On this day in 1997, James Cameron\u0027s movie Titanic opened. At the time, it was the most expensive movie ever made.
In 1813, fur trader James McGill died in Montreal, leaving 10,000 pounds to establish the university that would bear his name.Sign up to receive daily headline news from the Calgary Herald, a division of Postmedia Network Inc.By clicking on the sign up button you consent to receive the above newsletter from Postmedia Network Inc. You may unsubscribe any time by clicking on the unsubscribe link at the bottom of our emails or any newsletter. Postmedia Network Inc.
In 1922, 24-year-old Theresa Vaughan confessed during her trial in Sheffield, England, to 61 bigamous marriages within a five-year period in 50 different cities in England, Germany and South Africa.Article content In 1945, British aristocrat John Amery was hanged as a traitor to his country. After he pleaded guilty to eight counts of high treason at his trial, his court appearance lasted for just eight minutes. He had been charged with treasonous broadcasts — inducing British subjects in captivity to fight for Germany against Britain and Russia, and with making public speeches on behalf of the enemy in Antwerp, Lyons, and Paris while France and Belgium were under enemy occupation. Amery was 33.
In 1975, Bertha Wilson was appointed to the Ontario Court of Appeal, becoming the first woman in Canada to be named to a provincial court of appeal. In 1984, British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher and China’s Premier Zhao Ziyong signed an accord that would return Hong Kong to China on July 1, 1997, and preserve its capitalist system for 50 years beyond that date.
In 1997, a SilkAir Boeing 737-300 plunged from the sky, crashing into an Indonesian river and killing all 104 people aboard. In 2008, U.S. President Bush announced US$17.4 billion in short-term financing to the troubled Big Three automakers. In 2017, George Weston Ltd. and Loblaw Companies Ltd. revealed that both the bakery owner and grocer participated in an industry-wide bread price-fixing arrangement from late 2001 until March 2015, but will receive immunity after tipping off Canada’s competition watchdog.
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