On this date:

In 1147, the armies of the Second Crusade were destroyed by the Saracens at Dorylaeum in modern Turkey. The Crusaders went on with fruitless campaigns against Damascus, Syria.

In 1881, artist Pablo Picasso was born in Malaga, Spain. He died on April 8, 1973.

In 1920, prohibition was approved in Nova Scotia, Saskatchewan and Alberta.

In 1923, Dr. Frederick Banting and Dr. J.J.R. Macleod of the University of Toronto were awarded the Nobel Prize in medicine for their discovery of the hormone insulin, and became the rst Canadians to win a Nobel. Macleod supervised the research, but Banting was considered the principal discoverer because his idea launched the research, involving Charles Best and J.B. Collip. Insulin injections have saved and improved the lives of millions of diabetics.

In 1938, Japanese forces captured Hankow, China.

In 1941, the Germans conquered Kharkov, Ukraine.

In 1951, Montreal became the rst Canadian city to reach a population of more than one million.

In 1958, an explosion in Ottawa’s business district injured 30 people and caused $2 million in damage.

In 1978, the Canadian Union of Postal Workers ended a national strike that began Oct. 12 when postal workers in Charlottetown and Montreal walked o the job.