Tamil refugees are found drifting in life boats off Newfoundland. On his return the following April, he is stripped, tarred and covered with cotton. As a means of maintaining our standard of living, the Science Council of Canada suggests a stop to the processes of urbanization and immigration. 22 National rail strike begins in Canada and lasts until August 30th, when it is ended by legislation. Shay's Rebellion begins in Hampshire County, Massachusetts.
Farmers seize courts, government buildings, demanding lower taxes to ease foreclosures.
Government concedes, taxes lowered, all rebels pardoned. 25 McDonald Commission on RCMP wrongdoing proposes that police powers should be expanded to allow access to confidential information held by other government departments. South African government orders 100,000 non-white people to leave their Johannesburg homes within a year to make room for whites, forcing them to settle in the SoWeto ghetto. Nineteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution is ratified, giving women the right to vote. U.S. government bans mailing of over 100 publications while a further 1,900 individuals are forbidden to speak on U.S. involvement in World War 1 through massive wartime censorship measures.