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LUNAR NEW YEAR
Ouimetoscope opens, 1900.Airport renamed for Pierre Trudeau, 2004
NEW YEAR NAMELESS DAY
Canadiens play first match, against Cobalt Silver Kings, 1910Ice storm begins, 1998
Maisonneuve plants first cross on Mount Royal, 1643Brother André dies, 1937
Laurier Palace fire, 1927First Bonsecours Market dome fire, 1948
First edition of Le Devoir, 1910First CBMT broadcast, 1954
Concrete slab falls off Olympic stadium, 1994
Jeanne Mance founds Hôtel‑Dieu, 1644Marguerite Bourgeoys dies in Montreal, 1700St‑Louis‑de‑France burns down, 1934
Coldest temperature: −37.8 °C, 1957
First edition of Montreal Star, 1869
CFCF‑TV begins broadcasts, 1961
Paolo Violi shot dead, 1978
First ice palace carnival, 1883Metropolitan opens to traffic, Pie‑IX to Laurentian Blvd., 1960
École Polytechnique opens, 1905
McGill University opens, 1829
Mordecai Richler born, 1931
Stadium roof tears under weight of snow and ice, 1999
BAnQ Viger
Women property owners get municipal voting rights, 1932Wilfrid Pelletier founds predecessor to OSM, 1935
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CAQ: “We don’t want men to dictate what women should wear.”Also CAQ: Here is what women should wear.
– dhomas
Quebec Court of Appeal – Édifice Ernest‑Cormier
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First winter carnival, 1884Windsor Station opens, 1889Québec solidaire founded, 2006
Garment worker strike, ILGWU, 1925
General strike by tram workers, 1903René Lévesque kills an itinerant with his car, 1977
First recorded use of the word puck, Gazette, 1876Beatles play the Forum, 1964
Insectarium opens, 1990
Concordia computer riot, 1969
Wilbert Coffin hanged at Bordeaux Jail, 1956
Montreal Stock Exchange bombed by FLQ, 1969
First phone call connects Montreal and Vancouver, 1916
Unifolié hoisted for first time, 1965
City of Maisonneuve annexed to Montreal, 1918
Snowdon Theatre opens, 1937
First proto‑FLQ bombing at CKGM radio building, 1963
First Nuit Blanche (February 29), 2004
Launch of Radio‑Canada International, 1945
First edition of Honoré Beaugrand’s daily La Patrie, 1879
Sault‑au‑Récollet annexed to Montreal, 1916
Jean Drapeau born, 1916
“ I wonder how Westmount feels now t hat TMR and Cote-St-Luc are competing for t he t itle of ‘most annoying anglo enclave’.” – Tim S.
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Montreal Shamrocks win Stanley Cup, 1900U de Montréal chartered, 1878
55 cm of snow falls in two days, March 1 and 2, 1900
Botanical garden founded, 1932Record snowfall, 43 cm, 1971
City hall badly damaged in overnight fire, 1921
McGill chartered, 1821
Société St‑Jean‑Baptiste founded, 1834Howie Morenz dies, 1937
L‑H‑Lafontaine tunnel opens, 1967Last match at the Forum, 1996
Montreal Wanderers win Stanley Cup, 1910
Laurentian Hotel opens, 1948
First St. Patrick’s parade, 1824; first mass at St. Patrick’s church, 1847Richard riot, 1955
Police service founded, 1843Taylor and Burton marry at the Ritz, 1964
VERNAL EQUINOX
Sohmer Park burns down, 1919
McGill français protest, 1969
End of advertising on CBC and Radio‑Canada radio stations, 1974
Adoption of city logo, 1981
Board of Trade, rue St‑Sacrement
“ Je n’ai pas été élue pour mon ego, je n’ai pas été élue parce que je voulais que ce soit Valérie Plante la mairesse. J’ai été élue parce que c’est moi et mon administration qui sommes capables d’amener Montréal dans la modernité. ” – Valérie Plante, 02.11.2019
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GOOD FRIDAYFIRST DAY OF PASSOVER
EASTER
Halley’s Comet seen over town, 1758Hochelaga Bank heist, 1924
Canadiens’ first Stanley Cup at the Forum, defeating the Bruins, 1930
EASTER MONDAY
Titanic sinks, 1912, killing 1,595, including a dozen MontrealersQueen Elizabeth hotel opens, 1958
Kateri Tekakwitha dies, 1680
Jackie Robinson debuts with Montreal Royals, 1946
88 houses including the convent of the Congrégation de Notre Dame burn down, 1768
Burning of Parliament, 1849Griffintown warplane crash, 15 die, 1944
Seaway formally opened, 1959
RAMADAN BEGINS
Slavery made legal, 1709Funeral of D’Arcy McGee, 1868
Expo 67 opens, 1967
Ice dam in river causes massive flooding, 1861First Expos game, 1969
Laval metro extension opens, 2007
Fire department founded, 1862Camillien Houde elected mayor first time, 1928
KATE’S BIRTHDAY
Grande bibliothèque opens, 2005
Municipal courthouse & Complexe Chaussegros‑de‑Léry
Define ‘effective assimilation.’ Does it mean look and dress European? Kill your cultural roots and practices? Eat bacon and swallow Timbits?
