TODAY IN HISTORY

In 1919, the New York Daily News was first published.

In 1925, Canadian Ted Rogers Sr. invented the alternating current tube.

In 1945, the United Nations Charter was signed in San Francisco by 50 countries, including Canada.

In 1947, R.B. Bennett, Canada’s prime minister from 1930-35, died at his home in England, just a few days shy of his 77th birthday. Bennett is the only prime minister not buried in Canada.

In 1961, the Hockey Hall of Fame in Toronto was opened by Prime Minister John Diefenbaker.