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This report played a significant role in transforming Ottawa from a grimy, industrial city to a capital Canadians can be proud of.

An exercise, created by the Canadian government, ran through a very detailed scenario of what would happen if nuclear bombs were dropped on North America, in November of 1961.

In an editorial titled Patriotism and Loyalty, an Ottawa newspaper added that "Canadians have always been both patriotic and loyal to the Mother Country," but now "the fruits of confederation have suddenly ripened, and we have begun to feel our nation-hood."

Ottawa's NABU Network predated the rise of the Internet and home computer, but ultimately failed. It took decades for it to be recognized as being "ahead of its time."

Best known for writing The Jungle Book, Kipling has been hailed as one of the greatest writers of the last century-plus.

Princess Elizabeth and Prince Philip arrived in Ottawa from Quebec City at 10 a.m. on October 10, 1951 by train, stopping at a special station at Island Park Drive, just as her parents had done 12 years earlier.

On October 7, 1763, King George III issued a Royal Proclamation outlining how his new territories in North America would be administered and how relations with the Indigenous communities would be undertaken.

The retirement of Ottawa's last fire horse was front page news, back in 1929.

Taking a look back at the start of the Central Canada Exhibition, which eventually became the Ottawa SuperEx.

Of the 386 officers and men who volunteered for Britain's Nile Expedition, roughly half were hired from the lumber shanty towns of Ottawa-Hull.