What year was it?

No stranger to Kiwanis global gatherings, Montréal, Québec, will host the 91st Annual Kiwanis International Convention June 28 to July 2, 2006. Previously, the Eastern Canada and the Caribbean District city hosted three International conventions. But when?

Using the clues provided, deduct—or guess—the year Montréal hosted Kiwanis International conventions. (Your submission, before October 13th, will qualify you for a chance to win a Kiwanis photo album, compliments of the Kiwanis Family Store.)

First Montréal convention

•  This year in Canadian news: Canada returns to gold standard.

•  This year in entertainment news: Margaret Laurence is born in Manitoba; she later writes A Jest of God and The Diviners. Author A.A. Milne’s Winnie the Pooh is published.

•  This year in world news: Queen Elizabeth II is born, and Scottish inventor John Logie Baird demonstrates a mechanical television system.

•  This year in Kiwanis news: Scranton, Pennsylvania, Kiwanian Ralph A. Amerman is elected International President, and the House of Delegates refer to the International Board a resolution to consider organizing a farm-city conference—a prequel to the organization’s involvement in the first Farm-City Week in 1955.

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Second Montréal convention

•  This year in Canadian news: Construction begins on Toronto’s CN Tower.

•  This year in entertainment news: Actress Neve Campbell is born, and Stevie Wonder’s Innervisions wins a Grammy award for best album

•  This year in world news: United States President Richard Nixon announces a cease-fire in Vietnam, and 80 nations sign a treaty outlawing trade of endangered species.

•  This year in Kiwanis news: Thirty Kiwanis leaders embark on the 10th Anniversary European Mission, and the House of Delegates defeats a proposal to accept women as Kiwanis club members.

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Third Montréal convention

•  This year in Canadian news: Canada wins 15 medals in the Winter Olympic Games.

•  This year in entertainment news: J.K. Rowling’s Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets is released to bookstores, and Canadian singer Shania Twain’s You’re Still the One wins two Grammy awards for “Best Country Song” and “Best Country Performance.”

•  This year in world news: Northern Ireland peace talks conclude with “Good Friday Agreement,” and Pope John Paul II visits Cuba.

•  This year in Kiwanis news: Actor Roger Moore attends the International convention and has lunch with Worldwide Service Project supporters. Also, K-Kids becomes an official Kiwanis International sponsored program.

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