On this day In 2004, the Royal Canadian Mint unveiled the world's first coloured circulation coin.
In 1555, Queen Mary of England launched a persecution campaign against Protestants that resulted in the deaths of more than 200 people.We deliver the local news you need in these turbulent times on weekdays at 3 p.m.By clicking on the sign up button you consent to receive the above newsletter from Postmedia Network Inc. You may unsubscribe any time by clicking on the unsubscribe link at the bottom of our emails. Postmedia Network Inc.
In 1878, Canadians became known around the globe as great brewmasters when John Labatt’s India Pale Ale won a gold medal at the International Exposition in Paris. Labatt himself developed the recipe for the light-coloured ale at his brewery in London, Ont.In 1879, inventor Thomas Edison tested the first practical electric light bulb.
In 1959, the Guggenheim Museum, designed by architect Frank Lloyd Wright, opened to the public in New York.In 1966, a giant coal-slag avalanche buried a school and homes in Aberfan, Wales, killing 144 people, including 116 children. In 2003, Conservatives led by Danny Williams swept to power in a provincial election ending 15 years of Liberal rule in Newfoundland and Labrador. Conservatives captured 34 seats, Liberals 12 and NDP two. Voter turnout was a record 72 per cent.
In 2010, Russell Williams, the former colonel in charge at CFB Trenton, was sentenced to two concurrent life sentences with no possibility of parole for 25 years in the torture, rape and murders of Cpl. Marie-France Comeau and Jessica Lloyd. He also received 10 years each for two sexual assaults and a one-year sentence for 82 fetish break and enters. He had pleaded guilty in court on Oct. 18 and graphic and disturbing evidence was presented on his dark descent into sadosexual crimes.
In 2012, Kateri Tekakwitha became the first Indigenous woman from North America to become a Catholic saint. She was born in New York state in 1656 before fleeing to a Mohawk reserve outside Montreal to escape opposition to her Christianity. She died in 1680 at the age of 24. Her body is entombed in a marble shrine at the St. Francis-Xavier Church in the Montreal-area Mohawk community of Kahnawake.
In 2019, the Liberals secured a minority-government victory in Canada’s 43rd general election. A resurgent Bloc Quebecois tripled its seats in the province to 32 and the Liberals were shut out of Alberta and Saskatchewan. The Liberals had 157 seats — 13 short of the 170 needed for a majority in the 338-seat House of Commons.
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