Highlights of the day

  • 1876 Alexander Graham Bell, a Scottish Canadian, makes the first successful test of his new invention, the telephone.

List of Facts for March 10

  • 1604 François Gravé du Pont leaves Havre-de-Grace for Acadia on second ship of de Monts’ expedition from Havre-de-Grace; de Monts, Champlain and Poutrincourt sailed three days earlier. Le Havre, France
  • 1626 Jesuits granted the seigneury of Notre-Dame-des-Anges on the St. Charles River; First of many grants to religious order. Quebec, Quebec
  • 1793 Lt. Gov. John Graves Simcoe and his wife Elizabeth dine on boiled black squirrel, porcupine, roasted passenger pigeon, raccoon, fish, beef and veal. Toronto, Ontario
  • 1842 Education - Queen’s University founded in Kingston, Ontario
  • 1871 Opening of First session of First Legislative Council of Manitoba. Winnipeg, Manitoba
  • 1873 North West Council calls for the establishment of a police force in the North West Territories. Winnipeg, Manitoba
  • 1876 Technology - Alexander Graham Bell 1847-1922 makes the First successful test of his new invention, the telephone, a month after patenting the device. He transmits the First intelligible speech, room to room, telling his assistant, ‘Come here, Watson. I need you.’ Back at his father’s house in Brantford Ontario on August 3, he makes the First building-to-building call with his uncle David Bell, and a year later sets up the world’s First telephone service in Hamilton, with four customers. Boston, Massachusetts
  • 1886 Kingston’s first hockey game takes place, between Queen’s University and Royal Military College. Kingston, Ontario
  • 1903 Hockey - Ottawa Silver 7 beat Montréal AAA 8-0 for the Stanley Cup. Ottawa, Ontario
  • 1905 Vancouver, Victoria & Eastern Railway hauls its First trainload of Phoenix ore down to the Granby smelter.
  • 1910 British Columbia government ratifies Kettle Valley Railway construction bill.
  • 1910 Prince Rupert incorporated as a city. Prince Rupert, BC
  • 1913 Hockey - Québec Bulldogs sweep Sydney Nova Scotia Millionaires in 2 games for the Stanley Cup. Québec, Québec
  • 1915 First World War - Canadians see action in Battle of Neuve Chapelle. Neuve Chapelle, France
  • 1920 Hockey - Québec’s Joe Malone scores 6 goals to lead the Bulldogs to a 10-4 rout of the Ottawa Senators. Québec, Québec
  • 1934 Hockey - Toronto Maple Leafs achieve longest undefeated streak in their history, winning or tying 18 games in a row. Toronto, Ontario
  • 1945 Second World War - First Canadian Army forces Germans across Rhine opposite Wesel, ending month-long campaign west of the Rhine; lose 5, 304 dead in Rhine campaign. Wesel, Germany
  • 1960 Aboriginal - On-reserve treaty people win the right to vote in national elections without losing their tax exemptions. Ottawa, Ontario
  • 1966 Ottawa drafts guidelines for American subsidiaries operating in Canada. Ottawa, Ontario
  • 1976 First radio and television coverage of regular sittings of the Ontario legislature at Queen’s Park. Toronto, Ontario
  • 1981 Energy - Panarctic Oils Ltd. finds oil in offshore exploratory well in the eastern Arctic. Nunavut
  • 1989 Disaster - Air Ontario jet crashes after take off from Dryden, killing 24, injuring 45; inquiry later blames wing icing for the crash. Dryden, Ontario
  • 1991 Robert Bourassa says federalism is best choice for Québec; major changes will make Canada work better. Québec, Québec
  • 1992 Government recognizes Louis Riel as “a founder of Manitoba”.
  • 1996 Curling - Jeff Stoughton Rink wins Manitoba’s 25th Brier Championship. Manitoba
  • 2001 Aboriginal - Nuu-chah-nulth First nations tribal council signs treaty with provincial and federal governments, giving it more autonomy over its territories on Vancouver and Meares islands and a large one-time payment; largest Native group in BC. Victoria, BC
  • 2003 Health - Scarborough’s Grace Hospital closes as a result of SARS, the first of many hospitals to do so. Scarborough, Ontario
  • 2005 Hockey - Governor General Adrienne Clarkson announces that she will create a trophy for women’s hockey in Canada; the Stanley Cup was donated in 1892 by a predecessor, Lord Stanley.