TODAY IN HISTORY

In 1907, Sir Robert BadenPowell formed the Boy Scout movement.

In 1911, the Canadian Northern Railway was completed between Montreal and Port Arthur, Ont.

In 1940, the German Luftwaffe began its all-out blitz against Britain during the Second World War.

In 1971, the Oland family of Halifax presented the “Bluenose II,” a replica of the original “Bluenose,” to the Nova Scotia government as a floating museum.

In 1998, the Canadian Human Rights Tribunal ruled that the federal government underpaid 200,000 employees in six wage categories dominated by women, and ordered Ottawa to pay nearly $3 billion in compensation.

In 2003, Foday Sankoh, who led a bloody rebel movement in Sierra Leone that killed 75,000 people over 10 years, died in United Nations custody. He was charged with crimes against humanity, rape and sexual slavery.

In 2008, the U.S. House issued an unprecedented apology to African Americans for the wrongs committed against them and their ancestors who suffered under slavery and segregation laws.

In 2009, Microsoft reached a 10-year deal with Yahoo for an Internet search partnership, ending years of back and forth negotiations. The agreement gave Microsoft access to the Internet’s second-largest search engine audience.