Canada bans advertising on Sundays

In 1380, gunpowder was first used in Europe in a battle between the Genoese and the Venetians.

In 1515, Spanish mystic St. Teresa of Avila, founder of a reformed Carmelite order, was born. Her mysticism is evident in her Life Written By Herself (autobiography), Way of Perfection, Book of Foundations, and Interior Castle.

In 1797, Nathaniel Briggs of New Hampshire patented a washing machine. Three months later he placed an ad in a local newspaper that marketed the machine to the “fair sex,” saying it was about time inventors took their needs into consideration.

In 1843, John A. Macdonald, Canada’s first prime minister, was elected as an alderman in Kingston, Ont.

In 1918, conscription riots broke out in Quebec.

In 1928, Ottawa’s first automatic street light system began operation.

In 1930, the names of the Turkish cities of Constantinople and Angora were changed to Istanbul and Ankara.

In 1935, the Canadian Radio Commission, a forerunner of the CRTC, prohibited “sales talks or spot advertising” on Sundays.

In 1939, the Spanish Civil War ended as Madrid fell to the right-wing forces of Francisco Franco.

In 1944, humorist Stephen Leacock died in Toronto at age 74. A pioneer Canadian political economist, he was also a historian of early Canada and

the British Empire. But Leacock is best remembered for his humorous books, including Sunshine Sketches of a Little Town and Arcadian Adventures with the Idle Rich.

In 1959, China ordered the dissolution of the Dalai Lama’s government in Tibet.

In 1960, the Ontario government announced a plan to build a bilingual university at Sudbury. It is now Laurentian University.

In 1969, former U.S. president, and Second World War Allied commander, Dwight Eisenhower, died at age 78.

In 1978, Heritage Canada was incorporated as a national trust to promote the preservation of scenic and historic sites.