THIS DATE IN history

July 11

In 1814, a British naval force from Nova Scotia under John Sherbrooke captured Eastport in Passamaquoddy Bay, Maine.

In 2000, Halifax became the first Canadian city to ban pesticides on lawns — a measure to be phased in over four years.

In 1906, Sunday became an official day of rest in Canada. The Senate passed the Lord’s Day Act, which was approved in the House of Commons by Sir Wilfrid Laurier’s government and supported by Protestant and Roman Catholic churches and labour groups. The act restricted business, prohibited entertainment, sport and almost all commerce on Sunday. The law remained on the books until the Supreme Court of Canada struck it down in 1985.