Good morning everyone! Today in 1956, John Diefenbaker was elected leader of the federal Progressive Conservative party. He became the 13th prime minister of Canada in June of 1957, the first Conservative leader of the country in 22 years. His determination to guarantee human rights led to the Canadian Bill of Rights and the granting of the federal franchise to Canadas aboriginal peoples in 1960. He remained prime minister until 1963, was deposed as party leader in 1967, and died in 1979. In 1962, the U.S. satellite Mariner II made the first close-up observation of Venus. In 1970, Marc Modena, who crossed the Pacific Ocean on a raft, arrived home in Montreal. Modena, 44, and three other men had left the Ecuadorian port of Guayaquil on May 29 on a rudderless raft made of seven tree trunks. They arrived at the Australian port of Mooloobala on Nov. 6.
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