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2011 Event - In Quebec, 200,000 Canadian college and university students vote to boycott classes to protest tuition fee increases

2011 Event - Rejean Hinse, a Quebec man wrongly convicted of a crime in the 1960s and acquitted 30 years later, receives $13.1 million in compensation

2002 Event - XIX Winter Olympics closes in Salt Lake City Utah/Quebec City

2002 Event - XIX Winter Olympics opens in Salt Lake City Utah/Quebec City

1998 Death - Dick Higgins, composer, coined term 'intermedia', founder, Something Else Press, dies of a heart attack in Quebec, Canada

1998 Event - Ice storm knocks out electricity in Quebec and Ontario

1996 Death - Robert Bourassa, Prime Minister of province of Quebec 1970 - 1976, 1985 - 1993, dies at 63

1995 Event - Quebec Referendum votes to remain part of Canada

1991 Event - Eric Lindros, refused to sign with Quebec Nordiques

1991 Event - Quebec Nordiques pick Eric Lindros #1 at NHL entry draft

1987 Death - Rene Levesque, Quebec premier (1976-85), dies at 65

1984 Event - Brothers Anton and Peter Stastny score 8 pts each for NHL Quebec

1983 Event - New York Rangers and Quebec Nordiques both score in 1st 14 seconds of 3rd period

1983 Event - Quebec Nordiques play 251st NHL game without being shut out

1982 Event - 28 skiers perform backflips while holding hands, Bromont, Quebec

1980 Event - In a referendum, 59.5% of Quebec voters reject separatism

1976 Event - Rene Levesque's "Parti Quebecois" wins elections in Quebec

1976 Birthday - Jessica Amey, born in Montreal, Quebec, 100m butterfly/4 x 100 1996 Olympics

1975 Death - Howard Joslin, actor (Quebec, Detective Story), dies at 68

1975 Birthday - Eric Daze, born in Montreal, Quebec, NHL left wing, Chicago Blackhawks

1975 Birthday - Carolyne Lepage, born in Montreal, Quebec, 48 kg judoka 1996 Olympics

1975 Birthday - Hercules Kyvelos, born in Montreal, Quebec, boxer 1996 Olympics

1975 Birthday - Casey Barrett, born in Montreal, Quebec, 200m Butterfly 1996 Olympics

1975 Birthday - Anne Montminy, born in Montreal, Quebec, 10m diver, Olympics-17-92, 96

1974 Birthday - Jean Lavertue, born in Montreal, Quebec, weightlifter 1996 Olympics

1974 Birthday - Martine Dessureault, born in Montreal, Quebec, 50m swimmer 1996 Olympics

1974 Birthday - Hugues Legault, born in Montreal, Quebec, 50m swimmer 1996 Olympics

1973 Birthday - Annie Pelletier, born in Montreal, Quebec, 3m diver 1996 Olympics bronze

1973 Birthday - Greg Rusedski, born in Montreal, Quebec, tennis star, 1995 Seoul

1973 Birthday - Jean Francois Bergeron, born in St. Jerome, Quebec, boxer 1996 Olympics

1973 Birthday - Josee Corbeil, Pointe-Claire Quebec, volleyball player 1996 Olympics

1973 Birthday - Sebastien Lareau, born in Montreal, Quebec, tennis player 1996 Olympics

1973 Birthday - Serge Tremblay, born in La Malbaie, Quebec, weightlifter 1996 Olympics

1973 Birthday - Sonia Paquette, St-Janvier Quebec, hurdler 1996 Olympics

1973 Birthday - Robert Braknis, born in Montreal, Quebec, 100m backstroke/4 x 100 1996 Olympics

1973 Birthday - Erik Gervais, Valleyfield Quebec, kayaker 1996 Olympics

1972 Birthday - Marie Josee Gibeau, Lachine Quebec, kayaker 1996 Olympics

1972 Birthday - Marianne Limpert, born in Matagami, Quebec, 200m relay swimmer, Silver Medal 1996 Olympics

1972 Birthday - Alain Bolduc, born in Montreal, Quebec, yachter 1996 Olympics

1972 Event - NHL star Maurice "Rocket" Richard signs with WHL Quebec Nordiques

1972 Birthday - Nicolas Gill, born in Montreal, Quebec, 86kg judoka, Olympics-bronze-92, 96

1972 Birthday - Martin St. Pierre, born in Ripon, Quebec, 20k walker in 1996 Olympics

1972 Birthday - Manon Rheaume, Lac Beauport Quebec, 1st female NHLer, Tampa Bay

1971 Birthday - Emma Robinson, born in Montreal, Quebec, rower 1996 Olympics

1971 Birthday - Eddie Parenti, born in Montreal, Quebec, 100m butterfly swimmer 1996 Olympics

1971 Event - Marine clay under houses liquefies, 31 die (St-Jean-Vianney Quebec)

1970 Birthday - Michel Brunet, Gatineau Quebec, ice dancer, 1996 Canadians-2nd

1970 Event - Quebec separatists kidnap British trade commissioner James Cross

1969 Birthday - Marie-Josee Morneau, Longueuil Quebec, 56 kg judoka 1996 Olympics

