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Bennett, 11th Prime Minister of Canada (b. 1870)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1371901060#June", "title": "1947", "revid": 1371901060, "section": "Deaths › June"}}, {"year": 1948, "year_label": "1948 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "November 15", "text": "November 15 – Louis Stephen St. Laurent becomes Canada's 12th prime minister.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1371784888#November", "title": "1948", "revid": 1371784888, "section": "Events › November"}}, {"year": 1950, "year_label": "1950 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": "July 22", "text": "July 22 – William Lyon Mackenzie King, Canadian political leader, 10th Prime Minister of Canada (b. 1874)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1371638577#July", "title": "1950", "revid": 1371638577, "section": "Deaths › July"}}, {"year": 1957, "year_label": "1957 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "June 21", "text": "June 21 – John Diefenbaker becomes the 13th Prime Minister of Canada.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1371361971#June", "title": "1957", "revid": 1371361971, "section": "Events › June"}}, {"year": 1959, "year_label": "1959 CE", "section": "Births", "date": "April 30", "text": "April 30 – Stephen Harper, 22nd Prime Minister of Canada", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1370221732#April", "title": "1959", "revid": 1370221732, "section": "Births › April"}}, {"year": 1963, "year_label": "1963 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "April 22", "text": "April 22 – Lester Bowles Pearson becomes the 14th Prime Minister of Canada.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1370539540#April", "title": "1963", "revid": 1370539540, "section": "Events › April"}}, {"year": 1971, "year_label": "1971 CE", "section": "Births", "date": "December 25", "text": "December 25 – Justin Trudeau, 23rd Prime Minister of Canada", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1369905382#December", "title": "1971", "revid": 1369905382, "section": "Births › December"}}, {"year": 1972, "year_label": "1972 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": "December 27", "text": "December 27 – Lester B. 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The men were abducted in Niger in December 2008. Salah Abu Mohammed, spokesman for the Algerian/North African group, also claimed responsibility for the capture of four European tourists in January 2009. 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The Liberal Party wins a fourth consecutive election and forms a minority government.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1372865033#April", "title": "2025", "revid": 1372865033, "section": "Events › April"}}]}