1. Les Expos A CHC 2D Canadian History Presentation

2. TV Sports with colour TV, Canadians got an improved look at sports events across the country and beyond beyond included the 1968 Summer Olympic Games in Mexico City, which introduced the universal icons instead of using text in multiple languages today, those universal icons are on bathrooms across the world but in Canada, there was a new important sport to watch on top of hockey and the CFL…

3. Triple-A Montreal tried to have a professional baseball team as far back as 1890 but the longest any team could last was the Montreal Royals’ 20 seasons between 1897 and 1917 in 1928, the Royals were revived as a Triple-A team serving the Brooklyn Dodgers the Royals won three Junior World Series titles — and included on their 1946 team Jackie Robinson in 1960, to cut costs, Brooklyn sold the team and it moved

4. The Bid almost immediately, Montreal mayor Jean Drapeau began putting together a bid for a major league team they missed the 1962 expansion but were able to submit a bid for the 1967 expansion the bid was built around six partners, led by Seagram’s CEO Charles Bronfman for $10 million, Montreal was offered a 1969 expansion team along with the city of San Diego

5. The Stadium Montreal’s biggest issue was the stadium the city promised the League it would have a new stadium in two years, but that was a promise that could not be kept the Autostade, where The Alouettes played, could not support a dome for the winter weeks Buffalo made moves to get the team but then the solution arrived: Jarry Park

6. The Name Montreal’s next issue was the name itself traditionally, Montreal had called its team The Royals but the name was taken by Kansas City it was decided to name the team after the most recent major event in the city’s history the name also worked in both official languages

7. The Opening The Expos made their debut at Shea Stadium on 8 April 1969 their first home game was against the St. Louis Cardinals on 14 April 1969 friends of Bronfman arrived in top hats via limousine The Expos became an important attraction to the city — and would have notable stars in its first decade such as Rusty Staub and Pete Rose

8. The Opening