• 1926


    Francesco Zaffiro comes to Canada in 1926, sponsored by his uncle Gaetano Girgenti. He does not have much formal education but he does have a trade. Zaffiro borrows money from his uncle to open a shoemaker’s shop. 

    — Nicholas Zaffiro, son of internee Francesco Zaffiro, video interview, August 10, 2011, Columbus Centre Collection

  • April 03, 1926


    The Opera Nazionale Balilla (ONB) is founded through a decree by Benito Mussolini. The ONB is an Italian fascist youth organization which served to supplement school education. The organization functions between 1926 and 1937.

  • June 28, 1926


    Arthur Meighen begins a brief three month stint as Prime Minister of Canada. However, William Lyon Mackenzie King is re-elected as Prime Minister in September of the same year.

  • September 25, 1926


    William Lyon Mackenzie King begins his second term as Prime Minister of Canada.

    — Prime Minister William Lyon Mackenzie King addressing a crowd of supporters from his vehicle during the federal election campaign, Ontario, F.J. Skitch, ca. July 1926, F.J. Skitch / Library and Archives Canada / PA-138867