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a ~ . 1912. S$.8. Titanic sinks off Newfoundland; recovered bodies are buried in Halifax. 1913. Canadian economy goes into a slump 1914. Canada automatically enters First World War as Britain declares war on Germany & (August 4) [\) 1916. Lady Minto Hospital opened in Cochrane. Fire burns Cochrane, Ontario. > 1917. French munitions ship Mont Blane catches fire & explodes in Halifax harbor on ~â€" December 6"*, with 2,000 killed. Canadians capture Vimy Ridge after British and French ' attempts fail. Income tax introduced by federal govt as "temporary wartime measure‘" 1918. Under the War Measures Act, manufacture & sale of intoxicating beverages is probibited in Canada. 1922. Foster Hewitt makes the world‘s first radio broadcast of a hockey game 1923. Canada deals with U.S. without British participation in signing Halibut Treaty. Typhoid epidemic in Cochrane. 1926. Old age pension started by federal government. 1926 Royal Commission (Duncan) recommends restoration of preferential Maritime railway freight rates. ‘ 1928. Supreme Court of Canada rules that women are not "persons" who can be elected to . public office. 1929 British Privy Council overrules Supreme Court "nonâ€"person" decision . 1929. New York Stock Market crash 1931. Statute of Westminster grants Canada full autonomy from Britain 1934. The Dionne quintuplets are born in Caliander, Ontario 1939. Canada enters World War II after remaining neutral for 1 week; proâ€"war party in Quebec wins provincial election. Ground surveys underway in far west for airports. 1940. Ogdensburg Agreement coâ€"ordinates industrial output of Canada and U.S. . 1941. CAT train took material to FT ST John for airport construction. 1942. US soldiers arrived Cochrane to set up radar post. Construction of ALCAN highway. . Construction boom due to American and Canadian military bases eliminated ( ) unemployment in Newfoundland. Canadian raid on French port of Dieppe is a disaster; ~ British later claim it was useful rebearsal for Dâ€"Day 1944. Canadian troops go further inland than other Allied unit on Dâ€"Day (June 6). Saskatchewan elects Tommy Douglas & first socialist government in North America. 1949. Newfoundland becomes Canada‘s tenth province on March 31st 1951. Midâ€"century census records Canada‘s population as 14 million. Royal Commission (Massey) reports that Canadian eulture is dominated by American influences 1952. First television stations in Canada begin broadcasting in Montreal (Sept. 6) and Toronto (Sept. 8) 1955, Montreal Canadiens hockey star Maurice "Rocket" Richard is suspended for fighting; riots break out in Montreal 1959. Canadian government cancels the Avro Arrow; many engineers on the project end up working for NASA. St Lawrence Seaway opens. 1960. "Quiet Revolution" begins in Quebec 1962. Transâ€"Canada Highway officially opens 1965. The Auto Pact, forerunner of NAFTA, signed by United States and Canada 1969. The federal government becomes officially bilingual ‘ 1970. The FLQ, a militant separatist group in Quebec, kidnaps British diplomat & murders Quebec cabinet minister 1976. Parti Quebecois under Rene Levesque wins Quebec provincial election on separatist platform 1980. The majority of Quebecers reject separation from Canada by referendum vote. â€"30â€" (C]