Over 500,000 formerly state-owned houses were sold off to the former tenants, and trade union power was substantially reduced. 1 CJRN Radio in Niagara Falls, Ontario is censured by CRTC for airing comments politely critical of native Indians. First National Temperance Convention meets in Chicago. Ontario Sales Tax begins. U.S. Department of the Treasury established.
Mobs kill immigrants and cause extensive damage.
U.S. Medicare program established. Her acquital paves way for legal distribution of such material. U.S. President Lincoln suspends writ of habeus corpus. Restored December 15, 1865. 16 Prime Minister Brian Mulroney announces that Canadian voters will have the final say on whether free trade with the U.S. is adopted.