December 4 - 7 in Manitoba History
12/4/2007 at 11:53 PM
December 3, 1951 Official Opening of Tech-Voc High School by Hon. R.F. McWilliams, Lieutenant-Governor of Manitoba
December 4, 1937: Actor Donnelly Rhodes is born in Winnipeg. He is most recognized for his roles as Dutch on the 70’s comedy ‘Soap” (1978-1981), in the family drama Danger Bay, and most recently on CBC’s DaVinci’s Inquest.Soap.
December 4, 1952: The Canadian Lutheran Council was organized in Winnipeg.
December 5, 1925: the Ottawa Senators beat the Winnipeg Tammany Tigers 24 – 1 in Ottawa for the Grey Cup. The Tammany Tigers football club was part of the Tammany Tigers Athletic Association that fielded a number of top sport teams at the time, including hockey.
For a full account:
http://www.cfl.ca/index.php?module=page&id=185
December 5, 1995: The Royal Canadian Mint’s Winnipeg facility begins striking the Twoonie.
On December 6, 1989: Gunman Marc Lepine enters a classroom at l'Ecole Polytechnique in Montreal. Separating the male and female students he rants about ‘feminists ruining his life’ and opens fire. Lepine kills fourteen women: Geneviève Bergeron, aged 21; Hélène Colgan, 23; Nathalie Croteau, 23; Barbara Daigneault, 22; Anne-Marie Edward, 21; Maud Haviernick, 29; Barbara Maria Klucznik, 31; Maryse Leclair, 23; Annie St.-Arneault, 23; Michèle Richard, 21; Maryse Laganière, 25; Anne-Marie Lemay, 22; Sonia Pelletier, 28; and Annie Turcotte, aged 21. Thirteen more are be injured before Lepine turns his gun on himself.
December 6, 1917: At 9:04 a.m. a loaded French munitions ship, the Mont Blanc, explodes in Halifax Harbour killing 1600, injuring 9000 and destroying 12,000 buildings in a 325 acre zone of the city.
http://www.cbc.ca/halifaxexplosion/ or
http://www.halifaxexplosion.org/intro.html
December 7, 1935: The Winnipegs defeat the Hamilton Tigers 18-12 and are the first Western Canadian team to win the Grey Cup.
December 7, 1878: The first train from St. Paul, Minnesota arrives in Winnipeg.
December 7, 1770: Arctic Explorer and Hudson Bay factor Samuel Hearne laves Prince of Wales's Fort in Churchill to start his third attempt to find a western passage across the Northern plains. They reach the Arctic Ocean in July of the following year.