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November 9, 1989: (19 years ago)
Ottawa Ontario - Conference of first ministers fails to resolve opposition to Meech Lake raised by Manitoba and Newfoundland, where former Trudeau adviser Clyde Wells has led the Liberals back to power, threatens to rescind his province's ratification unless the accord is altered to protect Newfoundland's ability to get transfer payments.
Novermber 9, 1961: (53 years ago)
Ottawa Ontario - Conference of first ministers fails to resolve opposition to Meech Lake raised by Manitoba and Newfoundland, where former Trudeau adviser Clyde Wells has led the Liberals back to power, threatens to rescind his province's ratification unless the accord is altered to protect Newfoundland's ability to get transfer payments.
Novermber 9, 1961: (53 years ago)
Ottawa Ontario - John George Diefenbaker 1895-1979 announces Canadian Museum of History; to be completed by July 1, 1967
November 9, 1885: (123 years ago)
Ottawa Ontario - Medical commission, created to examine Riel's mental condition, submits its report to the Prime Minister. The Commission is divided on question of Riel's sanity. Cabinet decides to proceed with death penalty; carried out on the 16th.
November 9, 1877: (131 years ago)
Ottawa Ontario - Alexander Graham Bell's Bell Telephone Company leases first phones to Prime Minister Alexander Mackenzie; but backdates lease to September 21.
November 9, 1885: (123 years ago)
Ottawa Ontario - Medical commission, created to examine Riel's mental condition, submits its report to the Prime Minister. The Commission is divided on question of Riel's sanity. Cabinet decides to proceed with death penalty; carried out on the 16th.
November 9, 1877: (131 years ago)
Ottawa Ontario - Alexander Graham Bell's Bell Telephone Company leases first phones to Prime Minister Alexander Mackenzie; but backdates lease to September 21.
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