ON THIS DAY

September 28, 2000 – Former prime minister, writer, and lawyer Pierre Elliott Trudeau, father of current prime minister Justin Trudeau, died in Montréal. Tens of thousands of people paid their respects while he lay in state at Parliament Hill. A state funeral held at Notre-Dame Basilica in Montreal was attended by 3,000 mourners including Jean Chrétien, Fidel Castro, and Jimmy Carter. Trudeau held power for fifteen years, making him one of the nation’s longest-serving prime ministers.

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