Events June 6 - 2nd Canadian Infantry Division lands at Juno Beach, part the Invasion of Normandy June 15 - Saskatchewan election: Tommy Douglas's Co-operative Commonwealth Federation wins a landslide majority, defeating William Patterson's Liberals July 10 - Tommy Douglas becomes premier of Saskatchewan, replacing William Patterson August 8 - Alberta election: Ernest Manning's Social Credit Party wins a third consecutive majority August 30 - Maurice Duplessis becomes premier of Quebec for the second time, replacing Ad?ard Godbout Births November 17 - Lorne Michaels, TV producer and writer Deaths September 14 - John Kenneth Macalister, WWII hero September 14 - Frank Pickersgill, WWII hero September 14 - Rom? Sabourin, WWII hero