May dates and notable events from 1620 to 1937
A digest of historical notes spans May 8 to May 9, listing Samuel de Champlain’s Canada voyage in 1620 with his wife, the 1882 formation of Northwest Territories districts, Rick Nelson born in 1940 with career highlights and a fatal 1985 plane crash, the 1974 Trudeau no confidence motion, a 2003 jet incident in Congo, Dante Alighieri born 1265, an 1893 CPR depot accident, Don Messer born 1909, and the 1937 Westray mine disaster alongside brief ceremonial guard details.
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Rick Nelson
Teaneck
New Jersey
Ozzie and Harriet
Ricky
Nelson
Texas
Farmer crushed under pickup near Crossfield Alberta
An 84 year old Alberta farmer, Thomas Robert Cuming, died when the tractor bucket failed and dropped his pickup onto him while he worked beneath it at his Crossfield area farm. Emergency crews arrived about 4 p.m. and pronounced him dead on scene.
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Crossfield
Alta
Alberta
Thomas Robert Cuming
Cuming
Family finds body of girl in park during Mother's Day walk
A Calgary family strolling at Bow River's Bowness Park on Mother's Day found a teenage girl’s body beside the shore. Police taped off the northwest park area as homicide detectives took over the suspected case.
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Calgary
Bow
Bowness Park
Bob Couture
Jackson to portray himself as victim in molestation trial
In Santa Maria California the defense for Jackson opens arguing he is the target of zealous prosecutors and a deceitful inner circle. Dana Cole notes the need to avoid a heavy handed victim stance while explaining why the accuser’s family would allege molestation to profit, as others have done.
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Santa Maria
Calif
Jackson
Dana Cole
Thomas Mesereau
Cole
Plane crashes in northern Australia in worst civil disaster
A twin propeller plane carrying 15 people crashed into a hillside in remote northeast Queensland on a Saturday. Rescue teams face rugged terrain while authorities say there are no signs of life. The incident marks Australia’s worst civil aviation disaster in nearly four decades.
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Canberra
Australia
Queensland
Kirsten Roos
Store crash injures 7-Eleven clerk in Vancouver
A Vancouver 7-Eleven clerk remains in intensive care after an elderly woman lost control and drove into the downtown store at about 9 am. The car smashed through two glass walls, demolishing the front counter and striking the employee as customers watched.
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Vancouver
Wes. Fung
7-Eleven
Len McGeouch
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Samuel de Champlain
Canada
Saskatchewan
Assiniboia
Athabaska
Northwest Territories
Progressive Conservatives
NDP
Pierre
Trudeau
House of Commons
Democratic Republic of Congo
Dante Alighieri
Dante
Beatrice
CPR
John Cooper
Fiddler
Don Messer
Tweedside
N.B
London
St. James
Buckingham Palaces
Westray
Plymouth
N.S
Pcne Ag
St Muni
Twa
Hea Geer
Toda
Wwau
Kindersh
Ter
Cond Lake
Wordminster
Cranbrook
Medicine Hat
Edmonton
Missoula
Fort McMurray
Peace River
Grande Prairie
Ae Deer
Great Falls
Invermere
Minose
Farmer
The
Associated Press
Eric LeClair
Canadian
Afghan National Army Training Center
Afghan National Army
Pol-e Charki
Afghanistan
Northern
Saudi Arabia
Riyadh
Interior Ministry
Salim bin Khan Abdul Rahman
Red Sea
Jidda
the Canadian Press
Surrey
B.C
George Beattie
Surrey Rcmp
Beattie
Ian Sorensen
Redi
Serprises Society
Medicine Hot Musical
Pcers
Motley Crue
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