Ottawa

Ereignisse (13)

• 1857

  12/31 — Queen Victoria chooses Ottawa, then a small logging town, as the capital of Canada.

• 1916

  2/3 — The Centre Block of the Parliament buildings in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada burns down with the loss of 7 lives.

• 1918

  11/10 — The Western Union Cable Office in North Sydney, Nova Scotia, receives a top-secret coded message from Europe (that would be sent to Ottawa and Washington, D.C.) that said on November 11, 1918, all fighting would cease on land, sea and in the air.

• 1935

  6/3 — One thousand unemployed Canadian workers board freight cars in Vancouver, British Columbia, beginning a protest trek to Ottawa.

• 1939

  5/21 — The Canadian National War Memorial is unveiled by King George VI and Queen Elizabeth in Ottawa.

• 1957

  10/14 — Königin Elizabeth II wird die erste kanadische Monarchin, die eine jährliche Sitzung des kanadischen Parlaments eröffnet und in Ottawa, Ontario, Kanada, ihre Thronrede hält.

• 1966

  8/10 — The Heron Road Bridge collapses while being built, killing nine workers in the deadliest construction accident in both Ottawa and Ontario.

• 1982

  4/17 — Patriation of the Canadian constitution in Ottawa by Proclamation of Elizabeth II, Queen of Canada.

• 1982

  8/27 — Turkish military diplomat Colonel Atilla Altıkat is shot and killed in Ottawa. Justice Commandos of the Armenian Genocide claim to be avenging the massacre of 1.5 million Armenians in the 1915 Armenian Genocide.

• 1990

  9/30 — The Dalai Lama unveils the Canadian Tribute to Human Rights in Canada's capital city of Ottawa.

• 1997

  12/3 — In Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, representatives from 121 countries sign the Ottawa Treaty prohibiting manufacture and deployment of anti-personnel landmines. The United States, People's Republic of China, and Russia do not sign the treaty, however.

• 2012

  9/7 — Kanada kündigt offiziell die diplomatischen Beziehungen mit dem Iran durch Schließung seiner Botschaft in Teheran und ordnet die Ausweisung der iranischen Diplomaten aus Ottawa an, aufgrund von Atomplänen und angeblichen Menschenrechtsverletzungen.

• 2014

  10/22 — Michael Zehaf-Bibeau attackiert das kanadische Parlament in Ottawa, Ontario, Kanada, tötet einen Soldaten und verletzt drei weitere Personen.