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Happy Birthday to the Chief! Former prime minister John Diefenbaker turns 82 on Sunday, and to celebrate the event, the Grand Old Man of Canadian poli(...)
Happy Birthday to the Chief! Former prime minister John Diefenbaker turns 82 on Sunday, and to celebrate the event, the Grand Old Man of Canadian poli(...)

Happy Birthday to the Chief! Former prime minister John Diefenbaker turns 82 on Sunday, and to celebrate the event, the Grand Old Man of Canadian poli(...)

Date9/15/1977
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Original Toronto Star caption: Happy Birthday to the Chief! Former prime minister John Diefenbaker turns 82 on Sunday, and to celebrate the event, the Grand Old Man of Canadian politics was presented with a cake today while taping an appearance on CBC Radio's Don Harron's Morningside to be broadcast from 9 a.m. to noon tomorrow. A surprised Dief quipped: I don't regard anyone as old unless that person is 15 years older than me.
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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0043879F
The old man by the sea. Heading for a swim, former prime minister John Diefenbaker takes a break from writing the third and final volume of his memoir(...)
The old man by the sea. Heading for a swim, former prime minister John Diefenbaker takes a break from writing the third and final volume of his memoir(...)
1/23/1977
Donna meets the chief. Donna Bentley, 22, gets a handshake from former prime minister John Diefenbaker in Toronto today. The Chief was at the downtown(...)
Donna meets the chief. Donna Bentley, 22, gets a handshake from former prime minister John Diefenbaker in Toronto today. The Chief was at the downtown(...)
11/30/1976
He has a message, John Diefenbaker, the 78-year-old former prime minister, tells members of the Canadian Club yesterday in the Royal York. The message(...)
He has a message, John Diefenbaker, the 78-year-old former prime minister, tells members of the Canadian Club yesterday in the Royal York. The message(...)
2/11/1974
No Canadian should think that it will be the end for this country because Quebec leaves, former prime minister John Diefenbaker tells 1,500 people at (...)
No Canadian should think that it will be the end for this country because Quebec leaves, former prime minister John Diefenbaker tells 1,500 people at (...)
3/28/1977
Former prime minister John Diefenbaker shows Eleanor Roosevelt Humanities Award to Ellen Fairclough, a former minister in his government, as Conservative MP Robert Coates looks on
Former prime minister John Diefenbaker shows Eleanor Roosevelt Humanities Award to Ellen Fairclough, a former minister in his government, as Conservative MP Robert Coates looks on
10/2/1977
Favorite son, former prime minister John Diefenbaker told the East York Progressive Conservative Association that high federal spending and Prime Mini(...)
Favorite son, former prime minister John Diefenbaker told the East York Progressive Conservative Association that high federal spending and Prime Mini(...)
3/15/1974
Back at Sir John A. Macdonald Collegiate institute in Agincourt, which he opened 10 years ago, former prime minister John Diefenbaker speaks last nigh(...)
Back at Sir John A. Macdonald Collegiate institute in Agincourt, which he opened 10 years ago, former prime minister John Diefenbaker speaks last nigh(...)
10/28/1974
Glare of publicity or television lights does not usually faze former prime minister John Diefenbaker - but he likes dark glasses in Barbados (left). O(...)
Glare of publicity or television lights does not usually faze former prime minister John Diefenbaker - but he likes dark glasses in Barbados (left). O(...)
12/2/1976
Glared of publicity or television lights does not usually faze former prime minister John Diefenbaker - but he likes dark glasses in Barbados (left). (...)
Glared of publicity or television lights does not usually faze former prime minister John Diefenbaker - but he likes dark glasses in Barbados (left). (...)
1/23/1977
Former Prime Minister John Diefenbaker, above, is accused of creating more disunity in this country than any other source including Rene Levesque, by reader in letter at right
Former Prime Minister John Diefenbaker, above, is accused of creating more disunity in this country than any other source including Rene Levesque, by reader in letter at right
5/11/1977
A ring-a-ding day for Dief. Former prime minister John Diefenbaker was given an engraved school bell yesterday as he officiated at a ceremony changing(...)
A ring-a-ding day for Dief. Former prime minister John Diefenbaker was given an engraved school bell yesterday as he officiated at a ceremony changing(...)
5/14/1976
Former prime minister John Diefenbaker will speak at a dinner May 10 in Orangeville District Secondary School honoring MP Ellwood Madill (PC- Peel - Dufferin - Simcoe)
Former prime minister John Diefenbaker will speak at a dinner May 10 in Orangeville District Secondary School honoring MP Ellwood Madill (PC- Peel - Dufferin - Simcoe)
3/15/1974