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Events on Saturday 18 October 1919 1
1919 – 2000Pierre Trudeau (1919-2000)Died 28 September 2000, aged 80Pierre Elliott Trudeau was prime minister of Canada from 1968 to 1979 and again from 1980 to 1984, a charismatic figure who inspired "Trudeaumania". He patriated the constitution with its Charter of Rights and Freedoms in 1982, championed official bilingualism, and invoked emergency powers in the 1970 October Crisis. His death brought national mourning.