Read the story of a subject who died or was born on this day.
b. 9 Oct. 1865 in Sorel, Lower Canada
d. 7 or 8 Oct. 1804 in the wreck of the Speedy on Lake Ontario
d. 6 Oct. 1744 on the St Lawrence River, opposite Île d’Orléans
d. 2 Oct. 1898 in New York City
d. 28 Sept. 2000 in Montreal and was buried in Saint-Rémi, near Napierville, Que.