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Events in Vancouver History

1922-03-11 Western Hockey Championship: Vancouver Millionaires (PCHA) sweep Regina Capitals, in 2 games
1935-06-03 One thousand unemployed Canadian workers board freight cars in Vancouver, British Columbia, beginning a protest trek to Ottawa, Ontario
1940-06-21 The first successful west-to-east navigation of Northwest Passage begins at Vancouver, British Columbia
1953-06-03 KVOS TV channel 12 in Bellingham/Vancouver, WA (CBS) begins
1954-07-30 5th British Empire Games and Commonwealth Games open in Vancouver, Canada

Sports History

1954-08-07 Englishman Roger Bannister beats Australia’s John Landy in the mile at the Empire Games in Vancouver; first time 2 men run sub-4 minute mile in the same race

1958-06-17 The Wooden Roller Coaster at Playland, which is in the Pacific National Exhibition, Vancouver, Canada opened, and is still open to this day
1960-03-05 Ice Dance Championship at Vancouver won by Denny & Jones (GRB)
1960-03-05 Ice Pairs Championship at Vancouver won by Wagner & Paul (CAN)
1960-03-05 Men's Figure Skating Championship in Vancouver won by Alain Giletti (FRA)
1960-03-05 Worlds Ladies' Figure Skating Champions in Vancouver won by Carol E Heiss (USA)
1973-12-11 NA Soccer League awards LA, San Francisco, Seattle & Vancouver franchises

Music History

1975-06-23 Rocker Alice Cooper falls off stage in Vancouver, breaks 6 ribs

1986-05-02 Transportation Expo 86 opens in Vancouver, BC

Federation Cup

1987-08-02 Federation Cup Tennis Final: Steffi Graf & Claudia Kohde-Kilsch beat Chris Evert & Pam Shriver in the doubles as Germany beats US 2-1 in Vancouver, Canada

Canadian Women's Open

1988-07-03 Canadian Open Women's Golf (du Maurier Classic), Vancouver GC: Sally Little wins by 1 stroke from Laura Davies of England

1991-09-15 Canadian Open Women's Golf (du Maurier Classic), Vancouver GC: Nancy Scranton wins by 3 shots from Debbie Massey
1996-05-05 Renette Cruz, Vancouver, wins Miss Canadian Universe

NHL Trade

1997-07-28 NY Ranger center Mark Messier signs with Vancouver for $20M for 3 yrs

1997-10-03 1st NHL game outside of North America: Vancouver Canucks beat Mighty Ducks of Anaheim, 3-2 in Tokyo, Japan

Olympic Games

1998-02-20 Vancouver Canucks' right wing Pavel Bure scores 5 goals for Russia in a 7-4 semi-final win over Finland at the Nagano Winter Olympics

Sports History

1999-11-03 Los Angeles Lakers debut in the STAPLES Center, with 103-88 win v Vancouver Grizzlies; Magic Johnson & Chick Hearn co-host ceremony unveiling Lakers' retired jerseys & championship banners in new building

Sakic's 500th

2002-12-11 Joe Sakic scores his 500th career goal at Vancouver

2009-07-03 Mark II.5 Skytrain cars enter service in Metro Vancouver.
2010-02-12 XXI Winter Olympic Games open in Vancouver, Canada
2010-02-28 XXI Winter Olympic Games close in Vancouver, Canada
2012-11-03 Breeders' Cup Horse Racing, Santa Anita Racetrack; Day 2 winners: George Vancouver, Groupie Doll, Tapizar, Mizdirection, Shanghai Bobby, Little Mike, Trinniberg, Wise Dan, Fort Larned
2014-02-08 Netherlands sweeps the medals in the men's 5,000m speed skating at the Sochi Winter Olympics; Sven Kramer retains title ahead of teammates Jan Blokhuijsen and Jorrit Bergsma
2014-02-09 Slovak biathlete Anastasiya Kuzmina retains her Olympic 7.5k sprint title (Vancouver 2010) at the Sochi Winter Games

