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1 Events

• June 29 - John Robson, Premier of British Columbia, dies in office
• July 2 - Theodore Davie becomes premier of British Columbia
• November 24 - Sir John Abbott resigns as Prime Minister
• December 5 - Sir John Sparrow David Thompson becomes PM, one of his first acts is to establish the Criminal Code of Canada
• December 16 - Sir Louis-Olivier Taillon becomes premier of Quebec for the second time, replacing Sir Charles-Eugène de Boucherville
• First documented womens hockey game in takes place in Barrie, Ontario playing on a frozen outdoor ice surface

2 Births

• April 8 - Mary Pickford, actor

3 Deaths

• June 9June 9 is the 160th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (161st in leap years), with 205 days remaining. Events 68 Roman Emperor Nero commits suicide, imploring his secretary Epaphroditus to slit his throat to evade a Senate-imposed death by flogging - William StairsWilliam Grant Stairs ( July 1, 1863 June 9, 1892) was a Canadian explorer, soldier, and adventurer. Born in Halifax, Nova Scotia, the sixth child and third son of John Stairs and Mary Morrow, he attended school at Fort Massey Academy in Halifax, Merchisto, explorer and soldier