Death of historian, linguist, writer and politician Taamusi Qumaq in Puvirnituq (Nunavik) in 1993.

Birth of historian, linguist, writer and politician Taamusi Qumaq in Niqsiturlik (Nunavik) in 1914.

« From what my parents told me, I was born in January 1914. My father noted the time of my birth. So, I know I came into the world that year, on an island just north of Inukjuak. »

(Taamusi Qumaq, Je veux que les Inuit soient libres de nouveau, Québec, Les Presses de l'Université du Québec, coll. « Jardin de givre », 2009, p. 33.)

Publication of the English translation of the novel Harpoon of the hunter, by Markoosie Patsauq from Nunavik

Birth of novelist, aviator and activist Markoosie Patsauq in Inukjuak (Nunavik) in 1941.