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Daylight Saving Time

Nov 5, 2023 – Daylight Saving Time Ends

When local daylight time is about to reach
Sunday, November 5, 2023, 2:00:00 am clocks are turned backward 1 hour to
Sunday, November 5, 2023, 1:00:00 am local standard time instead.

Areas In Canada Using DST

It is up to the legislation in each municipality in Canada to decide on the use of DST. As a result, there are some locations don’t follow the DST schedule of their in provinces and territories. For example, while British Columbia uses DST, some locations in the province do not. These include Chetwynd, Creston, Dawson Creek, Fort Nelson, and Fort St. John. In Saskatchewan, it is the opposite. Most of the province does not observe DST, except for some locations, including Creighton and Denare Beach. From March 8, 2020, Yukon made DST permanent.

 

History

On This Day – November 4

On This Day – November 4

  • 2008 Barack Obama is elected

    The first African-American to be elected President of the United States, Obama is the 44th person to occupy the Oval Office. He succeeded President George W. Bush and he has been elected to the office twice.

  • 1995 Assassination of Yitzhak Rabin

    He was the Prime Minister of Israel when he was killed in Tel Aviv by Yigal Amir, an Israel who opposed the role that Rabin played in the Oslo Peace Accords. The Accords were a collection of agreements between Israel and the Palestine Liberation Organization that set up the process of Palestinian self-determination and created the Palestinian Authority.

  • 1979 Iran Hostage Crisis

    The 444-day crisis began when a group of students took over the American Embassy in Tehran and took 52 Americans hostages. The crisis led to a breakdown in American and Iranian diplomatic relations.

  • 1952 US National Security Agency formed

    The NSA as it is popularly known is an intelligence organization that is responsible for monitoring and collecting signal intelligence around the world. The agency was preceded by the Armed Forces Security Agency.

  • 1925 First woman governor of a state in the US

    Nellie Tayloe Ross became the first and only female governor of the state of Wyoming in the United States. In addition to being the first woman to be ever elected as a state governor in the US, she was also the first female director of the United States Mint.

History

On This Day – November 3

On This Day – November 3

  • 1978 Dominica gains independence

    The Caribbean Island nation gained its independence from the British after being colonized in 1805.

  • 1973 NASA launches Mariner 10

    The last of the Mariner Program, Mariner 10 was the first spacecraft to flyby two planets – Venus and Mercury. The probe flew by Venus on February 5, 1974, and did 3 flybys of Mercury on March 29, 1974, September 21, 1974, and on March 16, 1975, after which communications with the probe were terminated.

  • 1954 Godzilla released

    The Japanese science fiction starring a mutated monster of the same name became an instant hit.

  • 1868 John Willis Menard elected to U.S. House of Representatives

    He became the first African-American to be elected to the house.

  • 1838 The Times of India founded

    The world’s largest English-language daily was launched as a bi-weekly as the Bombay Times and Journal of Commerce in Bombay, India.

History

On This Day – November 2

On This Day – November 2

  • 1982 Ronald Reagan signs a bill to create Martin Luther King, Jr. Day

    The day, observed every year on the third Monday of January, commemorates the life of Martin Luther King, Jr. a leader of the African-American Civil Rights Movement.

  • 1964 Coup in Saudi Arabia

    Faisal bin Abdulaziz Al Saud takes over the government of Saudi Arabia while his half-brother, King Saud is overseas for medical reasons.

  • 1938 Canadian Broadcasting Corporation established

    Officially known as CBC/Radio-Canada, the network is Canada’s public radio and television broadcaster.

  • 1930 Haile Selassie I becomes the emperor of Ethiopia

    Considered as a leading figure in the Rastafari movement, Selassie reigned over Ethiopia for 44 years.

  • 1917 Balfour Declaration

    Originally sent as a letter on this day to Baron Rothschild from British Foreign Secretary Arthur James Balfour, it declared BRitish support for a Jewish state in Palestine. The letter was eventually added to Sevres peace treaty.