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by Sympatico.ca — August 2, 2007
1988 Toronto Ontario - External Affairs Minister Joe Clark joins six other Commonwealth foreign ministers in lighting a 1 1/2-metre candle for the Rekindle the Light Festival to protest against South African apartheid; Canadian musician David Foster plays to an audience of more than 8,000.
1962 Regina Saskatchewan - Saskatchewan passes final amendments satisfactory to both sides in Medicare plan.
1961 Toronto Ontario - Ontario Premier Leslie Miscampbell Frost 1895-1975 resigns.
1878 Ottawa Ontario - John Lorn McDougall 1838-1909 appointed first Auditor-General of Canada.
1858 Toronto Ontario - George Brown & A. A. Dorion take office; coalition of True Grits and Dorion's Rouges; the so-called 'Short Ministry' only lasts four days, the shortest Canadian Ministry on record.
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