June 11: Remembering Annie Bond; drafting Teemu; plane crash at Logan and McPhillips.

June 11, 1943 - Annie A. Bond died.  The former British military nurse settled in Winnipeg in 1903 and was the driving force behind the establishment of Winnipeg's Children's Hospital in 1909. For more about Bond and her hospital.


June 11, 1988 - The Winnipeg Jets selected Teemu Selanne as their first pick in the 1988 NHL Entry Draft.

June 11, 2002 - A light plane with six passengers aboard ran out of fuel and crashed at the intersection of Logan and McPhillips. One passenger dies from his injuries.

June 11, 2011 - The U of W's Richardson College for the Environment and Science opened.

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