Frigate HMCS Hallowell paid off Esquimalt, British Columbia.

Frigate HMCS Lauzon paid off Shelburne, Nova Scotia.

Frigate HMCS Port Colborne paid off Halifax and laid up Bedford Basin

Frigate HMCS Strathadam paid off Halifax and laid up Shelburne, Nova Scotia.

1962 (WEDNESDAY) 

UNITED STATES: Eleanor Roosevelt, the widow of President Franklin D. Roosevelt, dies in New York City at age 78. After the President's death in 1945 she returned to a cottage at his Hyde Park estate and told reporters: "the story is over." Within six months, President Harry S. Truman appointed her special delegate to the United Nations, then meeting for the very first time. She served as a delegate for six years, until she was almost 68 years old. Her years in service at the UN were a remarkable tribute to her ability to work for freedom and justice for all peoples. She was in charge of the group who wrote the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the Magna Carta for all humankind. Eleanor was awarded the first United Nations Human Rights Prize. During this time she also had her own radio show and television program, where she interviewed the important people of the day. She used her fame to raise money and interest for charities. She wrote three books, a daily newspaper column, and a monthly column for a women's magazine. She continued a vigorous career until her strength began to wane in 1962. She is buried at Hyde Park beside her husband.