September 14: Rehab Hospital opens; Convocation Hall rededicated; Bedman's invention.

Rehab Hospital
September 14, 1962 - The Manitoba Sanatorium Board opens the Rehabilitation and Respiratory Hospital on Sherbrook Street in Winnipeg.

Convocation Hall
September 14, 2007 - Convocation Hall in Wesley Hall at the University of Winnipeg is rededicated. Opened in 1896 the space was blacked out in the 1970s to become the university's theatre. A $1 m restoration brought it back to its former glory.

September 14, 1874 - Inventor James Bedman applies for a patent for a new type of pipe wrench. It appears to be the first patent issued to a Manitoban.

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