TODAY IN HISTORY
In 1541, Jacques Cartier reached the Lachine rapids above Montreal on his third voyage to Canada.
In 1672, colonial American clergyman Solomon Stoddard was ordained pastor of the Congregational church in Northampton, Mass., at age 29. He remained at this pulpit for the next 57 years. From 1727, until his death in 1729, Stoddard was assisted by his grandson, Jonathan Edwards.
In 1754, fur trader Anthony Henday became the first white man to enter what is now Alberta.