May 13: Winnipeg's mass evacuation; Transcona's first mayor; Soldier's Relatives' Monument unveiled.

May 13, 1912 - Colin J. E. Maxwell becomes the town of Transcona’s first mayor by acclamation. For more on the early days of Transcona.

May 13, 1919 - The results of the vote are in: Winnipeg workers voted in favour of a General Strike. (For more).

May 13, 1923 - The Soldier's  Realtives' Memorial on the Legislature ground was unveiled. It contains 1,600 names, of what is believed to be every Winnipegger killed during World War I. (Also see.)

May 13, 1950 - A convoy of 3,700 vehicles and trains began the evacuation of more than 100,000 people from Winnipeg as the city sinks under the flooding Red River. It is the largest evacuation on Canadian soil.

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