Sept 19,1889 Quebec Quebec - Rock slide into Quebec City's lower town kills 45 people. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sept 19,1856 Montreal Quebec - Abbé Chiniquy suspended from the priesthood for his liberal ideas. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sept 19,1772 New Brunswick - Mathurin Bourg the first Acadian to be ordained a priest. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sept 19,1665 Quebec Quebec - Germain Morin the first priest to be ordained in Quebec. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sept 19,1655 Quebec Quebec - Fathers Chaumonot & Dablon leave Quebec to establish mission in Onondaga territory. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sept 19,1654 Trois-Rivières, Quebec - First Canadian marriage on record, when 11 year old Marguerite Sédilot marries Jean Aubuchon. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- Sept 19,1648 Quebec Quebec - Jacques Boisdon opens Quebec's first licensed tavern; forbidden to open when church services being held. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- - Sept 19,1876 - We are reminded that Melville R. Bissell of Grand Rapids, MI patented the carpet sweeper on this day. The name, Bissell, became synonymous with carpet sweepers during the first half of the 20th century -- much like Frigidaire and refrigerator, Jell-O and gelatin dessert.