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1 Events

• March 1 - Harlan Brewster, Premier of British Columbia, dies in office
• March 6 - John Oliver becomes premier of British Columbia
• March 30 - C Squadron of Lord Strathcona's Horse conducts a cavalry charge against the Germans at Moreuil Wood . The squadron suffers atrocious casualties, but the action is one of the keys of halting the German advance in Operation Michael. Lieutenant Gordon Flowerdew will be awarded the Victoria Cross posthumously.
• Canadians force through German trenches at Amiens
• Statistics Act is passed creating the Dominion Bureau of Statistics

2 Births

3 Deaths

• January 28January 28 is the 28th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. There are 337 days remaining (338 in leap years). Events 1521 Diet of Worms begins, lasting until May 25. 1547 Edward VI becomes King of England. 1573 articles of Warsaw Confederation are s - John McCraeJohn McCrae ( November 30, 1872 January 28, 1918) was a Canadian poet and doctor during World War I, who wrote the famous war memorial poem " In Flanders Fields". McCrae was born in Guelph, Ontario, attending the Guelph Collegiate and Vocational Institute, poet
• August 18August 18 is the 230th day of the year (231st in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. There are 135 days remaining. Events 293 BC Oldest known Roman temple to Venus founded, institution of Vinalia Rustica begins. 1587 Virginia Dare, granddaughter of Gov - Henry NorwestHenry Norwest born May 1, 1884 in Fort Saskatchewan, Alberta and killed in action on August 18, 1918 at Fouquescourt, Somme, France, was one of the most decorated soldiers in the Canadian army in World War I. Nicknamed Ducky Henry Norwest was Metis of Cre, WWI soldier
• November 11November 11 is the 315th day of the year (316th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 50 days remaining. Events 1215 The fourth lateran council meets, adopting the doctrine of transubstantiation, meaning that bread and wine are transformed into t - George PriceOther persons have been called George Price Private George Lawrence Price ( 1898 11 November 1918) was a Canadian soldier who is traditionally recognised as being the last Commonwealth soldier killed during the First World War. He was born in Nova Scotia,, last CommonwealthThe Commonwealth of Nations is a voluntary association of independent sovereign states, mostly formed by the United Kingdom and its former colonies. It was formerly known as the British Commonwealth (or British Commonwealth of Nations , and many still cal casualty of WWI