Bilodeau's 2nd Gold

2014-02-10 After winning Vancouver (2010) Olympic moguls title, Canadian freestyle skier Alexandre Bilodeau wins 2nd consecutive Olympic gold medal in Sochi; beats teammate Mikaël Kingsbury

2014-02-10 Canadian short track speed skater Charles Hamelin wins his 3rd career Olympic gold medal in the 1,500m in Sochi; Vancouver (2010) 500m and 5,000m relay champion
2014-02-10 German alpine skier Maria Höfl-Riesch retains her Olympic combined title (Vancouver 2010) when she Nicole Hosp beats of Austria by 0.4s
2014-02-13 Polish cross country skier Justyna Kowalczyk follows her Vancouver (2010) Olympic women's 30k classical title with a gold medal in the 10k classical in Sochi
2014-02-19 Czech speed skater Martina Sáblíková retains her Olympic 5,000m title (Vancouver 2010) in Sochi; also Vancouver 3,000m gold

Pauline

2014-05-23 "Pauline" a chamber opera by Margaret Atwood and Tobin Stokes premieres at the York Theatre in Vancouver

US FIFA Champions

2015-07-05 FIFA Women's World Cup Final: Carli Lloyd scores a hat-trick as US beats Japan 5-2, in Vancouver

2015-08-23 Canadian Open Women's Golf, Vancouver GC: Lydia Ko of New Zealand wins in a playoff with Stacy Lewis for her third success in the event
2018-02-10 Swedish cross country skier Charlotte Kalla wins 3rd career Olympic gold medal in the 15k skiathlon in Pyeongchang; also wins 10k freestyle gold in Vancouver (2010) and 4 x 5k relay in Sochi (2014)
2018-02-15 Vancouver (2010) Olympic super-G champion Aksul Lund Svindal of Sweden wins the downhill gold medal at the Pyeongchang Winter Games
2018-02-16 Swiss cross country skier Dario Cologna wins 4th career Olympic gold medal in the 15k freestyle in Pyeongchang; wins event in Vancouver (2010), and 15k classical & 30k skiathlon in Sochi (2014)
2018-02-17 Russian biathlete Anastasiya Kuzmina wins her 3rd career Olympic gold medal in women's 12.5k mass start in Pyeongchang; 7.5k sprint champion in Vancouver (2010) and Sochi (2014)
2018-02-20 After winning the Olympic ice dance gold medal in Vancouver (2010), Canadian pair Tessa Virtue & Scott Moir follow their team event gold by taking the ice dance title at the Pyeongchang Winter Games
2018-02-24 2016 world mass start speed skating champion Lee Seung-hoon of South Korea wins the event at Pyeongchang Winter Olympics; also Olympic 10,000m champion Vancouver (2010)
2019-12-10 1st fully electric commercial plane, a retro-fitted seaplane, completes test flight in Vancouver

Famous People from Vancouver

1920-03-03 James Doohan, Canadian actor (Star Trek), born in Vancouver, British Columbia (d. 2005)
1920-11-02 Ann Rutherford, Canadian actress (Gone With The Wind; Whistling in the Dark), born in Vancouver, British Columbia (d. 2012)
1921-09-15 Norma MacMillan, Canadian voice actress (Casper the Ghost), born in Vancouver (d. 2001)
1922-09-01 Yvonne De Carlo [Middleton], Canadian-American actress (10 Commandments; The Munsters-Lily), born in Vancouver, British Columbia (d. 2007)
1924-06-21 Wally Fawkes [pen name Trog], British-Canadian cartoonist and jazz clarinetist, born in Vancouver, British Columbia (d. 2023)
1924-10-05 Barbara Kelly, Canadian-born actress (What's My Line?, United Kingdom), born in Vancouver, British Columbia (d. 2007)
1925-04-04 Mother Divine [Edna Rose Ritchings], cult leader of the International Peace Mission Movement, born in Vancouver (d. 2017)
1927-08-14 Frank Cvitanovich, Canadian filmmaker, born in Vancouver (d. 1995)
1929-03-31 Lee Patterson, Canadian actor (Dave-Surfside Six, Another World), born in Vancouver, British Columbia (d. 2007)
1930-10-02 Dave Barrett, 26th Premier of British Columbia (1972-75), born in Vancouver, British Columbia (d. 2018)
1931-07-02 Robert Ito, Canadian-born actor (Quincy, ME - "Sam"), born in Vancouver, British Columbia
1932-02-28 Don Francks, Canadian actor, singer and musician (Terminal Choice; Finian's Rainbow), born in Vancouver, British Columbia (d. 2016)
1942-05-22 Barbara Parkins, Canadian-American actress (Betty-Peyton Place, Asylum), born in Vancouver, British Columbia
1944-11-06 Bill Henderson, Canadian rock vocalist and guitarist (Chilliwack), born in Vancouver, British Columbia
1946-01-24 Michael Ontkean, Canadian actor (The Rookies, Slap Shot, Twin Peaks), born in Vancouver, British Columbia

