TODAY IN HISTORY

In 1999, police were called to a Walmart store in Hamilton, Ont. to control thousands of swooning young girls trying to get autographs from The Moffatts. The appearance of the four brothers from Whitehorse had been expected to draw about 300 fans — 5,000 showed up. Hundreds had camped out all night. Some of the young fans collapsed into clothing displays during the band’s 45-minute show and subsequent autograph session. Walmart officials reported an unspecified amount of damage.

In 2004, Todd Bertuzzi of the Vancouver Canucks slugged Colorado Avalanche rookie forward Steve Moore from behind and fell on top of him, leaving Moore with a broken neck, a concussion and facial cuts. Bertuzzi, who was suspended by the NHL for the rest of the regular season and playoffs, later pleaded guilty to criminal assault. He received a conditional discharge and was sentenced to probation and community service. Bertuzzi was not reinstated until the start of the 2005-06 season, largely due to the 2004-05 NHL lockout. The hit ended Moore's career.

In 2014, a Malaysia Airlines jet carrying 239 people, including two Canadians, vanished on a flight from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing. Despite a massive multinational search and wide-ranging theories about what might have happened, Flight MH370 has not yet been found.

In 2010, Ontario Provincial Police Constable Vu Pham, 37, was shot and killed after pulling over a pickup truck near London. The suspect, Fred Preston, then became involved in a shootout with two other OPP officers and was critically wounded and died in hospital on March 11.