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k.d. lang, in full Katherine Dawn Lang, was born November 2, 1961 in Edmonton, Alberta. She is a singer-songwriter known for her androgynous “cowpunk” style and for her pure, plaintive, mezzo-soprano voice and award-winning country-pop music. #happybirthdaykdlang

On 9/11, immediately after US airspace was shut down, Canada implemented "Operation Yellow Ribbon". They landed 224 US-bound flights with 33,000 passengers in airports across the country, and Canadians welcomed thousands of stranded passengers into their homes.

Babe Ruth hit his first professional home run in Toronto 111 years ago today. George Herman "Babe" Ruth of the Providence Grays stepped up to the plate and slammed a home run. It was the first home run of his professional career. The ball he hit was never recovered.

On this day in 1965, Shania Twain was born.

Banff was declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1984.

The first meeting of the Parliament of the Province of Canada was on June 13, 1841.

On June 6, 1944, D-Day, a massive Canadian, British and American force crossed the English Channel to engage in Operation Overlord.

British Columbia is the 5th largest province in Canada in terms of total area with 944,735 square kilometers. The province is almost four times the size of United Kingdom, two and one-half times larger than Japan, and larger than every US state except Alaska.

In Canada's 2011 census, over 9,000 Canadians reported Jedi Knight as their religion. #StarWarsDay #Maythe4th

If you’re wondering why Star Wars fans began exchanging “May the Fourth” greetings, you can blame Canada. The origins of Star Wars Day began back in 2011, when a handful of Toronto comedians turned the geeky pun into a full-blown event inside the Toronto Underground Cinema.

Lacrosse is the oldest organized sport in North America, with its origins in indigenous Canada as early as the 17th century. In 1994 Parliament passed the National Sports of Canada Act which declared lacrosse to be "Canada's National Summer Sport."

William Shatner was born on this day in 1931. His paternal grandfather, Wolf Schattner, anglicized the family name to "Shatner". He was born in the Notre-Dame-de-Grâce neighbourhood of Montreal, Quebec. He studied at McGill, where he graduated with a Bachelor of Commerce degree.

Anne of Green Gables is a 1908 novel by Canadian author Lucy Maud Montgomery. Since its publication, Anne of Green Gables has been translated into at least 36 languages and has sold more than 50 million copies, making it one of the best-selling books worldwide.

Newfoundland was once an independent country, and many people there still consider themselves to be from Newfoundland first, and Canada second.

Torontonian-born Christopher Plummer is the oldest actor to win an Oscar. He said, "you're only two years older than me, darling—where have you been all my life?" he said in 2012 to his Best Supporting Actor statue when he won the Oscar, at age 82, for "Beginners".

The Trans-Canada Highway is the fourth-longest highway in the world, stretching 7,821 km. Built between 1950 and 1971, the roadway goes through major mountain ranges including the Rockies, along the rugged shores of the Great Lakes and over many beautiful bridges along the way.

On March 3, 1875, a group of Canadians played the first organized ice hockey game at the Victoria Skating Rink in Montréal. The event was arranged by James George Aylwin Creighton. It was played with a “wooden” puck and sticks imported from Nova Scotia for the special occasion.

Rush is the debut studio album by Canadian rock band Rush. It was released on March 1, 1974, in Canada by Moon Records, the group's own label, before it was released internationally by Mercury Records later that year.

Connor McDavid is signed to a 8 year, $100,000,000 contract with a cap hit of $12,500,000 per season, currently playing for the Edmonton Oilers. His contract was signed on July 5, 2017, and expires at the end of the 2025-26 season, when McDavid will be 29 years old.

The 2025 4 Nations Face-Off was held February 12–20, 2025. Teams representing Canada, Finland, Sweden, and the United States played each other in a round-robin format, followed by a one-game final between the two top-placed teams. Canada won the tournament after defeating the US.