Download Flash Player to view this content.

History | Oct 17, 2011 | 0:56

Pearson gets Nobel Prize

Liberal MP Lester B. Pearson wins Canada’s first Nobel peace prize for helping create a United Nations peacekeeping force during the Suez Crisis of 1956.

Now Playing on CBC Radio Help Refresh

CBC Radio One

Listen Live Ottawa change

Now Playing:

To be announced06:35 AM to 06:39 AM - EDT

CBC Radio 2

Listen Live Eastern change

Now Playing:

Radio 2 Morning06:00 AM to 09:00 AM - EDT

CBC Radio 3

Listen Live Radio 3

Now Playing:

Program information temporarily unavailable.
See what is playing on all streams > Check out the brand new CBC Music service with 40 online radio stations.

1 of 2

Sort by:
Featured
Most Recent
Most Popular
History - Munsinger scandalOct 21, 2011 | 2:03History Munsinger scandal Video
History Munsinger scandal Oct 21, 2011 | 2:03A sex scandal erupts after suggestions that a German playgirl and alleged KGB spy had affairs with ministers in Diefenbaker’s government.
History - Berlin Wall fallsOct 21, 2011 | 1:33History Berlin Wall falls Video
History Berlin Wall falls Oct 21, 2011 | 1:33People dance on the Berlin Wall as East Germans celebrate the end of 28 years of communist oppression.
History - Lady Di’s funeralOct 21, 2011 | 0:56History Lady Di’s funeral Video
History Lady Di’s funeral Oct 21, 2011 | 0:56Shocked by Princess Diana’s death in a motor accident on Aug. 31, 1997, two billion people tune in to watch her funeral in London.
History - Red River flood 1997Oct 21, 2011 | 1:36History Red River flood 1997 Video
History Red River flood 1997 Oct 21, 2011 | 1:36Containing the “Flood of the Century” in Manitoba requires Canada’s biggest troop deployment since Korea.
History - Spring Hill mine disasterOct 21, 2011 | 0:58History Spring Hill mine disaster Video
History Spring Hill mine disaster Oct 21, 2011 | 0:58After a small earthquake traps 178 miners 3,900 metres underground in Spring Hill, N.S., the whole world watches the rescue.
History - Quebec referendumOct 21, 2011 | 2:59History Quebec referendum Video
History Quebec referendum Oct 21, 2011 | 2:59Canadians watched with unease as Quebecers vote on whether or not to separate from the rest of the country.
History - Blue Jays win World SeriesOct 21, 2011 | 0:46History Blue Jays win World Series Video
History Blue Jays win World Series Oct 21, 2011 | 0:46Half a million fans pour into the streets of Toronto after the Blue Jays become the first Canadian team to win the World Series.
News - Montreal massacreOct 20, 2011 | 1:23News Montreal massacre Video
News Montreal massacre Oct 20, 2011 | 1:23Lone gunman Marc Lepine goes on a rampage at Montreal’s Ecole Polytechnique, killing 14 women and eventually himself.
History - Cold war shelterOct 20, 2011 | 1:33History Cold war shelter Video
History Cold war shelter Oct 20, 2011 | 1:33During the height of the cold war, a family spends a week in a fallout shelter built on CBC grounds in Toronto.
History - Pope’s first visitOct 20, 2011 | 1:18History Pope’s first visit Video
History Pope’s first visit Oct 20, 2011 | 1:18Pope John Paul II’s 12-day tour of Canada in September 1984 marked this country’s first-ever papal visit.
History - Canada gets ConstitutionOct 18, 2011 | 0:54History Canada gets Constitution Video
History Canada gets Constitution Oct 18, 2011 | 0:54Canadian citizens line Parliament Hill to celebrate the news that Canada has gained its own constitution and Charter of Rights and Freedoms.
History - Pearson gets Nobel PrizeOct 17, 2011 | 0:56History Pearson gets Nobel Prize Video
History Pearson gets Nobel Prize Oct 17, 2011 | 0:56Liberal MP Lester B. Pearson wins Canada’s first Nobel peace prize for helping create a United Nations peacekeeping force during the Suez Crisis of 1956.
History - Moon landingOct 14, 2011 | 1:09History Moon landing Video
History Moon landing Oct 14, 2011 | 1:09Canadians watched as American astronauts became the first to set foot on the moon.
History - The Boyd GangOct 14, 2011 | 1:02History The Boyd Gang Video
History The Boyd Gang Oct 14, 2011 | 1:02The Boyd Gang's breakout from Toronto's Don Jail lead to the largest manhunt in Canadian history.
History - Oka standoffOct 14, 2011 | 1:17History Oka standoff Video
History Oka standoff Oct 14, 2011 | 1:17Protesting a golf course expansion in Oka, Mohawk people face off against Quebec police and the Canadian Army.

1 of 2