1969 Birthday - Josee Chouinard, Rosemont Quebec, figure skater, Olympic-9th-1994

1969 Birthday - Eric Desjardins, born in Rauyn, Quebec, NHL defenseman, Philadelphia Flyers, Canada

1969 Birthday - Francois Letourneau, St. Jerome Quebec, canoeist 1996 Olympics

1969 Birthday - Caroline Brunet, born in Quebec City Quebec, kayaker, 1996 Olympics silver

1969 Birthday - Greg Stevenson, Sherbrooke Quebec, rower, Olympics-11-92, 96

1969 Birthday - Claude Lambert, born in Montreal, Quebec, boxer 1996 Olympics

1968 Birthday - Celine Dion, born in Quebec, Canada, singer, I'm Your Woman

1968 Birthday - Henry Hering, Pointe-Claire Quebec, rower, Olympics-9-92, 96

1967 Birthday - Nathalie Tauziat, Bangui Cent Afr Rep, tennis star, 1993 Quebec City

1967 Birthday - Taro Tan, born in Montreal, Quebec, 65 kg judoka 1996 Olympics

1967 Event - Charles de Gaulle says 'Vive le Quebec libre! Long live free Quebec!'

1967 Birthday - Benoat Gauthier, St. Jerome Quebec, canoeist 1996 Olympics

1966 Birthday - Dan Nowosielski, born in Montreal, Quebec, fencing epee 1996 Olympics

1966 Birthday - Stephane Talbot, born in Greenfield Park, Quebec, golfer, 1992 Quebec PGA

1966 Birthday - Manon Kelley, Quebec City Canada, actress, Red Lips 2

1966 Birthday - Natalie Gosselin, Levis Quebec, 52kg judoka 1996 Olympics

1966 Birthday - Tony Plourde, Chibougamau Quebec, sabre 1996 Olympics

1965 Birthday - Doris Piche, La Sarre Quebec, badminton player 1996 Olympics

1965 Birthday - Patrick Roy, Quebec, NHL goalie, Mont Canadiens, Colorado Avalanche

1965 Birthday - Luc Rochefort, Trois-Rivieres Que, golfer, 1991 Low Amateur Quebec

1965 Event - Gas explosion kills 28 in apartment complex (La Salle, Quebec)

1964 Birthday - Pete McCutcheon, born in Boston, Massachusetts, Canadian Tour golfer, 1993 Quebec Open

1964 Event - Separatists riot in Quebec

1963 Birthday - Jean-Marc Chouinard, born in Montreal, Quebec, epee 1996 Olympics

1963 Birthday - Kevin Dineen, Quebec City, NHL right wing, Hartford Whalers

1963 Birthday - Julie Payette, born in Montreal, Quebec, astronaut

1963 Birthday - Benoit Doucet, born in Montreal, Quebec, hockey forward, Team Germany 1998

1962 Birthday - Phillip Hatchett, born in Russellville, Kentucky, Canadian Tour golfer, 1991 Quebec

1962 Birthday - Tina Tombs, born in Montreal, Quebec, LPGA golfer, 1990 Jamie Farr Toledo

1961 Birthday - Jean-Francois Senecal, born in Laval, Quebec, rifle shooter, Olympics-3-92, 96

1960 Birthday - Nancy Martinez, born in Montreal, Quebec, rocker, musician, singer, known for dance-pop music hit songs 'For Tonight', 'Move Out'

1960 Birthday - Denyse Julien, Rouyn Quebec, badminton player, Olympics-9-92, 96

1959 Birthday - Jean-Louis Lamarre, La Prairie Que, golfer, Quebec PGA-1982, 85

1959 Birthday - Michel Dion, born in Quebec City, Canada, Rifle shooter, Olympics-24-92, 96

1958 Birthday - Linda Jackson, born in Montreal, Quebec, cyclist 1996 Olympics

1957 Birthday - Sylvie Garant, Montmagny Quebec, playmate, Nov, 1979

1955 Birthday - Jerry Anderson, Montreal, Canadian Tour golfer, Quebec Open-1982, 83

1953 Birthday - Daniel Talbot, Montreal Que, golfer, Quebec Open-1979, 81, 84

1952 Birthday - Gino Vanelli, born in Montreal, Quebec, singer, Living Inside Myself

1951 Birthday - Guy LaFleur, Quebec, NHL right wing, Montreal, New York Rangers

1951 Birthday - Robert Joy, born in Montreal, Quebec, actor, Big Shots, Suicide Club

1951 Birthday - Marcel Dionne, born in Quebec, NHL center, Los Angeles Kings, New York Rangers

1949 Birthday - Dayle Haddon, Montreal Quebec Canada, actress, Bedroom Eyes

1949 Birthday - Victor Garber, born in Montreal, Quebec, actor, Days and Nights of Molly Dodd

1949 Birthday - Marc Garneau, Quebec City Canada, PhD/astronaut, STS-13, 77

1945 Birthday - Rogie Vachon, Quebec, NHL goalie, Canadiens, Kings, Vezina-1968

1944 Event - Franklin D. Roosevelt and Churchill meet in Canada at 2nd Quebec Conference

1943 Event - Common Chiefs of staff meet in Quebec

1943 Event - New Quebec (Chubb) Crater discovered in northern Quebec (3 km dia)

1938 Birthday - Jacques Hetu, born in Trois-Rivieres Quebec, composer, Fellow, Royal Society of Canada, 1989, Officer of the Order of Canada, 2001

