January 31
1606 Guy Fawkes, convicted for his part in the Gunpowder Plot against the English Parliament and King James I, was executed.
1872 Zane Grey, American Western writer, was born.
1907 Timothy Eaton, Canadian department store founder, died.
1990 McDonald's Corp. opened its first fast-food restaurant in Moscow.
February 1
1709 Alexander Selkirk is rescued after being shipwrecked on a desert island, inspiring the book Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe.
1796 The capital of Upper Canada was moved from Newark to York.
1882 Louis Stephen St. Laurent, 12th Prime Minister of Canada, was born
1893 Inventor Thomas A. Edison completed work on the world's first motion picture studio in West Orange, N.J.
1920 The Royal Canadian Mounted Police was established.
1968 Canada's three military services, the Royal Canadian Navy, the Canadian Army and the Royal Canadian Air Force, were unified into the Canadian Forces.
2003 Space Shuttle Columbia, disintegrates during reentry into the Earth's atmosphere, killing all seven astronauts aboard.
February 2
1653 New Amsterdam, now New York City, was incorporated.
1882 James Joyce, Irish novelist, was born near Dublin.
2007 The world's leading climate scientists said global warming, is "very likely" caused by humans and will be unstoppable for centuries.
Ottawa Branch of the Ontario Genealogical Society (OGS) is responsible for Carleton, Lanark, Renfrew, Prescott and Russell Counties. Our mission is “To encourage, assist and bring together all those interested in the pursuit of family history.” If you want to discover more about your family origins, or how and where to locate information about your ancestors, our members will be there to help you.
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