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    • Jun 19 1866
      Timothy O'Hea extinguished a fire in a coach filled with gunpowder, on a train en route from Montréal with passengers and troops to Fort Erie, Canada West. On January 7, 1867, he received the Victoria Cross, the only VC awarded for bravery in peacetime.
    • Jun 19 1888
      Painter Francis Johnston, a founding member of the Group of Seven whose landscapes reflect his knowledge of turn-of-the-century ideals, was born at Toronto.