1946-02-19 Paul Dean, Canadian rock guitarist (Loverboy - "Working For The Weekend"), born in Vancouver, British Columbia
1946-04-05 Jennifer Penney, Canadian ballerina, born in Vancouver, British Columbia
1946-06-15 Duris Maxwell [Ted Lewis], Canadian session and touring drummer (Bobby Taylor & the Vancouvers; Powder Blues Band), born in East York, Ontario (d. 2020)
1948-01-29 Marc Singer, Canadian-American actor (V, Dallas), born in Vancouver, British Columbia
1948-09-10 Margaret Trudeau, Canadian 1st lady, born in Vancouver, British Columbia
1950-07-23 Blair Thornton, Canadian rock guitarist (Bachman-Turner Overdrive, 1974-79), born in Vancouver, British Columbia
1951-02-22 Elaine Tanner, Canadian swimmer (WR 220yd butterfly, 440yd IM, 100/200m backstroke; Olympic silver 100/200m backstroke 1968), born in Vancouver, British Columbia
1955-01-08 Mike Reno [Ryanoski], Canadian rock vocalist (Loverboy - "Working For The Weekend"), born in New Westminster, British Columbia
1955-10-09 Linwood Boomer, Canadian-American actor (Adam-Little House on the Prairie), born in Vancouver, British Columbia
1958-08-07 Russell Baze, Canadian Racing Hall of Fame jockey (10 x US Champion Jockey by wins; 12,844 career victories; US Racing HOF), born in Vancouver, British Columbia
1959-02-05 Jennifer Granholm, Canadian-American politician, born in Vancouver, British Columbia
1959-02-13 Gord Hampson, Canadian ice hockey player, born in Vancouver, British Columbia
1959-05-30 Claudia Alexander, Canadian-born American NASA Scientist (led Galileo mission to Jupiter), born in Vancouver, British Columbia (d. 2015)
1960-02-28 Dorothy Stratten [Hoogstraten], Canadian playmate (August, 1979), model and actress (Galixina), born in Vancouver, British Columbia (d. 1980)
1962-09-19 Randy Myers, American baseball pitcher (MLB All-Star 1990, 94, 95, 97; World Series 1990; NLCS MVP 1990; Cincinnati Reds), born in Vancouver, Washington

1962-11-09 Teryl Rothery, Canadian actress (Stargate SG-1), born in Vancouver, British Columbia
1967-06-28 Gil Bellows, Canadian actor, born in Vancouver, British Columbia
1967-08-21 Carrie-Anne Moss, Canadian actress (The Matrix Trilogy), born in Vancouver, British Columbia
1968-01-28 Marnie McBean, Canadian rower (Olympic gold coxless pair, eight 1992, double sculls 1996; 3 x World C'ship gold), born in Vancouver, British Columbia
1968-02-01 Sean Millington, Canadian football fullback (Grey Cup 1994, 2000; BC Lions) and broadcaster (cfl.ca and CBC), born in Vancouver, British Columbia
1968-07-05 John Ruskin a.k.a. Nardwuar the Human Serviette, Canadian journalist, born in Vancouver, British Columbia
1968-11-03 Debbie Rochon, Canadian actress (Tromeo & Juliet), born in Vancouver, British Columbia
1969-08-28 Jason Priestley, Canadian-American actor (Brandon-Beverly Hills 90210), born in Vancouver, British Columbia
1969-12-23 Greg Biffle, American racecar driver, born in Vancouver, Washington
1970-01-07 Paul McCallum, Canadian football punter and placekicker (Claymores, Sask Roughriders), born in Vancouver, British Columbia
1970-05-25 Michael Benyaer, Canadian-American actor (Deadpool) and writer (Pilot One), born in Vancouver, British Columbia
1970-12-15 Michael Shanks, Canadian actor and director (Stargate), born in Vancouver, British Columbia
1971-02-06 Lance Bade, American target shooter (Olympic bronze 1996), born in Vancouver, Washington

