Biography
15th Prime Minister of Canada. He served in this position for 15 years, from 1968 until 1984 as a Liberal from the Canadian province of Quebec. He is remembered a flamboyant and charismatic political giant who led Canada through some of its most tumultuous events. As Prime Minister, he championed participatory democracy as a means of making Canada a 'Just Society,' promoted the metric system, and vigorously defended the newly implemented universal health care and regional development programs as means of making society more just. He also implemented many procedural reforms, to make Parliament and the Liberal caucus meetings run more efficiently, significantly expanded the size and role of the Prime Minister's office, and substantially expanded the welfare state, with the establishment of new programs, and significant improvements in existing ones, with welfare payments to the aged, the young, and the underprivileged greatly expanded in an attempt to bring about a European-style social
1920 - July 10 -
Arthur Meighen becomes Prime Minister of Canada
1921 - December 29 -
William Lyon Mackenzie King becomes Prime Minister of Canada
1926 - June 29 -
Arthur Meighen becomes Prime Minister of Canada
1926 - September 25 -
William Lyon Mackenzie King becomes Prime Minister of Canada
1930 - August 7 -
R. B. Bennett becomes Prime Minister of Canada
1934 - The metal beverage can is invented (American Can Co., United States)
1935 - October 23 -
William Lyon Mackenzie King becomes Prime Minister of Canada
1936 - January 20 - Edward VIII becomes King of England
1936 - December 11 - George VI becomes King of England
1940 - April - 1st electron microscope demonstrated (RCA), Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
The microwave oven was invented accidentally in 1945 by Percy Spencer, a Raytheon engineer. While testing a magnetron, he noticed microwaves melted a candy bar in his pocket. Experimenting further, he discovered microwaves could cook food quickly. Raytheon patented the process, and by 1947, they built the first commercial microwave oven, called the 'Radarange.' Initially used in commercial settings, microwaves becomes affordable for home use by the 1960s and 1970s, revolutionizing cooking.
1948 - November 15 -
Louis St. Laurent becomes Prime Minister of Canada
1952 - February 6 - Elizabeth II becomes Queen of England
1957 - June 21 -
John Diefenbaker becomes Prime Minister of Canada
1963 - April 22 -
Lester B. Pearson becomes Prime Minister of Canada
1968 - April 20 -
Pierre Trudeau becomes Prime Minister of Canada
The cell phone was invented by Martin Cooper of Motorola. On April 3, 1973, he made the first handheld mobile phone call with the Motorola DynaTAC. This device weighed 2.5 pounds and was 10 inches long, offering 30 minutes of talk time and requiring 10 hours to charge. The first commercial cell phone was released in 1983, revolutionizing communication and leading to the modern smartphones we use today.
1979 - June 4 - Joe Clark becomes Prime Minister of Canada
1980 - March 3 -
Pierre Trudeau becomes Prime Minister of Canada
1981 - June 5 - First reported case of AIDS (Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome)
1984 - June 30 -
John Turner becomes Prime Minister of Canada
1984 - September 17 -
Brian Mulroney becomes Prime Minister of Canada
1989 - The World Wide Web is invented at CERN (Tim Berners-Lee, UK)
1993 - June 25 - Kim Campbell becomes Prime Minister of Canada
1993 - November 4 - Jean Chrétien becomes Prime Minister of Canada
Birth — 1919
Death — 2000
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