Get this, Canada was the first country outside the USA, to have a McDonalds. Continue reading
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Large mammal discovered since World War II
In June 1993, John Mackinnon a British zoologist and head of the Asian Bureau for Conservation in Hong Kong described Pseudoryx nghetinhenis as bovid a new species cow, based on skulls and hides. Continue reading
Non stop transatlantic flight from Canada to Ireland
Captain John Williams Alcock, Pilot and Lieutenant Arthur Witten Brown, Navigator took a Vickers Vimy Twin Engine (360 horsepower Rolls-Royce Engines) airplane from Canada to Ireland. Continue reading
Airplane equipped with its own parachute
The SR-20, a small single-engine plane by the Cirrus Design Corporation, Duluth, MN, USA, was equipped with its own parachute as standard equipment in June 1999. Continue reading
Ocean-Mapping Satellite Launched
The ocean-mapping satellite was Seasat 1, launched by the United States on June 26, 1978. Continue reading
Superman Comic Book Published
Jerry Siegel and artist Joseph Shuster, were American high school students in Cleveland, OH, USA Continue reading
Roller Coaster Opens at Coney Island
Lemarcus Adna Thompson, a former Sunday school teacher invented the roller coaster Continue reading
Goodyear Makes Vulcanized Rubber
Charles Goodyear, an American chemist and inventor of New York, NY, USA produced vulcanized rubber. Continue reading
Liberator of Ecuador
Free Ecuador leader, Antonio Jose de Sucre was the chief general of Simon Bolivar in the struggle for South American independence from Spain. Continue reading
Steamboat Phoenix Makes Ocean Voyage
The Phoenix steamboat made an ocean voyage on June 10, 1809, while under the command of Moses Roger Continue reading