In 1830 by Pedro Romero of Seville, Spain, founded the first Bullfighting School. Continue reading
Tag: Recreation
Sail Across-the-ocean race
Across-the-ocean race was held in 1866 from Sandy Hook, CT, USA, to Cowes, Isle of Wight, England, with the sponsorship of the New York Yacht Club. Continue reading
Jackie Robertson, First Black Baseball Player
One year before the USA, Canada started a racial integration into professional baseball, which up to 1946 had always been a white man's sport. Continue reading
International Airplane Racing
The first international airplane race was called the Bennett Trophy Race, Continue reading
International Balloon Racing
The James Gordon Bennett Race, was the first International Balloon Race. It was inaugurated in Paris, France, in 1906. Continue reading
Canada wins World Series
The Toronto Blue Jays, a Canadian baseball team wine the World Series in 1992. Beating the Atlanta Braves in 6 games. Continue reading
The sport of Lacrosse is over 3000 years old
A Canadian by the name of George W. Beers codified the rules for modern day Lacrosse in 1867, but the history of the sport goes back as far as 1000 BCE. Continue reading
Solo bicyclist breaks 50 miles per hour.
On May 6th, 1979 at the International Human Powered Vehicle Associations's, 200 meter Flying Start Speed Trials in Ontario Canada... Continue reading
Round the World in a wheelchair
Rick Hanson, a Canadian, paralyzed from waist down, circumnavigated around the world in his wheelchair. Continue reading
Hockey Game gone Wild … Only in Canada
Yep only in Canada could you have a hockey game go wild...
The first indoor hockey game held in 1875 at Victoria Skating Rink in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Continue reading