If you're visiting during this season, it's in your best interest to book at least several weeks early to ensure hotel availability and decent room rates. Key Events: 1  Formula One: Grand Prix of Canada (June). 2  Montreal International Jazz Festival (June-July).
On October 25, 1865, the legendary SS Republic sank 1,700 feet to the bottom of the Atlantic. With Odysseyâs 2003 discovery of the SS Republic, the shipâs remarkable legacy lives on as her story is chronicled in publications, television documentaries and exhibits.
USS Indianapolis sinking, shark attacks recalled by survivor's brother. COMSTOCK TOWNSHIP, MI -- Charles Smeltzer was an 18-year-old from Comstock in 1945 when he survived the worst U.S. Naval disaster and the worst shark attack in history. The horrifying series of events started 70 years ago today, July 30, 1945, when the USS Indianapolis was torpedoed by the Japanese in the final days of World War II.