June 14, 1873
- Manitoba's first electric arc light was demonstrated in Winnipeg
on June 14 and 15 at the CPR crossing at Higgins and Main. The demonstration was put on by a New York businessman “for
the purpose of exhibiting the electric light with which he hopes to
obtain a contract for illuminating the streets of the city."See more at the A History of Electrical Power in Manitoba.
June 14, 1934 - Chicago Black Hawk goalie Chuck Gardiner died of a brain hemorrhage at St. Boniface Hospital just weeks after winning the 1934 Stanley Cup. Gardiner, just 30 years old, was inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame in 1945.
June 14, 1934 - Chicago Black Hawk goalie Chuck Gardiner died of a brain hemorrhage at St. Boniface Hospital just weeks after winning the 1934 Stanley Cup. Gardiner, just 30 years old, was inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame in 1945.
June 14, 1937 – The Happy Gang began their 22-year run on CBC Radio.
The Gang's host and pianist Bert Pearl was born Bert Shapira in Winnipeg in 1913. In 1982, he was awarded the Order of the Buffalo Hunt. Pearl died in Los Angeles in 1986.
June 14, 1962 - The Bank of Montreal on Notre Dame Street at Beverley is the scene of one of the city's largest bank robberies.
June 14, 1962 - The Bank of Montreal on Notre Dame Street at Beverley is the scene of one of the city's largest bank robberies.
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