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It Happened in Canada was a syndicated Canadian cartoon feature by Gordon Johnston that presented Canadian facts and achievements in a manner similar to Ripley's Believe It or Not!. As many as 65 newspapers in Canada carried the comic during its run from 1967 to the 1980s. Some episodes featured relatively obscure details about Prime Ministers such as R. B. Bennett and John Diefenbaker.

Works

Several collections of the comic were published as books:

• Johnston, Gordon; Al Oliver (1967). It Happened in Canada. London, Ontario: Algor Features.
• Johnston, Gordon (1971). Johnston's It Happened in Canada. {{cite book}}: |work= ignored (help)
• Johnston, Gordon (c. 1976). More It Happened in Canada. Scholastic-TAB.
• Johnston, Gordon (c. 1976). Still More It Happened in Canada. Scholastic-TAB.
• Johnston, Gordon (1983). It Happened in Canada. Methuen.
• Johnston, Gordon (c. 1983). It Happened in Western Canada. Western Producer.
• Johnston, Gordon (1991). It Happened in Canada. Toronto: Scholastic Canada. ISBN 0590740695.

References

1. "Western News - Canadian cartoonist inspired by history". 31 January 2013.
2. The Canadian Press (4 August 1983). "Gordon Johnston". The Globe and Mail. p. 9.
3. Layng, Craig; Monet, Don. "Cartoons and Comic Strips". The Canadian Encyclopedia. Archived from the original on 5 March 2009. Retrieved 31 January 2009.
4. "Gordon Johnston fonds". Canadian Archival Information Network. Archived from the original on 25 July 2011. Retrieved 31 January 2009.
5. Library and Archives Canada, catalogue

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