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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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