Events April 1 - Joey Smallwood becomes the first premier of Newfoundland as a Canadian province May 4 - Leslie Frost becomes premier of Ontario, replacing Thomas Kennedy June 27 - Federal election: Louis Saint Laurent's Liberals win a fourth consecutive majority Newfoundland becomes the 10th province of Canada Canada joins NATO Canadian appeals to the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council are abolished, making the Supreme Court of Canada the country's top court Births February 23 - Marc Garneau, astronaut October 25 - Laurie Skreslet, first Canadian to summit Mt. Everest November 28 - Paul Shaffer, musician November 29 - Stan Rogers, folk musician