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A sudden large increase in the birthrate From 1946-1964
Why? after WWII good economy high marriage rates boom
peaked at 4 births per women in 1959
Canada’s
Prime Minister from 1948 to 1957 • legacy: helped Newfoundland join Canada (1949) construction of TransCanada Highway and St. Lawrence Seaway appoints first Canadian born Governor-General (1952)
April
1, 1949 Referendum (vote) 52.34% for, 47.66% against
North Atlantic Treaty Organization 1949 military alliance for the collective security against the Soviet Union
members: 1949- Belgium, Canada Denmark, France, Iceland, Italy, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, United Kingdom, United States 1952- Greece, Turkey 1955- West Germany 1982- Spain 1999- Poland, Hungary, Czech republic 2004- Bulgaria, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia
United Nations (1945) is an organization that facilitates cooperation among the member states in various spheres
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rKRntKFC0jU
military
alliance created by the Soviet Union and other communist countries in reaction of West Germany joining NATO
Members: East Germany, Poland, Hungary, Romania, Albania, Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia
North American Aerospace Defense Command 1957 United States and Canada bi-national organization aerospace warning and aerospace control for North America aerospace warning includes the detection, validation, and warning of attack against North America whether by aircraft, missiles, or space vehicles NORAD Santa Tracker
at end of the WWII, Japan’s empire was dismantled Soviet Union, seeking to gain influence in the region, occupied north part of Korea while the Americans occupied south part of Korea communist government had been established in the North and a democratic government in the South tensions between the two Koreas grew to a climax on June 25, 1950, the military forces of North Korea crossed the 38th Parallel into South Korea
the UN, created to resolve conflict between member nations primarily through dialogue and negotiation, also had the flexibility to use force in the pursuit of peace situation in Korea would require armed intervention, and 16 member nations, including Canada, would contribute military forces under United States command
initial advances of North Korean troops reached Seoul, the capital of South Korea, but a September 1950 UN sea landing at Seoul’s port of Inchon forced the North Koreans to retreat Seoul was re-captured by UN Forces, which then crossed the 38th Parallel, moving toward the Chinese border Chinese forces intervened with a massive offensive that drove the UN and South Korean Armies back across the 38th Parallel to southern positions along the Imjin River
in mid-February 1951, units from Canada, Great Britain, Australia, New Zealand and India joined to form one Commonwealth Force, as part of a north-eastern advance toward the 38th Parallel Korea, a rugged country with hills, swamps and rice fields, also has periods of severe seasonal weather which hampered combat operations by the end of March, Canadian troops were in the Kapyong Valley and in mid-April UN Forces were again north of the 38th Parallel
Western politicians debated invading China at the risk of expanding the war, but decided against such action and in late April 1951 with new troops and equipment, Chinese and North Korean forces struck in the western and west-central sectors the aggressive Chinese advance forced US troops in the area to move back or risk being overrun by the enemy Canadian and other Commonwealth troops entered the battle in the Kapyong Valley and helped the Americans retreat to safety the Canadians were awarded a US Presidential Citation for this gallant action
early in July 1951, ceasefire negotiations began however, there would be two more years of fighting until the signing of the Armistice at Panmunjom on July 27, 1953 the uneasy truce which followed left Korea a divided country yet the first UN intervention in history effectively stopped the aggression, and the UN emerged from the crisis with enhanced prestige
more
than 26,000 Canadians served in the Korean War 516 Canadians who died in service during the conflict Korean War Memorial Wall at Meadowvale Cemetery in Brampton, Ontario
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QPqW7QpQZP4
officially qualified to vote in federal elections however, most Inuit had no means to exercise the franchise because they lived in isolated communities until ballot boxes were placed in more Inuit communities in 1962, the Inuit were effectively unable to vote
the
first female mayor of a major city in Canada Ottawa 1951
first
Canadian-born Governor General of Canada 1952
Canada's
first woman federal cabinet 1957
1950s
October 15, 1954 the most famous hurricane in Canadian history Toronto region hit the hardest winds that reached 110 km/hr 285 mm of rain bridges and streets were washed out homes and trailers were washed into Lake Ontario thousands were left homeless 81 people were killed total cost of the destruction in Canada was estimated at $100 million (about $1 billion today)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-gGW7SzFJZQ
in 1956 Egyptian President Nasser decides to take control of Suez Canal which had been run by the French and British the canal system is vital for the oil trade French and British with help of Israel attack Egypt
Canadian Foreign Minister proposed the world’s first ever peacekeeping force to the UN General Assembly peace was made between nations under his direction awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1957
Canada’s
Prime Minister from 1957 to 1963 • legacy: established the Canadian Bill of Rights (1960) extended voting to all aboriginal peoples (1960)
was a interceptor aircraft designed and built in Malton, Ontario, Canada in 1953 considered to be both an advanced technical and aerodynamic achievement for the Canadian aviation industry
development was cancelled in 1959 by John Diefenbaker sparking a long and bitter political debate after cancellation CF-105 Chief Aerodynamicist Jim Chamberlin led a team of 25 Canadian engineers to NASA's Space Task Group to become lead engineers, program managers, and heads of engineering in NASA's manned space programs
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fFu5iwe7uPQ