For a period of one year from and after the date hereof, the landing in Canada shall be, and the same is prohibited, of any immigrants belonging to the Negro race, which race is deemed unsuitable to the climate and requirements of Canada.
Canadian Order in Council approved by the Cabinet of Prime Minister Wilfrid Laurier on this date. The Order, which was never enforced, and would be repealed in October was in response to an influx of African Americans moving to the Prairie Provinces from Oklahoma.
A look at their full story:
Black Immigration Into The Prairies
Hawaiian Duke Kahanamoku broke three world swimming records in his first meet, in Honolulu.
He'd go on to swim in the 1912 Olympics and would serve as a Military Policeman during World War Two. He died at age 77 in 1968.
Genovevo de la O, a Zapata ally, struck one of Huerta's columns.
Last edition:
Thursday, August 10, 1911. Beaten by the Bishops and the Rats.
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