Scottish-Canadian minister and politician, 7th Premier of Saskatchewan (born 1904)

Tommy Douglas

Thomas Clement Douglas was a Scottish-born Canadian politician who served as the seventh premier of Saskatchewan from 1944 to 1961 and leader of the New Democratic Party from 1961 to 1971. A Baptist minister, he was elected to the House of Commons of Canada in 1935 as a member of the Co-operative Commonwealth Federation (CCF). He left federal politics to become leader of the Saskatchewan Co-operative Commonwealth Federation and then the seventh Premier of Saskatchewan. His government introduced the continent's first single-payer, universal health care program.

Born

1904

October 20

Died

1986

Era

1900s

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Tommy, in brief

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Key dates

1904 Born
1986 Died

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What else happened on this day, through history

1568 The Spanish Duke of Alba defeats a Dutch rebel force under William the Silent.
1572 Eighty Years' War: Three thousand Spanish soldiers wade through fifteen miles of water in one night to effect the relief of Goes.
1740 France, Prussia, Bavaria and Saxony refuse to honour the Pragmatic Sanction, and the War of the Austrian Succession begins.
1774 American Revolution: The Continental Association, a nonconsumption and nonimportation agreement against the British Isles and the British West Indies, is adopted by the First Continental Congress.

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The world in 1904

When Tommy arrived

april 4 Two Ms  ~7.1 earthquakes, among the largest in Europe, strike Bulgaria, killing over 200 people and causing destruction.
april 8 The French Third Republic and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland sign the Entente cordiale.
august 10 Russo-Japanese War: The Battle of the Yellow Sea between the Russian and Japanese battleship fleets takes place.
august 23 The automobile tire chain is patented.

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Same-day contemporaries

Also born on October 20

Allan Donald 1966– South African cricketer and coach Chalermchai Sitthisart 1957– Thai military officer, 40th Commander-in-chief of the Royal Thai Army Dannii Minogue 1971– Australian singer-songwriter and actress Henry John Temple 1784–1865 3rd Viscount Palmerston, English soldier and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (born 1784) Hilda Solis 1957– American academic and politician, 25th United States Secretary of Labor Janet Jagan 1920–2009 6th President of Guyana (born 1920) Juan Marichal 1937– Dominican baseball player and sportscaster Nellie McClung 1873–1951 Canadian author and suffragist (died 1951) Patrick Matthew. Scottish farmer and biologist (died 1874) 1790–

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Same-year contemporaries

Also born in 1904

Alejo Carpentier 1904–1980 Swiss-Cuban musicologist and author (born 1904) Bozorg Alavi 1904– Iranian author and activist (died 1997) Cecil Beaton 1904–1980 English photographer, painter, and costume designer (died 1980) Charles R. Drew 1904–1950 American physician and surgeon (born 1904) Clifford Roach 1904– Trinidadian cricketer and footballer (died 1988) Clyfford Still 1904–1980 American painter and academic (born 1904) Coleman Hawkins 1904–1969 American saxophonist and clarinet player (born 1901) Deng Xiaoping 1904–1997 Chinese soldier and politician, paramount leader and 1st Vice Premier of the People's Republic of China (died 1997) George Klein 1904–1992 Canadian inventor, invented the motorized wheelchair (died 1992)

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