Historical place archive

Winnipeg in History

Browse historical events and people recorded at Winnipeg in Canada. The records below are rendered directly from the World History Database into this page's initial HTML.

4 records4 event labels2 people1919–1963

Historical events in Winnipeg

1919

15 May 1919
Winnipeg General Strike
J.S. Woodsworth · Government of Canada

Supports workers during the Winnipeg General Strike.

1960

1960
Winnipeg
Neil Young · Popular Music

Moves through Winnipeg's early music scene, where his first serious bands begin to develop.

1963

1963
Squires, The
Neil Young · Popular Music

Fronts The Squires, a Winnipeg instrumental and garage rock group from his early career.

1963
The Sultan
Neil Young · Popular Music

Records The Sultan with The Squires, one of his earliest commercial releases.

Provenance

About these place records

These entries are generated from stored World History Database records whose country and place fields match Canada and Winnipeg. Names, dates, event labels and descriptions are reviewed and normalised as the database develops. Historical place names may not match modern administrative boundaries.

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