Hamilton. The present name, TIGER-CATS, and what is known as the modern era of football started in 1950. 1951 – The end of the streetcar era in Hamilton came in the early hours of April 6, 1951, when the Belt Line route was abandoned, car 519 making the last revenue run. Even though it no longer operated on railway tracks, the name Hamilton Street Railway continued to be used, and is still used today. 1951 – March 28, 1951 – Ballerina Karen Kain born in Hamilton, Ontario. 1953 – Hamilton Tiger-Cats capture their first Grey Cup in Grey Cup #41; (#8 Grey Cup for a football team from Hamilton). The Tiger-Cats defeated the Winnipeg Blue Bombers 12-to-6 at Varsity Stadium in Toronto. 1954 – CHCH began broadcasting in 1954 as a CBC affiliate from a transmitter located at 481 First Road West in Stoney Creek. At the time, all private stations were required to be CBC affiliates. 1954 – "Golden Horseshoe" phrase first used by Westinghouse President, Herbert H. Rogge, in a speech to the Hamilton Chamber of Commerce. (January 12, 1954) 1954 – Hurricane Hazel hits Hamilton. (October 15–16) 1955 – John Callaghan, was a Canadian cardiologist who "pioneered open-heart surgery." He performed Canada's first successful open heart surgery in 1955. 1955 – The Centre Mall was Canada's first mall, built in 1955. One of the first shopping malls in North America, original plans for an enclosed mall were abandoned. 1955 – Hurricane Connie hits Hamilton. (August 13) 1956 – Hamilton is the birthplace of the Pioneer gas station. November 29, 1956, on Upper James Street. Today over 140 locations across Ontario (8% market share in Ontario) making it one of Canada's largest independent gasoline retailers. 1956 – First computerised election in Hamilton's history takes place. 1957 – Hamilton is twinned with Flint, Michigan, and its amateur athletes compete in the Canusa Games, held alternatively there and here since 1957. Through the CANUSA games which date back to 1958, Flint and Hamilton hold the distinction of having the oldest continuous sister-city relationship between a U.S. and Canadian city. 1958 – New courthouse opened on Main East at John, on the site of old 1879 building. 1958 – The Burlington Bay James N. Allan Skyway, originally called the Burlington Bay Skyway and referred to locally as simply the Skyway Bridge, is located in Hamilton and Burlington. The Skyway, as it