Pavel Bure (53 years old)

1971-03-31 Russian Hockey Hall of Fame right wing (Vancouver Canucks, Florida Panthers), born in Moscow, Russia

1972-09-04 Françoise Yip, Canadian actress, born in North Vancouver, British Columbia
1973-04-25 Paige Gordon, Canadian diver (Olympics-16-92, 96), born in Vancouver, British Columbia
1973-10-27 Monica Louwerens, Canadian-American actress (Power Rangers) and Miss America-Mississippi (Top 10, 1996), born in Vancouver, British Columbia
1974-06-25 Nisha Ganatra, Canadian film director (Chutney Popcorn), born in Vancouver, British Columbia
1976-09-09 Mattias Ohlund, Swedish ice hockey player (Vancouver Canucks, Team Sweden 1998), born in Piteå, Sweden

Ryan Reynolds (47 years old)

1976-10-23 Canadian-American actor (The Proposal; Deadpool), born in Vancouver, British Columbia

1977-05-04 Emily Perkins, Canadian actress (Hiccups), born in Vancouver, British Columbia
1978-03-04 Rachel Roberts, Canadian model and actress, born in Vancouver, British Columbia
1978-06-11 Joshua Jackson, American actor (Dawson's Creek, Fringe), born in Vancouver, British Columbia
1978-12-02 Maëlle Ricker, Canadian snowboarder (Olympic gold snowboard cross 2010; World C'ship gold 2005, 13), born in North Vancouver, British Columbia
1979-02-15 Kaj-Erik Eriksen, Canadian actor (Quarantine), born in Vancouver, British Columbia
1979-10-25 Milena Roucka, Canadian model and professional wrestler, born in Vancouver, British Columbia
1980-08-24 Sonja Bennett, Canadian actress (Punch), born in Vancouver, British Columbia
1980-10-07 Edison Chen, Canadian-born actor, born in Vancouver, British Columbia
1981-01-08 Jeff Francis, Canadian baseball player, born in Vancouver, British Columbia
1981-01-20 Crystal Lowe, Canadian actress and model, born in Vancouver, British Columbia

1983-02-11 Nicki Clyne, Canadian actress, born in Vancouver, British Columbia
1983-04-04 Doug Lynch, Canadian ice hockey player, born in Vancouver, British Columbia
1984-03-13 Noel Fisher, Canadian actor (Shameless, The Riches), born in Vancouver, British Columbia
1985-01-18 Dale Begg-Smith, Australian-Canadian freestyle skier, born in Vancouver, British Columbia
1985-06-11 Josh Ramsay, Canadian singer and songwriter (Marianas Trench), born in Vancouver, British Columbia
1986-05-02 James Kirk, Canadian actor (She's the Man), born in Vancouver, British Columbia
1987-04-01 Mackenzie Davis, Canadian actress (Blade Runner 2049), born in Vancouver, British Columbia
1988-03-17 Grimes [Claire Boucher], Canadian pop musician, born in Vancouver, British Columbia
1989-02-13 Carly McKillip, Canadian actress, born in Vancouver, British Columbia
1991-07-24 Emily Bett Rickards, Canadian actress (Arrow), born in Vancouver, British Columbia
1995-10-25 Conchita Campbell, Canadian actress (The 4400), born in Vancouver, British Columbia