On this date:

In 1280, German theologian and music theorist Albertus Magnus died. Magnus taught famed philosopher Thomas Aquinas.

In 1765, the rst Presbyterian church in Canada was established at Quebec by Rev. George Henry.

In 1877, the Northwest Council passed laws to conserve the bison. However, by 1880, the bison had practically disappeared from the plains of Canada, destroying the traditional way of life of First Nations and Metis living on the Prairies.

In 1926, the National Broadcasting Company made its debut with a radio network of 24 U.S. stations. NBC had been formed by General Electric, Westinghouse and RCA, with David Sarno as its leading organizer. NBC was the rst of the major radio networks, with the Columbia Broadcasting System following in 1927 and the Mutual Broadcasting System in 1934.

In 1939, U.S. President Roosevelt laid the cornerstone of the Je erson Memorial in Washington, D.C.

In 1948, William Lyon Mackenzie King resigned as prime minister after holding the job longer than anyone -- more than 21 years since 1921. He was succeeded by Louis St. Laurent.

In 1960, in Toronto, a fourmember panel of experts decided that D.H. Lawrence’s novel “Lady Chatterley’s Lover’’ was not obscene within the meaning of the Criminal Code.