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Hello there and wel­come to the Jan­u­ary 27th edi­tion of Hangin’ in the Ham­mer; where we try to make each and every day, a lit­tle like Canada Day.

Thanks for com­ing by to see what are up to today and TGIF to you as well.

The guys and I were up work­ing on this one a lit­tle late but, we got it done and now here’s Gordie with our daily run down on the peo­ple and events from Cana­dian sports, his­tory and music related to the day’s date.

It was on this day in 1855, that Hamilton’s Allan Mac­Nab and Etienne-Paschal Tache take office as co-Premiers of the Union of the Canadas. Mac­Nab was a mem­ber of the provin­cial leg­is­la­ture for some 27 years and he was also at the head of the local mili­tia dur­ing the Rebel­lion chas­ing William Lyon Macken­zie and Charles Dun­combe from the coun­try.  Tache was a doc­tor, a for­mer offi­cer in the War of 1812 and one of the Fathers of Confederation.

On this day in 1859, George-Etienne Cartier hav­ing recently arrived from Lon­don, pro­claimed that Ottawa was to be the cap­i­tal of the Canadas. As co-Premier, he had stren­u­ously lob­bied for Ottawa as the Queen’s choice, against Mon­treal, Kingston and Toronto. Cartier saw Ottawa as a place where French Cana­di­ans could feel at home.

On this day in 1914, Nel­lie McClung leads a del­e­ga­tion of the Polit­i­cal Equal­ity League to Manitoba’s provin­cial leg­is­la­ture to present sev­eral peti­tions and request that women be granted the right to vote. Pre­mier Rod­mond Rob­lin rises in the leg­is­la­ture and speaks against the pro­posal.  (Nel­lie McClung is one of the group of women known as the Famous Five and there are mon­u­ments in their hon­our in Ottawa.)

On this day in 1916, Man­i­toba becomes the first province to grant women the vote and full polit­i­cal equal­ity. Alberta and Saskatchewan soon fol­low, but it will be another two years before the pol­icy is adopted in Ottawa.

On this day in 1947, the Fed­eral Cab­i­net order deport­ing Japanese-Canadians to Japan is repealed after wide­spread protests by cit­i­zens out­raged by the pro­posed action.

On this day in 1967, Canada joins a num­ber of other nations in sign­ing the UN Outer Space Treaty pledged to peace­ful explo­ration and use of the cosmos.

From the world of sports, it was on this day in 1984, that the L.A. Kings put an end to Wayne Gretzky’s con­sec­u­tive game scor­ing streak with a 4–2 win over the Oil­ers. Gret­zky had scored 153 points in the 51 game streak (61 G 92 A) that started in October.

Some notable Cana­di­ans who were born on this day include David Ross Mac­Don­ald, who won a sil­ver and a bronze in Olympics sail­ing; Mary Frizzell, who was part of the sil­ver medal 4 x 100 relay team in 1932; for­mer MLB player and umpire Bob Emslie (Born Guelph 1859) and renowned Cana­dian author Morde­cai Rich­ler (Appren­tice­ship of Duddy Kravitz.)

Today’s Juno Moldy Oldy was inspired by Margo Tim­mins of Cow­boy Junkies, who was born on this day in 1961; here’s Mis­guided Angel.

Born on this day in 1944, Nick Mason of Pink Floyd. When was the last time you heard, Have A Cigar?

On this day in 1997, Ottawa native Ala­nis Moris­sette scores an Amer­i­can Music Award for her album Jagged Lit­tle Pill. That helped to inspire today’s musi­cal title, You Learn.

And this is where I will dis­ap­pear once more into the shad­ows and allow Puck to com­plete the day.

The NHL is hold­ing their All-Star game in Ottawa this week­end and we won­dered why they didn’t try to turn that into an Out­door Clas­sic. It seemed a nat­ural to us, with all hose politi­cians there, the place is always cold.

Have your­self one heck of a great day and we will see you right here again tomor­row. Until then, have fun and be safe.

I rec­om­mend walk­ing ’round naked in your livingroom…