1897-04-23 – Dead Canadians

This Day in History: 1897-04-23

Lester B. Pearson Born

July Births and Deaths

Babcock, John - Date of Birth 1900-07-23, Frontenac County, Ontario Date of Death 2010-02-18, Spokane, Washington Also known as John Henry Foster Babcock,… Continue Reading

Ballard, Harold - Date of Birth 1903-07-30 Place of birth: Toronto, Ontario Date of Death1990-04-11 Place of death: Toronto, Ontario Also known as… Continue Reading

Bennett, Richard Bedford - aka R.B. Bennett R.B. Bennett served as the 11th Prime Minister of Canada during the worst of the Great Depression… Continue Reading

Desmond, Viola - Also known as: Viola Irene Davis Date of Birth: July 6, 1914 in Halifax Nova Scotia Date of Death: February… Continue Reading

Fleming, Sir Sandford - Born January 7, 1827, Kirkcaldy, ScotlandDied July 22, 1915, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada Sir Sandford Fleming was an engineer and… Continue Reading

Forbes, Jake Vivian - Vernor Vivian “Jumpin' Jackie” Forbes Legends of Hockey https://www.hhof.com/LegendsOfHockey/jsp/SearchPlayer.jsp?player=18512 NHL Official Statisticshttps://www.nhl.com/player/jake-forbes-8449918 Continue Reading

Karsh, Yousuf - Yousuf Karsh was one of the most famous and accomplished portrait photographers of all time. Continue Reading

Laurence, Margaret - Born July 18, 1926 Died January 5, 1987 Margaret Laurence was a Governor General Award winning novelist for A Jest… Continue Reading

Lilienstein, Lois - Continue Reading

Mayer, Louis B. - Born July 12, 1884 Died October 29, 1957 Louis B. Mayer was one of the founders of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer studios, and… Continue Reading

McLuhan, Herbert Marshall - Marshall McLuhan's work is viewed as one of the cornerstones of the study of media theory. He is popularly known… Continue Reading

Parlby, Irene - Date of Birth1868-01-09 Date of Death1965-07-12 Mary Irene Parlby entered public life on 18 July 1921 when she was elected… Continue Reading

Probert, Robert A. - aka Bob Probert Born June 5, 1965 Windsor, ON. Died July 5, 2010 Windsor ON "He was tough guy who… Continue Reading

Tupper, Charles - Date of Birth 1821-07-02 Place of birth: Amherst, Nova Scotia Date of Death1915-10-30 Place of death: Bexleyheath, England Cause of… Continue Reading

Walker, Hiram - Born July 4, 1816 Died January 12, 1899 Hiram Walker built the Windsor Distillery and Flouring Mill in 1859 later… Continue Reading