- Timeline of Quebec history (1960 to 1981)
Timeline of Quebec history 1931 to 1959 1960 to 1981 1982 to present ----
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Timeline of Quebec history concerns the events between the Quiet Revolution and the patriation of the British North America Act.1960s
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1960 - Quebec general election: The election of a new Liberal Party government led by PremierJean Lesage marks the beginning of a period of sustained change known as theQuiet Revolution .
*1960 - Foundation of theRassemblement pour l'indépendance nationale . SeeHistory of the Quebec sovereignist movement .
*1961 -December 14 :Claire Kirkland-Casgrain becomes the first woman Member of the Legislative Assembly and also the first woman cabinet member.
*1962 - The construction of theMontreal Metro (subway) begins.
*1962 - The Champlain Bridge inMontreal is partly opened to traffic.
*1962 - Quebec general election: Liberals win.
*1963 -Front de Libération du Québec (FLQ) members,Gabriel Hudon andRaymond Villeneuve are sentenced to 12 years in prison for manslaughter after their bomb killed Sgt. Wilfred V. O'Neill, a watchman at Montreal'sCanadian Army Recruiting Center. SeeFront de libération du Québec .
*1963 - Second wave of the nationalization of electricity. On April 30,Hydro-Québec acquires 8 private producers ofhydroelectricity .
*1963 -July 10 : Voting age lowered from 21 to 18 in Quebec elections.
*1964 - A ministry of education, separate from the Catholic clergy, is created by the Quebec government.
*1964 - Married women obtain full legal rights (to buy property without their husband's signature, and so forth).
*1965 -Canada adopts the maple leaf flag in February.
*1966 - Quebec general election: Union Nationale wins.
*1967 - Quebec celebrates the 100th anniversary of its joining in the creation of the nation ofCanada
*1967 - As part of Canada's centennial celebrations, the Universal Exposition of Montreal, better known asExpo 67 , opens for the summer.
*1967 - Completion of the construction ofSaint Joseph's Oratory onMontreal 'sMount Royal .
*1967 - VisitingPresident of France Charles de Gaulle shouts "Vive le Québec libre!" from the balcony ofMontreal city hall. De Gaulle cancelled the rest of his official visit toCanada after Prime MinisterLester B. Pearson said: "Certain statements by President de Gaulle tend to encourage the small minority of our population whose aim is to destroy Canada: and as such, they are unacceptable to the Canadian people and its government."
*1967 - In October,René Lévesque leaves theQuebec Liberal Party and founds theMouvement Souveraineté-Association .
*1968 - On Monday,June 24 , 290 people are arrested during the "lundi de la matraque" civil disorder during the St-Jean-Baptiste parade.
*1968 -Pierre Trudeau , born inMontreal, Quebec , is electedPrime Minister of Canada . See 1968 federal election.
*1968 - OnAugust 28 , the "Théâtre du rideau vert" premieresMichel Tremblay 's play "Les Belles-Sœurs", which sells out its entire run in two days and revolutionizes the entertainment world by usingQuebec French joual instead of "Parisian" French.
*1968 - OnOctober 26 , the "Parti Québécois " is created out of the merger ofRené Lévesque 'sMouvement Souveraineté-Association and theRalliement national . SeeHistory of the Quebec sovereignist movement .
*1968 - TheUniversité du Québec network is created by the government.
*1968 - The government-operatedRadio-Québec (television station) is founded. In the1990s it was renamedTélé-Québec .
*1968 - The Legislative Council, the non-elected upper house of Quebec's parliament, is abolished.
*1969 - TheParliament of Canada , under Prime MinisterPierre Trudeau , passed Bill C-120 : "An Act Respecting the Status of Official Languages in Canada", making both French and English the official languages of all Canada. SeeOfficial Languages Act .
*1969 - The Union Nationale government ofJean-Jacques Bertrand passes "Bill 63" which confirms the status quo on the language of instruction in the public schools (Parents can choose English or French).
*1969 - TheMontreal Expos baseball franchise beings play inMontreal .
*1969 -FLQ terrorists bomb theMontreal Stock Exchange .
*1969 - Montreal's 3,700 police and firefighters stage awildcat strike , resulting in violence, looting, arson, and the death of two people.1970s
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1970 - Formation of the "Montreal Urban Community" onJanuary 1 , consisting of the central city ofMontreal and its suburbs on theisland of Montreal . Replaced in2002 by the new "megacity" of Montreal.
*1970 - Quebec general election: Liberals win.
*1970 - Terrorist activities by theFront de libération du Québec culminated with the abduction ofJames Cross , the British Trade Commissioner to Canada, andPierre Laporte , a provincial minister and Vice-Premier. Martial law is declared and civil rights are suspended. See theOctober Crisis .
*1971 - Women are allowed to serve on juries.
*1971 - Premier Bourassa launches theJames Bay hydroelectric project.
*1971 -Victoria Charter constitutional reform ends in failure.
*1973 - Quebec general election: Liberals re-elected.
*1973 - TheRoyal Canadian Mounted Police steal the membership list of the "Parti Québécois ".
*1974 - The Liberal government adopts "Bill 22" (Official Language Act (Quebec) ) language legislation (later superseded by Bill 101).
*1975 - TheQuebec Charter of Human Rights and Freedoms is passed and comes into effect the following year.
*1976 - The Summer Olympic Games are held inMontreal .
*1976 - Quebec general election: On November 15, the "Parti Québécois " (PQ) is elected. With a participation rate of 85.27%, the highest inQuebec 's history, 41% of voters give 71 seats to the PQ.
*1976 - Quebec-born authorSaul Bellow wins theNobel Prize for literature .
*1977 - OnAugust 26 , the QuebecCharter of the French Language (Bill 101) becomes law.
*1977 - The exodus of unilingual English speaking workers and businessmen, started with the economic boom of Toronto and the West, accelerates. Over the next decade, more than 300,000Fact|date=February 2007 English-speaking Canadians leave the province. Most settled inOntario . An equally high number of Canadians moved from other provinces to settle inOntario , whereToronto was booming, replacingMontreal as the metropolis of Canada since the end of the second world war.
*1978 - "No-fault" automobile insurance comes into effect in Quebec.
*1978 - National Assembly debates are televised for the first time, and to suit the cameras, the walls are painted blue instead of the previous green.
*1979 -Pierre Trudeau is defeated in the 1979 Canadian election and retires (he soon changes his mind).1980s
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1980 -Pierre Trudeau returns to power as Prime Minister of Canada in the 1980 Canadian election.
*1980 - Premier Lévesque putssovereignty-association before the Quebec voters in a referendum. 60% of the Quebec electorate votes against it. See the Referendum of 1980.
*1981 - Quebec general election: "Parti Québécois " re-elected.
*1981 -November 4 -5: In the "Night of the Long Knives" (French: "La Nuit des Longs Couteaux"),Pierre Trudeau makes a constitutional deal with nine anglophone provinces without Quebec.----
Timeline of Quebec history 1931 to 1959 1960 to 1981 1982 to present
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