The City of Brent was founded in 1898 but was forever changed on May 27, 1973. A site next to the current City Hall building was dedicated to the people of Brent whose lives were forever changed by a devastating tornado on May 27, 1973.
The status of Victoria Day in each of the provinces and territories is as follows: It is a general holiday in Alberta, Manitoba, the Northwest Territories, and Yukon and is a statutory holiday in British Columbia, Ontario, and Saskatchewan.
The Queen's Birthday holiday takes place in the spring in Western Australia but in winter in other states and in the two major mainland territories. In Victoria, Melbourne Cup Day is a public holiday on the first Tuesday in November, the day Australia's best known horse race is run.