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Victory in Europe Day is the day celebrating the formal acceptance by the Allies of World War II of Germany's unconditional surrender of its armed forces on Tuesday, 8 May 1945; it marked the official end of World War II in Europe in the Eastern Front, with the last known shots fired on 11 May.
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Lundi de Pâques: Monday after Easter Sunday (one day after Easter Sunday) 1 May: Labour Day: Fête du Travail: 8 May: Victory Day: Victoire 1945: End of hostilities in Europe in World War II moveable: Ascension Day: Ascension: Thursday, 39 days after Easter Sunday moveable: Whit Monday: Lundi de Pentecôte
June 4 – 1945 Ontario general election: George Drew's PCs win a majority; A V-E Day parade on Sparks Street, Ottawa (May 8, 1945) June 11 – Federal election: Mackenzie King's Liberals win a third consecutive majority; June 26 – Canada is a founding member of the United Nations
2021 Canadian federal election: Québec; Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures Liberal: Jean-Yves Duclos: 18,132: 35.4 +2.1: $92,776.01 Bloc Québécois: Louis ...
Victory Day [a 1] is a holiday that commemorates the victory of the Soviet Union over Nazi Germany in 1945. It was first inaugurated in the 15 republics of the Soviet Union following the signing of the German Instrument of Surrender late in the evening on 8 May 1945 (9 May Moscow Time).
In 1987, the Club Souverain de l'Estrie started the movement "For a paid holiday in memory of the Patriots," [7] [8] while other organizations, such as the Saint-Jean-Baptiste Society of Montreal and the Comité du 15 février 1839 (founded by Pierre Falardeau in 1997 to help finance the movie February 15, 1839 (15 février 1839)), later joined ...
The Angel of Victory (French: L'Ange de la Victoire) is a statue crafted by London-born sculptor Coeur de Lion McCarthy (1881–1979), installed in Montreal's Windsor Station, in Quebec, Canada. [1] It was commissioned in 1922 in memory of the 1,116 Canadian Pacific Railway (CPR) employees who died in World War I. Copies of the statue were also ...