The first hostels for pilgrims were in operation in Israel for Jewish men who would make their 3 times a year pilgrimage to the Beit ha-Mikdash (a Temple in Jerusalem). Continue reading
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Canadian fur trader reaches Pacific Coast
Leaving from Fort Chipewyan at Lake Athabasca (noa Alberta, Canada) following the Peace River, Parsnip River, Fraser River, along the Blackwater River and Bella Coola River, explorer and fur trader Alexander Machenzie, a Scottish born Canadian crossed the Rocky Mountains to reach what is now Dean Channel on the Pacific coast of British Colombia, Canada on July 22nd, 1793. Continue reading
Beaver Skins shipped from Canada, arrived in Old World
Beaver skins that hunters collected in Canada began shipping them back to the Old World. Continue reading
Free trade for North America … Really?
On December 17th 1992, a free trade agreement called NAFTA (aka. North American Free Trade Agreement) was signed by Canadian Prime Minister Brian Mulroney, United States President George W. Bush and Mexican President Carlos Salinas de Gortari. Continue reading
Businessman worth US$100 billion
William Henry "Bill" Gates III, chairman and co-founder of the Microsoft Corporation, (a software development company) in Redmond, WA, USA, worth slightly more than US$100 billion in April 1999, according to the international business magazine Forbes Global. Continue reading
Ronald McDonald comes to Canada
Get this, Canada was the first country outside the USA, to have a McDonalds. Continue reading
Industrial Trade Show Held in Paris
Temple d'Industrie in Paris, France held the first industrial trade show on September 17, 1798. Continue reading
Invention of Vending Machines
John Glas Sandeman and Percival Everitt of London, England invented vending machines and obtained a U.S. patent on July 28, 1885. Continue reading
First Desalination Plant Built
British engineers at the War Office Revictualizing Station at the island of Helgoland, Germany built a desalination plant in 1855. Continue reading
Goodyear Makes Vulcanized Rubber
Charles Goodyear, an American chemist and inventor of New York, NY, USA produced vulcanized rubber. Continue reading