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November 6 - 10 in Manitoba History
11/6/2007 at 1:38 AM
Nov. 6, 1917: Canadian troops captured Belgium’s Passchendaele ridge, after a three month battle. 15,654 Canadians were killed or wounded. For a radio doc: cbc.ca/IDC-1-71-979-5567-11/on_this_day/conflict_war/passchendaele
Nov. 7, 1935: Winnipeg defeat Hamilton Tigers, 18-12 for the 23rd Grey Cup
Nov 7, 1969: Tanya Dubnicoff, Olympic cyclist, born in Winnipeg
Nov 7 / 8 1986:one of Winnipeg’s worst blizzards lasting 11 hours: 30 -50 cm of snow with winds of 70 – 90 kph. Two died.
Nov. 7, 1885: The CPR’s last spike is driven at Craigellachie in Eagle Pass BC
Nov. 8, 1873: Winnipeg was incorporated as a city. The first in Western Canada.
Nov 8, 1990: The official opening of Pembina overpass at Bishop Grandin / extension of Bishop Grandin to Waverley.
Nov 8 1976: Burton Cummings plays his first show as a solo artist at the Centennial Concert Hall
Nov. 9, 1974: Bachman Turner Overdrive’s "You Ain't Seen Nothin' Yet" tops the Billboard's singles charts.