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Canada in 1948

Name: Canada in 1948 historical records
Creator: World History Database

Historical records for Canada in 1948, rendered directly from the World History Database and ordered by month, day and event.

4Records

4Events

2Named people

2Places

2Categories

Historical records

April

4 April 1948North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO)Lester Bowles Pearson

Washington · Warfare / North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO)

Signs the Treaty establishing the NATO alliance

4 April 1948North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)Lester Bowles Pearson

Washington · Government / Government of Canada

Signs the Treaty establishing the NATO alliance

November

15 November 1948Prime Minister of CanadaLouis Saint-Laurent

Ottawa · Government / Government of Canada

Becomes prime minister after Mackenzie King retires.

Other Events

1948Secretary of State for External AffairsLester Bowles Pearson

Government / Government of Canada

Appointed Foreign Secretary

Names involved

Lester Bowles PearsonLouis Saint-Laurent

Places involved

OttawaWashington

Provenance

This page is generated from stored World History Database records matching the exact country and year shown above. Exact duplicate display records are collapsed. Records without a month are listed after the monthly sections. Source provenance varies by record; formal academic citation should be checked against the relevant primary source, archive or specialist historical reference.