Events January 1 - The first Canadian peackeepers arrive in Egypt after the Suez Crisis January 17 - The HMCS Bonaventure, Canada's only aircraft carrier, is commissioned March 6 - Quebec's Padlock Law is ruled unconstitutional March 20 - The seven month long Murdochville Strike begins March 28 - The Canada Council is established June 10 - Federal election: John Diefenbaker's PCs win a minority, defeating Louis Saint Laurent's Liberals June 21 - John Diefenbaker becomes prime minister, replacing Louis Saint Laurent July 31 - The DEW Line begins operation September 12 - Canada and the United States sign the NORAD agreement October 4 - The first prototype Avro Arrow is presented to the media October 12 - Foreign Minister Lester B. Pearson wins the Nobel Peace Prize for his work on the Suez Crisis October 14 - Queen Elizabeth II opens the Canadian parliament, the first monarch to do so November 22 - The St. Lawrence Seaway opens Thanksgiving is moved to its current date Arts and literature New Works Mordecai Richler - A Choice of Enemies W.L. Morton - Manitoba: The Birth of a Province Farley Mowat - The Dog Who Wouldn't Be Northrop Frye - Anatomy of Criticism Awards See 1957 Governor General's Awards for a complete list of winners and finalists for those awards. Stephen Leacock Award: Robert Thomas Allen The Grass Is Never Greener Television Front Page Challenge premiers on CBC Births January 2 - Mike Bossy, hockey player February 17 - Loreena McKennitt, singer May 4 - Kathy Kreiner, skier July 2 - Bret Hart, wrestler August 20 - Cindy Nicholas, swimmer August 26 - Rick Hansen, wheelchair athlete Glen Clark, Premier of British Columbia Deaths June 27 - Malcolm Lowry, writer October 29 - Louis B. Mayer, film maker
