Upheld in Court. 6 William Tyndale, New Testament publisher, executed for heresy, in England. LSD made illegal. 9 New York postcard dealer O. Fulda is acquitted of obscenity but Anthony Comstock refuses to return Fulda's confiscated stock of postcards. The first locomotive on the prairies, The Countess of Dufferin, arrives in Winnipeg.
Canadian government enacts wage and price controls for three years.
Albert Jay Nock, free-market thinker, born. The Canadian Film Development Agency created to assist the private Canadian film industry. First U.S. patent granted to a black, Henry Blair, for his seeding corn planter. OPEC is formed and the price of oil from Gulf states rises dramatically. James Pullinger ticketed for driving his motor car during prohibited hours.