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The October Crisis (French: Crise d'Octobre) was a chain of political events in Canada that started in October 1970 when members of the Front de libération du Québec (FLQ) kidnapped the provincial Labour Minister Pierre Laporte and British diplomat James Cross from his Montreal residence.
- Paul Rose
Paul Rose (October 16, 1943 – March 14, 2013) was a...
- Pierre Laporte
The four authors of Pour en finir avec octobre stated quite...
- Louise Lanctôt
Early in December 1970, police discovered the location of...
- James Cross
James Richard Cross CMG (29 September 1921 – 6 January 2021)...
- Paul Rose
October 11, 1970 (Sunday) Eleven French Army soldiers were killed in an ambush by Chad Liberation Front rebels in the central African nation of Chad. At least 2,500 French troops had been in Chad since 1968 in order to support the government of President Francois Tombalbaye.
October 1970. (film) October 1970 is an eight-part made-for-television series that played on Canadian television in October and November 2006. It is a dramatization of the actual events surrounding the October Crisis in the Canadian province of Quebec, when members of the militant separatist group Front de libération du Québec abducted ...
The events of October 1970 contributed to the loss of support for violent means to attain Quebec independence, and increased support for a political party, the Parti Québécois, which took power in 1976. In July 1980, police arrested and charged a sixth person in connection with the Cross kidnapping.
October 2 – The Wichita State University football team's "Gold" plane crashes in Colorado, killing most of the players. They were on their way (along with administrators and fans) to a game with Utah State University. October 3. In Lebanon, the government of Prime Minister Rashid Karami resigns.
Débutant le 5 octobre 1970 avec l'enlèvement, à sa maison de Westmount, de l'attaché commercial du consulat général du Royaume-Uni à Montréal, James Richard Cross, par la cellule Libération du Front de libération du Québec (FLQ) [1], la crise d'Octobre est marquée également par la lecture du Manifeste du FLQ à la télévision de ...
Le 5 octobre 1970, le FLQ a kidnappé l’attaché commercial britannique James Cross à Montréal. Au cours des deux semaines suivantes, des membres du FLQ ont également kidnappé et assassiné le ministre de l’Immigration et du Travail du Québec, Pierre Laporte.
