Francophone graduates for public service jobs; jobs where French is la Langue du travail. Ottawa, Ontario
  • 1973 Aboriginal - St. Lawrence Seaway Authority grants $1.5 million and 321.7 hectares of land to Caughnawaga Indians; to compensate for 526 hectares expropriated in 1955 for Seaway. Kahnawake, Québec
  • 1975 Music - Canadian classical guitarist Liona Boyd makes her New York debut at the Carnegie Recital Hall. New York, New York
  • 1978 Crime - Three prisoners emerge from St. Jerome prison with their six hostages after a two-week standoff, ending Canada’s longest hostage-taking. St-Jérôme, Québec
  • 1979 Hockey - NHL votes to absorb four World Hockey Association teams; the Edmonton Oilers, Winnipeg Jets, Québec Nordiques and New England Whalers; end of the WHA, founded in 1971. New York, New York
  • 1980 Curling - Marj Mitchell curling rink from Saskatchewan wins the Ladies’ World Curling Championship. Saskatchewan
  • 1984 Media - Jane Gray dies; Canada’s First woman broadcaster began her career in 1924 at CJGC (now CFPL) radio London by hosting Canada’s First advice show. London, Ontario
  • 1985 Music - Neil Young plays his last Australian show with a special guest, Bruce Springsteen, who performs Stephen Stills’s guitar part on Down By the River. Sydney, Australia
  • 1989 Politics - Thomas Rideout sworn in as Premier of Newfoundland, replacing Brian Peckford. St. John’s, Newfoundland
  • 1990 Constitution - Brian Mulroney says he is optimistic Meech Lake can be saved by June 23rd deadline; in rare TV address. Ottawa, Ontario
  • 1990 Crime - Gerald Bull found murdered at his home in Brussels; the Canadian weapons engineer had been designing a version of his long-range artillery weapon - the Supergun - for Saddam Hussein’s regime in Iraq; the Mossad, or Israeli intelligence service, is suggested as the perpetrator, since the Supergun was easily capable of lobbing shells into Israel from Iraq. Brussels, Belgium
  • 1990 Constitution - Parliament gives all party group mandate to study Meech Lake Accord and to report back May 18, 1990; studying McKenna Option for companion agreement. Ottawa, Ontario
  • 1990 Constitution - Newfoundland Premier Clyde Wells introduces resolution to rescind Newfoundland support of Meech Lake Accord; fears Meech Lake will cut Ottawa’s ability to aid Newfoundland economically; effectively kills the deal. St. John’. Newfoundland
  • 1995 Rowing - Victoria, BC rower Silken Laumann tests positive for banned stimulant ephedrine at the Pan-American Games; the next day she and her three teammates are stripped of the gold medals they won in quadruple sculls; says she unknowingly took drug in a cold medicine. Buenos Aires, Argentina
  • 2004 Politics - New Conservative Party of Canada leader Stephen Harper appoints Peter MacKay as his Deputy Leader. Ottawa, Ontario
  • 2004 Justice - Supreme Court of Canada jurist Frank Iacobucci announces his retirement effective Jun., 2004. Ottawa, Ontario
  • 2004 External Affairs - Canada condemns Israel’s assassination of Hamas founder Shaikh Ahmed Yassin. Ottawa, Ontario
  • 2004 Government - Canada introduces a bill to protect public service worker whistleblowers. Ottawa, Ontario
  • 2004 Farming - Federal government announces an aid package worth almost $1 billion to farmers hurt by BSE (mad cow disease). Ottawa, Ontario