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Newfoundland and Labrador

Newfoundland and Labrador is the easternmost province of Canada. Situated in the country's Atlantic region, it incorporates the island of Newfoundland and mainland Labrador with a combined area of . As of April 2011, the province's estimated population is 508,400...

Timeline of Events

1527

8.3.1527

The first known letter from North America is sent by John Rut while at St. John's, Newfoundland.

1892

7.8.1892

St. John's, Newfoundland is devastated in the Great Fire of 1892.

1919

5.16.1919

A naval Curtiss aircraft NC-4 commanded by Albert Cushing Read leaves Trepassey, Newfoundland, for Lisbon via the Azores on the first transatlantic flight.

1931

3.15.1931

SS Viking explodes off Newfoundland, killing 27 of the 147 on board.

1985

12.12.1985

Arrow Air Flight 1285 crashes after takeoff in Gander, Newfoundland killing 256, including 248 members of the United States Army's 101st Airborne Division.

2001

12.6.2001

The Canadian province of Newfoundland is renamed Newfoundland and Labrador.