ON THIS DATE
March 2017
1 March 1917 4th Division uses poison gas in an attack on Hill 145, Vimy Ridge. 2 March 2011 HMCS Charlottetown heads for Libya to provide humanitarian assistance. 3 March 1915 1st Canadian Division is assigned six kilometres of the front south of Armentières.
7 March 1866 The Fenian threat moves John A. Macdonald to put 10,000 volunteer militia on alert. 8 March 1975 Canada observes its first International Women’s Day. 9 March 1915 R.H. Mulock is the first Canadian to qualify as a pilot in the British air services. 10 March 1914 Canadians participate in their first WWI battle at Neuve Chapelle, France.
4 March 1982 Bertha Wilson is appointed to the Supreme Court of Canada. 5 March 1995 The Canadian Airborne Regiment is officially disbanded, its 600 paratroopers parade for last time as a unit.
11 March 1952 HMCS Haida is recommissioned for service in Korean waters. 12 March 2014 The Canadian Armed Forces lower the Canadian flag in Afghanistan for the last time.
6 March 1944 The hunt for U-744 involves HMC ships Chaudière, Gatineau, St. Catharines, Chilliwack and Fennel. 13 March 1964 Troops and equipment are delivered to the newly created peacekeeping force in Cyprus.
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