1820 ~ Birthday of Florence Nightingale, Nurse.

1870 ~ Manitoba became a province of Canada.

1845 ~ Birthday of Gabriel Fauré, Composer.

1885 ~ The four day Battle of Batoche, pitting rebel French Canadians against the Canadian government, came to an end with a decisive rebel defeat.

1914 ~ Birthday of Howard K. Smith, Journalist.

1918 ~ Birthday of Julius Rosenberg, Spy.

1928 ~ Birthday of Burt Bacharach, Composer.

1949 ~ The Soviet Union lifted its Blockade of Berlin.

1958 ~ A formal North American Aerospace Defense Command agreement was signed between the United States and Canada.

2000 ~ The Tate Modern opened in London.

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