– Hamza
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VICTORIA DAY (observed)
The old Bank of Commerce building on Saint‑Jacques
Lennon‑Ono bed‑in begins at the Queen Elizabeth Hotel, 1969
Dany Laferrière admitted to Académie Française, 2015
Founding of city by Maisonneuve and Mance, 1642
First electric street light, Champ‑de‑Mars, 1879
Gilles Villeneuve dies in Belgium, 1982
Sinking of Lusitania, 1915, several Montrealers die
Original Montreal General Hospital building completed, 1822
Jacques‑Cartier bridge opens, 1930
First Quebec referendum, 1980
Mount Royal Park inaugurated, 1876
Delivery of Canada’s first locomotive, the Iron Kitten, 1836
King George VI and Queen Elizabeth visit Montreal, 1939
Si l’on entend le moindre indice d’un accent non-francophone, la tendance à Montréal est de répondre en anglais, c’est connu à 100% par tout le monde. – david100
Anglicans don’t genuflect or cross t hemselves. And statistically speaking, t he priests are less rapey. – Blork
EID AL-FITR
SUMMER SOLSTICE
ST-JEAN
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Maisonneuve library
Saul Bellow born in Lachine, 1915
Jacques Viger, first mayor, elected 1833
Half of Montreal destroyed by fire, 1721Nelson Mandela speaks on Champ‑de‑Mars, 1990
450 area code displaces 514 in areas around Montreal, 1998
First movies shown in Canada, 1896 (building burned down in 2016)
Marie‑Josèphe dite Angélique hanged, 1734
First CPR train departs for BC, 1886
First edition of Journal de Montréal, 1964Jean Doré dies, 2015
Quebecor shuts down Montreal Mirror, 2012
Champlain Bridge opens, 1962
24th and last Canadiens Stanley Cup, 1993Accueil Bonneau blows up, 1998Belmont Park opens, 1923
American forces retreat in disarray, 1776
Bank of Montreal incorporated, 1817
NDG and Côte‑des‑Neiges annexed by Montreal, 1910
Michel Tremblay born, 1942
If your vehicle is painted white, is bigger t han an SUV, and has four way flashers, you can park pretty much anywhere you want for as long as you want. – CE
CANADA DAY
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Bain Maisonneuve, Morgan Blvd
Maisonneuve monument unveiled on Place d’Armes, 1895
Great Fire of 1852: 11,000 houses destroyed
Central Station opens, 1943 Record rainfall, more than 100 mm of rain in 2 hrs, 1987
Completion of first grain elevator, 1904Nobel prize winner Rudolph Marcus born, 1923
First powered flight over town, 1910
Sex Garage raid, 1990
Lachine Canal completed, 1825
Work starts on Lachine Canal, 1821Olympic Games open, 1976
De Gaulle’s Vive le Québec libre, 1967
Oka Crisis begins, 1990
First live TV broadcast, Royals game, CBFT, 1952
First CPR train from Montreal arrives in BC, 1886
Queen Victoria monument blown up, 1963
City’s first coat of arms adopted, 1833 (amended 1938 and 2017)
National League all‑star game, 1982
First stone laid for Victoria Bridge, 1854
EID AL-ADHA
Wow, what a cocktail. Two parts mixed blessing, one part cognitive dissonance, shake with bittersweets, stir with a double-edged sword, and blend with crushed optimism. Serve at a table t hat is so close and yet so far. – Blork
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Théâtre National opens on Ste‑Catherine E., 1900Death of Jean Drapeau, 1999
Centaur Theatre
Great Peace of Montreal, 1701R‑100 dirigible over town, 1930
First pedestrian in automobile fatality, 1906
Camillien Houde freed from internment, 1944Union workers hold vigorous demo at city hall, 2014
Prince of Wales inaugurates Victoria Bridge, 1860
High temperature record, 37.6°C, 1975Olympic Games close, 1976
Camillien Houde interned for anti‑conscription statements, 1940
