1915:
“For a world’s championship event it was indeed a rather poor exhibition” - The Vancouver Millionaires win the Stanley Cup.

1949:
For the first time since 1886, the BC Legislature legalizes a highly contentious food product: margarine.

1984:
From the parking lot of Oakridge Mall, in front of a crowd of supporters, Rick Hansen launches his international “Man In Motion” tour.

1974:
After considerable public outcry, The Orpheum Theatre is saved from destruction.

1939:
The demolition of the English Bay PIer.

1972:
The Bayshore Inn in Coal Harbour unexpectedly becomes home to an eccentric out-of-town guest: Howard Hughes.

1927:
A freighter collides with the Second Narrows Bridge… again.

1887:

“The joke at the time was, that one needed a candle to find the electric light” - Vancouver’s gets its first streetlights.

“I saw it all. There was no provocation. I couldn’t believe I could live in a country where this was happening” - the Gastown Riot.

1965:

After only 11 months, the final challenge to the city’s Pacific Press newspaper monopoly disintegrates, as the Vancouver Times publishes its final full edition.