Events February 4 - Defence Minister George Harkness resigns after Prime Minster Diefenbaker refuses to accept nuclear weapons from the United States February 5 - The Diefenbaker government collpases over the missile issue and an election is called March 1 - Simon Fraser University is founded April 8 - Federal election: Lester Pearson's Liberals win a minority, defeating John Diefenbaker's PCs April 20 - The Front de libération du Quebec sets off its first bombs in Quebec April 22 - Lester Pearson becomes Prime Minister, replacing John Diefenbaker May 27 - The Northern Alberta Institute of Technology opens June 17 - Alberta election: Ernest Manning's Social Credit Party wins an eighth consecutive majority July 22 - The Royal Commission on Bilingualism and Biculturalism is announced September 21 - Place des Arts opens in Montreal September 25 - Ontario election: John Robarts's PCs win a sixth consecutive majority November 29 - 118 are killed in a TCA plane crash near Ste-Thérèse-de-Blainville, Québec December 23 - plans to build the National Arts Centre are approved Future hall of fame baseball player Ferguson Jenkins makes plays his first major league game Arts and Literature New Works W.L. Morton - The Kingdom of Canada Milton Acorn - Jawbreakers Leonard Cohen - The Favorite Game Farley Mowat - Never Cry Wolf Awards See 1963 Governor General's Awards for a complete list of winners and finalists for those awards. Stephen Leacock Award: Donald Jack, Three Cheers for Me Vicky Metcalf Award: Kerry Wood Television Mr. Roger's Neighbourhood premiers on CBC Births January 9 - Larry Cain, olympic canoeist March 26 - Roch Voisine, musician May 25 - Mike Myers, comedian and actor June 25 - Yann Martel, author June 24 - Barbara Underhill, figure skater July 11 - Sandra Schmirler, Olympic and World champion curler October 20 - Julie Payette, astronaut November 25 - Holly Cole, signer December 29 - Liisa Savijarvi, skier Russell Smith, author Deaths
