1939 In Canada

Events

• May 17 - George VI and Queen Elizabeth begin the first ever royal otur of Canada.
• September 10 - WWII: Canada declares war on Germany, two weeks after Britain does so
• September 16 - WWII: The Canadian Navy excorts the first of many transatlantic convoys
• September 28 - WWII: Air training facilities are set up in Canada to train pilots from Britain and the rest of the Commonwealth.
• October 25 - The 1939 Quebec election is won by the Liberals under Joseph-Adlard Godbout.
• December 17 - WWII: The first Canadian division lands in Scotland
• November 9 - Adlard Godbout becomes premier of Quebec for the second time, replacing Maurice Duplessis

Births

• January 3 - Bobby Hull, hockey player
• January 11 - Ann Heggtveit, skier
• January 19 - Grant Notley, Alberta politician
• February 3 - Ovid Jackson, politician
• February 10 - Adrienne Clarkson, Governor-General
• March 1 - Marlene Catterall, politician
• March 8 - Berta Seymour, ballet dancer
• March 17 - Bill Graham, politician
• March 20 - Brian Mulroney, politician
• March 26 - Patrick Lane, poet
• April 14 - William Ian Corneil Binnie, jurist
• April 20 - Wayson Choy, writer
• April 24 - Daniel Philip Hays, politician
• April 24 - Ernst Zndel, anti-semite
• May 7 - Sid Altman, biophysicist
• May 11 - Ken Epp, politician
• May 26 - Gerry McAlpine, Manitoba politician
• June 5 - Joe Clark, Prime Minister
• June 5 - Margaret Hollingsworth, playwright
• July 25 - Catherine Callbeck, Premier of PEI
• August 12 - Roy Romanow, Premier of Manitoba
• August 15 - Hardial Bains, communist
• August 21 - JoAnn Wilson, murder victim
• August 31 - Dennis Lee, poet
• September 1 - Jake Epp, politician
• September 2 - Henry Mintzberg, business scholar
• September 4 - Jim Penner, Manitoba politician
• September 30 - Len Cariou, actor
• November 18 - Margaret Atwood, author
• November 23 - Bill Bissett, poet
• November 30 - Louis LeBel, jurist
• December 2 - Francis Fox, politician
• December 21 - Lloyd Axworthy, politician
• December 24 - James K. Bartleman, diplomat and Lieutenant-Governor of Ontario

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