March 1, 1878 – The first telephone was installed in Winnipeg. A Mr. McDougall rented a set to run from his apartment to The Telegraph newspaper office, both located at 152 Garry Street. The rental rate was $60 per year.
March 1, 1914 - Work began on the
Winnipeg Aqueduct.
March 1, 1928 - The first issue of
Chatelaine magazine hit the shelves with an initial subscription base of 57,053. Subscriptions reached 950,000 by 1994 and in the mid 2000's the readership was around 4.5 million, second in Canada only to Reader’s Digest. For more from Chatelaine's past, see
here and
here.
March 1, 1929 -
James Aikins died just before a dinner reception to celebrate his 50th anniversary as a lawyer. Aikins was a former M.P. and Lieutenant Governor of Manitoba. The law firm he founded in 1879, now called
MLT Aikins, is the oldest and largest in Manitoba.
March 1, 1966 - Speed skating Olympic medalist
Susan Auch was born in Winnipeg.
March 1, 1966 - The "Flying Bandit" Ken Leishman pulled off Canada's largest gold heist: $400,000 of gold bullion from the tarmac at Winnipeg International Airport. The robbery made him a folk hero in the eyes of many Canadians. For more on
The Flying Bandit.
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