Jan 15
1879 Mazo de la Roche, author of The Whiteoaks of Jalna, was born in Toronto.
1892 James Naismith, published the rules of basketball for the first time, in Springfield, Mass.
1908 Nuclear physicist Edward Teller was born in Budapest.
1961 Bruce Kidd of Toronto, at age 17, won the two mile indoor race in Boston in world record time.
1973 Richard Nixon, U.S. President, announced the suspension of all U.S. offensive action in North Vietnam.
1996 The Corel Centre, the new home of the Ottawa Senators, was opened in Ottawa.
2004 The NASA Spirit rover rolled onto the surface of Mars.
2009 US Airways Capt Chelsey Sullenberger guided a jetliner disabled by a bird strike just after takeoff from New York's LaGuardia Airport to a safe landing in the Hudson River.
Jan 16
1859 Henry Mill Pellatt, the builder of Casa Loma in Toronto, was born in Kingston.
1874 Robert Service, Canadian verse writer, was born.
1920 U.S. Prohibition began as the 18th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution took effect.
1965 The Auto Pact was signed by Prime Minister Lester Pearson and US President Lyndon Johnson.
1973 Ottawa born actor Lorne Greene stars in the last episode of TV western Bonanza.
1991 The US White House announced the start of Operation Desert Storm to drive Iraqi forces out of Kuwait.
Ottawa Branch of the Ontario Genealogical Society (OGS) is responsible for Carleton, Lanark, Renfrew, Prescott and Russell Counties. Our mission is “To encourage, assist and bring together all those interested in the pursuit of family history.” If you want to discover more about your family origins, or how and where to locate information about your ancestors, our members will be there to help you.
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