Oscar Peterson born, 1925Cornerstone of St. Joseph’s Oratory laid, 1930
Montreal Protocol on ozone layer protection, 1987,in force 1989
First passage of Lachine Canal by steamboat, 1840
Kahnawake loses 33 men in collapse of Quebec bridge, 1907
Boulevard Robert‑Bourassa officially adopted as new name of rue University, 2014
Kondiaronk dies, 1701
Refus global published, 1948Fredy Villlanueva killed, 2008
Redpath Museum opens, 1882
Bonaventure station destroyed by fire, 1948
Last streetcar run, Rosemont, 1959
Jacques Cartier names the river after a Christian saint, 1535
Fabrikant shootings, 1992
Begging made illegal, 1676 I t hink society should accept t he occasional injury /death due to falling trees
in exchange for all t he benefits of trees. – Chris
There are, in fact, a few parts of t he South Shore t hat don’t make you want to tear out your eyeballs. – qatzelok
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LABOUR DAY
YOM KIPPUR
Old bank, Ste‑Catherine at St‑Timothée & last few days of the Village baubles
Eight sud‑ouest stations of Green Line open, 1978.Bomb at Central Station, 1984
Art heist at the MMFA, 18 paintings stolen, 1972
Villeray annexed, 1905Papal mass at Jarry Park, 1984
Riots against compulsory smallpox vaccination, 1885
Battle of Longue‑Pointe, 1775Final edition of Montreal Star, 1979
AUTUMN EQUINOX
Cartier monument inaugurated, 1919CBFT begins TV broadcasts, 1952PdA opens, 1963
Place Ville‑Marie opens, 1962Dawson shooting, 2006
Montreal Neuro opens, 1934
Eucharistic Congress opens, 1910Duplessis dies, 1959Montreal Royals fold, 1960
Leonard Cohen born, 1934First concert at PdA, 1963
Pierre Trudeau dies, 2000
New city flag, 2017
Bridge renamed for Jacques Cartier, 1931Dorval airport opens, 1941Blue Bird fire, 1972
Montreal capitulates to the British, 1760Van Horne mansion demolished, 1973
CKAC radio makes first broadcast, 1922
Jeanne Mance statue unveiled at Hôtel‑Dieu, 1909
Maisonneuve dies in Paris, 1676
Earthquake of 1732, estimated at 5.8
De la Concorde overpass collapses, 2006
Jean Drapeau’s house bombed, nobody hurt, 1969Last Expos game at Olympic Stadium, 2004
ROSH HASHANAH
Oka Crisis ends, 1990
I’ve worked in enough restaurants of all stripes to know t hat even t he fanciest place could get a violation on an off day. Anyone who asks to see t he kitchen at t heir favourite restaurant is just asking for heartache. – Ian
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THANKSGIVING
Old post office, longtime armed forces recruiting office Ste‑Catherine at Bishop
McCord museum opens, 1921Last tram over Victoria Bridge, 1956Belmont Park closes, 1983
Massive pro‑Canada unity rally, 1995
Jacques Cartier visits Hochelaga, 1535Julie Payette becomes Governor‑General, 2017
Cartier names Mount Royal, 1535Last Expos game, Shea Stadium, 2004
Police strike and riot, 1969
Earthquake, 3.9, a few minutes after midnight, 2012
Hôtel‑Dieu opens, 1643Gilles Villeneuve wins Canadian Grand Prix, 1978
Canada’s first TV station, VE2EC, begins transmissions, 1931Danny Gallivan calls his first hockey game on radio, 1952Casino opens, 1993
Metro inaugurated, 1966
Brother André canonized, 2010
Occupation of Victoria Square begins, 2011
War Measures Act invoked, 1970
First train through Mount Royal tunnel, 1918Kateri Tekakwitha canonized, 2012
First edition of La Presse, 1884
Molson Stadium inaugurated, 1915
Expo 67 closes, 1967 First tram over Victoria Bridge,1909Second Quebec referendum, 1995
Maurice Richard signs with Habs, 1942Marguerite Bourgeois canonized, 1982 Last passenger flight from Mirabel, 2004
Jean Drapeau elected second time, 1960.He will serve till 1986.
