Events May 31 - the Legislative Council of Nova Scotia is abolished August 20 - John MacLean resigns as premier of British Columbia August 21 - Simon Fraser Tolmie becomes premier of British Columbia, replacing John MacLean The Supreme Court of Canada rules that women are not persons who can hold office according to the British North America Act—reversed a year later by the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council in Britain Births March 31 - Gordie Howe, hockey player May 4 - Maynard Ferguson, jazz trumpet player Deaths