H/Captain Samuel Cass, a rabbi, conducting the first worship service celebrated on German territory by Jewish personnel of the 1st Canadian Army near Cleve, Germany, 18 March 1945.
1950 A North Star aircraft from the Experimental and Proving Establishment (No 412 Squadron), based in Rockcliffe, Ontario, completes the first non-stop trans-Canada flight in a flying time of 125.2 hours