1933 Birthday - Robert Bourassa, born in Montreal, premier of Quebec, 1970-76, 1985-

1931 Event - NHL's Quebec Bulldogs' Joseph Malone scores a record 7 goals

1929 Birthday - Moe Norman, born in Kitchener, Ontario, Canadian Tour golfer, 1966 Quebec Open

1929 Birthday - Jacques "Jake the Snake" Plante, Quebec, NHL goaltender, #1

1928 Birthday - Maynard Ferguson, Verdun Quebec, jazz trumpeter, Roulette

1926 Birthday - Allyn Ann McLerie, Quebec, actress, Tony Randall Show, Thorn Birds

1924 Birthday - Percy Rodrigues, born in Montreal, Quebec, actor, Brainwaves

1924 Birthday - Al Balding, born in Toronto, Ontario, Canadian Tour golfer, Quebec Open-1952

1922 Birthday - Rene Levesque, Quebec premier, 1976-85

1920 Event - NHL's Quebec Bulldog Jim Malone scores 6 goals vs Ottawa Senators

1920 Event - Montreal Canadiens scores NHL record 16 goals beating Quebec Bulldogs

1920 Event - Joe Malone, Quebec Bulldogs, sets NHL record with 7 goals in a game

1920 Event - Quebec's Joe Malone sets NHL record of 7 goals in a game

1918 Event - NHL's Quebec Bulldogs sold to a Toronto businessman P J Quinn

1917 Event - Quebec Bulldogs play their 1st professional hockey game

1917 Event - NHL forms with Montreal Canadiens, Montreal Maroons, Toronto Arenas, Ottawa Senators and Quebec Bulldogs; National Hockey Association disbands

1917 Event - Royal Bank of Canada takes over Quebec Bank

1916 Birthday - Glenn Ford, Quebec, Canada, actor, Cade's County, Big Heat, Midway

1915 Birthday - Saul Bellow, born in Lachine, Quebec, author, Mr Sammler's Planet, Nobel 1976

1914 Birthday - Saul Bellow, born in Quebec, novelist, Nobel 1976-Mr Samler's Planet

1913 Event - Stanley Cup: Quebec Bulldogs sweep Sydney (NS) Millionaires in 2 games

1912 Event - Stanley Cup: Quebec Bulldogs sweep Moncton (NB) in 2 games

1912 Event - 1st Stanley Cup game to be played in 3 20-minute periods, formerly played in 30-minute halfs, Quebec beats Moncton 9-3 on way to sweep

1910 Birthday - Arnold Moss, Brooklyn, actor, Loves of Carmen, Kim, Quebec, Viva Zapata

1907 Birthday - Howard Joslin, Georgia, actor, Quebec, Detective Story

1904 Birthday - Patsy Ruth Miller, actress, Quebec, Wide Open, Sap, Twin Beds

1900 Birthday - Norma Shearer, born in Montreal, Quebec, actress, Divorcee, Idiot's Delight

1883 Event - Quebec Rugby Football Union forms

1882 Birthday - Louis St. Laurent, Compton Quebec, L, 12th Canadian PM, 1948-57

1875 Event - 1st Quebec vs Ontario football game, Ontario wins

1872 Event - Montreal Foot Ball Club 1st game playing Quebec City to 0-0 tie

1870 Event - Irish Fenians raid Eccles Hill, Quebec

1867 Event - Ontario and Quebec legislatures hold 1st meeting

1867 Event - Dominion of Canada forms (New Bruns, Nova Scotia, Ontario and Quebec)

1866 Event - Great fire in Quebec destroys 2,500 houses

1866 Event - Irish Fenians raid Pigeon Hill, Quebec

1845 Event - Fire in Quebec Canada, 1,500 houses destroyed

1836 Event - 1st Canadian RR opens, between Laprairie and St. John, Quebec

1831 Event - Quebec and Montreal incorporated

1824 Event - Washing machine patented by Noah Cushing of Quebec

1821 Birthday - John Abbott, born in Quebec, Canada, C, 3rd Canadian PM, 1891-92

1792 Event - Opening of 1st legislative assembly of Lower Canada in Quebec city

1775 Event - Battle of Quebec; Americans unable to take British stronghold

1774 Event - English parliament accepts Quebec Act

1774 Event - Britain gives Quebec, Labrador and territory north of Ohio

1759 Event - Battle of Quebec ends, French surrender to British

1759 Event - British beat French forces at Plains of Abrahams (Quebec)

1727 Birthday - James Wolfe, commanded British Army, captured Quebec

1690 Event - English attack Quebec under Louis de Buade

1608 Event - Samuel de Champlain founded city of Quebec

1076 Birthday - Philippe Comtois, born in Montreal, Quebec, 3m springboard diver 1996 Olympics

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