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2021
Mary Simon is named Canada’s first indigenous Governor General by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.
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2020
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2016
Pokémon Go, the real-world mobile game by Niantic, is first released.
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2013
A 73-car oil train derails in the town of Lac-Mégantic, Quebec and explodes into flames, killing at least 47 people and destroying more than 30 buildings in the town’s central area.
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1994
“Forrest Gump”, directed by Robert Zemeckis and starring Tom Hanks, Robin Wright, and Gary Sinise, is released (Academy Awards Best Picture 1995).
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1957
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1947
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1933
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1912
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1885
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