1431: Judges' investigations for the trial of Joan of Arc begin.
1613: Samuel de Champlain publishes two volumes of his Voyages.
1805: Lower Canada parliament starts session dealing with prohibiting Sunday shopping and assessing a tax to pay for jails.
1813: Britain officially declares war on the United States.
1867: British North America Act gets first reading at Westminster.
1941: Maiden flight of Canadian built Avro Lancaster military bomber.
1998: Clean-up starts after ice storm affecting millions of homes in Québec & Eastern Ontario.
2007: Apple CEO Steve Jobs introduces the original iPhone at a Macworld keynote in San Francisco.