On this day in history
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1483: Richard III becomes King of England.
1534: Jacques Cartier lands on the Magdalen Islands now in Quebec.
1833: Captain John Ross and 19 of his crew rescued from Baffin Island. They had been ice-bound for three years, and survived relying on local Inuit for food.
1835: John A. Macdonald starts practicing law in Kingston.
1840: Lower Canada is divided into four districts.
1873: Imperial Order-in-Council admits PEI into Confederation
1906: The first Grand Prix motor racing event held.
1925: Edward S. Rogers Sr. invents the AC tube which allows world's first plug-in batteryless radios.
1945: Canada signs the World Security Charter, thereby becoming a founding member of the United Nations.
1959: Queen Elizabeth II officially opens 318-km long St. Lawrence Seaway.
1961: Prime Minister John Diefenbaker opens the Hockey Hall of Fame in Toronto.
1976: Opening of CN Tower, the world's tallest self-supporting structure at 1,821 feet.
1977: Elvis Presley held his final concert in Indianapolis, Indiana at Market Square Arena.
