Events June 4 - Ontario election: George Drew's PCs win a majority June 11 - Federal election: Mackenzie King's Liberals win a third consecutive majority September 8 - Angus Macdonald becomes premier of Nova Scotia for the second time, replacing Alexander MacMillan World War II ends. 42,000 out of 1 million Canadian soldiers were killed. Family Allowance payments is introduced. A Soviet spy network is found in Canada Births May 27 - Bruce Cockburn, singer/songwriter June 20 - Anne Murray, singer November 12 - Neil Young, singer and songwriter December 4 - Roberta Bondar, astronaut and scientist Deaths March 2 - Emily Carr, artist/writer