June 20: "999" emergency number,oes live; Mayor Fowler elected.

June 20, 1922 - Frank Oliver Fowler was elected 33rd Mayor of Winnipeg in a by-election following the June 1922 death of Edward Parnell.


June 20, 1959 - Winnipeg becomes the first community in North America to create a single emergency number: 999. It was based on London's 999 system that began in the 1930’s. The number was changed to 911 in 1972 prior to other cities in North America rolling out the same service. (Also see.)

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