After appearing on stage before making his film debut in the 1958 drama Stage Struck, the Toronto-born, Québec-raised actor appeared in more than 200 films, TV movies and mini-series.

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in 1254, Italian merchant Marco Polo, known for his far-reaching travels through Asia, was born in the Republic of Venice.

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The design career of renowned Norwegian designer Martin Mörck, the engraver of several Canadian stamps, was highlighted in a recent Collectors’ Conference webinar.

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in 1928, Gordie Howe was born in a Saskatchewan farmhouse, where he would grow up with eight siblings.

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in 1970, William Roué, the visionary naval architect behind the iconic Bluenose, died at age 90.

In 1998, honoured him on a domestic-rate stamp.

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