First person presented the Nobel Prize in two different categories of Chemistry and Peace was in 1963 (first award was in 1954)
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International Airmail Service between Canada and United States of America…
The first international airmail service between Seattle, WA, USA, and Victoria, British Colombia, Canada, a 74 mile (118 km) trip by air, was on March 3rd, 1919. Continue reading
The Quartz Clock, Invented by a Canadian
The inventor of the quartz clock is Warren Marrison, a Canadian-born, Telecommunications Engineer, working at Bell Laboratories in Holmdel, NJ, USA. 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
James Gordon Bennett, investigative reporter
The first Investigative Reporter was non other than James Gordon Bennett of New York, NY, USA, Continue reading
King George VI – King of England
George VI (Albert Frederick Arthur George; 14 December 1895 – 6 February 1952) was King of the United Kingdom and the Dominions of the British Commonwealth from 11 December 1936 until his death. Continue reading
Hideki Yukawa, first Asian to receive Nobel Prize in Physics
Edgar Rice Burroughs
Edgar Rice Burroughs was born on September 1, 1875, in Chicago, Illinois (he later lived for many years in the suburb of Oak Park), the fourth son of Major George Tyler Burroughs (1833–1913), a businessman and Civil War veteran, and his wife, Mary Evaline (Zieger) Burroughs (1840–1920). Continue reading
Solo Sailing Journey Around-the-World
Captain Joshua Slocum, a Canadian Mariner, sailed Around-the-World on The Spray, a restored fishing sloop in 1895. Continue reading
Gerty Theresa Cori, first Woman to receive Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
First Woman presented the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine was in 1947
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