First hockey telecast, CBFT, 1952
Outremont Theatre opens, 1929
Pierre Trudeau born, 1919
First Canadian city with population of 1M, 1951Jean Drapeau elected first time, 1954
I love t hat “Sushi Plus” gets fined for health violations. Sushi plus what? Plus salmonella? Mouse droppings? Cockroach eggs? – Blork
Bonsecours market
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First child of French parentage baptized, 1648Occupation of Victoria Square ends, 2011
Louis Cyr dies, 1912Nicolo Rizzuto Sr. shot dead, 2010
Jean Doré elected mayor, 1986
Last spike driven into the rails in B.C. that linked Montreal to the west coast, 1885Leonard Cohen dies, 2016
Claire Kirkland Casgrain elected, first female MNA, 1961
Prince of Wales opens Crystal Palace, 1860
Joseph Guibord dies, 1869Canadiens adopt the Forum as their permanent home, 1926Death of Émile Nelligan, 1941
Regular train service begins between Montreal and New York City, 1875
First performance by OSM, 1934Anti‑conscription riot, 1944
First car, owned by Ucal‑Henri Dandurand,1899
DIWALI
TCA begins daily flights to Vancouver, 1939.J. Plante adopts first NHL goalie mask, 1959René Lévesque dies, 1987
Montreal Forum opens, 1924Crash of Flight 839, 5 minutes out from Dorval, 1963
First regular city bus service begins, 1919
Sir Arthur Currie dies, 1933Dorchester renamed René‑Lévesque, 1987
Whale oil lamps installed in the Port of Montreal as public lighting, 1815
Gérald Tremblay steps down, 2012Valérie Plante, first woman mayor, elected 2017
Jacques Mesrine, who held up several banks in Montreal, shot dead by Paris police, 1979
Mayor John Easton Mills dies tending typhus victims, 1847
NHL founded at Windsor Hotel, 1917
Montreal falls to American forces, 1775, their leaders taking over the Chateau Ramezay
Christ Church Cathedral opens, 1860First public transit, horse tram, 1861
We could play a game of “What Happens First?” Choose from among t he following options: -Silo #5 repurposed - Cavendish extension
completed
-Pink line built -Blue line extended -‘Expos’ return…
– dwgs
Marianopolis College
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Final printed edition of La Presse, 2017
Black Rock placed as memorial, 1859911 becomes emergency number, 1985
Cartierville annexed to Montreal, 1916
Royal Vic opens, 1893Patrick Roy’s final game with Habs, 1995Jean Béliveau dies, 2014
Art Assoc. opens, 1912 – later becomes MMFATransit riot, 1955Fire in tunnel at Henri‑Bourassa, 1971
Béliveau, Geoffrion play first NHL game, 1950
Dorval airport opens new terminal, 1959
CHRISTMAS BOXING DAY
FIRST DAY OF CHANUKAH
Ritz‑Carlton Hotel opens, 1912
Émile Nelligan born, 1879Mount Royal cross first lit up, 1924
All charges dropped against Henry Morgentaler, 1976
Foundation of Institut canadien, 1844
Maison Radio‑Canada opens, 1973
First freight train crosses Victoria Bridge, 1859
Polytechnique massacre, 1989
First post office, 1792Opening of Mount Royal Hotel, 1922
Nick Rizzuto Jr. gunned down, 2009
Autoroute Métropolitaine opens, 1960
Montreal Canadiens founded, 1909October Crisis ends, 1970
CBF radio goes on air, 1937Camillien Houde re‑elected, 1944
First passenger train crosses Victoria Bridge, 1859
Apartment courtyard, Outremont
All photos ©2019 Kate McDonnell.
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