May 6, 1919
- The Winnipeg Trades and Labour Council holds a vote to gauge whether
or not other Winnipeg unions will participate in a sympathetic strike in
support of the Metal Trades Council. The results, (rounded off): Yeas:
11,000 Nays: 500.
A General Strike is set for 11 am, Thursday, May 15th.
May 6, 2008 - The Original Pancake House celebrates its 50th Anniversary. Wally Guberman opened the first restaurant in 1958.
May 6, 1974 - Les Lear
is elected to the Canadian Football Hall of Fame. After a
career in the NFL he won three Grey Cup rings, with Winnipeg in '39
and '41 and with Calgary in '48, as a player-coach.
May 6, 1950 - Lawson Alfred Ogg becomes Winnipeg's sole fatality during the flood of 1950. For more.
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