1678 - Founding of the Parish of Montreal

1775 - US Navy established

1783 �?The first survey under civil authority in Ontario laid out the original town plot of Kingston

1853 - City of Sherbrooke, Quebec donates a Canadian/American flag to be flown on the boundary; one side has the Stars and Stripes, the other the British Cross of St. George

1854 - Great Western Railway express train hits a gravel train between Chatham and Windsor; 52 killed, 48 injured in Canada's first major rail accident

1856 �?The Grand Trunk Railway line between Montreal and Toronto was opened

1858 - RH Macy & Co opens first store on 6th Avenue in NY City

1874 -  Launching of `William D. Lawrence' at Maitland, NS; largest wooden ship ever built in Atlantic Canada

1904 - America's first subway, the IRT (Interborough Rapid Transit), opens in NY City

1918 - CPR steamship Princess Sophia foundered off the BC coast losing all 343 passengers/crew and the only survivor was a dog

1925 - Water skis patented by Fred Waller

1938 - DuPont announces its new synthetic fiber will be called "nylon"

1947 - "You Bet Your Life", with Groucho Marx, premieres on ABC radio

1951 �?Victoria Hospital in London, Ontario treated the first patient with a form of radiation therapy, cobalt 60, perfected in Canada

1954 - Walt Disney's first TV show, "Disneyland," premieres on ABC

1957 - Montreal Canadiens Captain Maurice Richard scores his 500th career NHL goal, in his 863rd game

1960 - Ben E. King records "Stand By Me" and "Spanish Harlem"

1967 - Montreal's Expo 67 world's fair closes its doors after playing host to 40,300,000 visitors

1968 �?The equestrian team of Thomas Gayford, James Day and James Elder won Canada’s only gold medal at the Mexico City Olympics

1971 - Republic of the Congo becomes Republic of Zaire

1979 - NY Islanders score 2 goals within 6 seconds 3 goals within 44 seconds

1979 - St Vincent & the Grenadines becomes independent of UK

1988 - "ET" released to home video with 14 million presold

1994 - The U.S. Justice Department announces that the U.S. prison population has topped one million for the first time in American history

1994 - Opening of Institute for Aerospace Studies in Montreal

1995 - Jean Chrétien addresses over 40,000 people at Place du Canada in the biggest political rally in Canadian history 3 days before the Quebec Referendum

1997 - After a record drop in the Dow Jones index, Wall Street cuts off trading for the first time

 

Birthdays

1728 - James Cook, Marton England - explorer: discovered Sandwich Islands
1782 - Niccolo Paganini, Genoa Italy - composer: Princess Lucca
1811 - Issac Merrit Singer, Pittstown NY - inventor: first practical home sewing machine
1858 - Theodore Roosevelt, NY City - 26th US President
1872 - Emily Post - authority on social behavior/author: Etiquette
1889 - Enid Bagnold - author
1910 - Fred de Cordova - film/TV producer: The Tonight Show
1910 - Jack Carson, Carman Manitoba - actor: Star is Born, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
1911 - Leif Erickson, California - actor: Invaders from Mars, On the Waterfront
1914 - Dylan Marlais Thomas, Swansea Wales - poet: Child's Christmas in Wales, A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Dog
1915 - Harry Saltzman, Saint John, NB - movie producer: co-produced the first 9 James Bond films with Cubby Broccoli
1920 - Nanette Fabray, San Diego California - actress: One Day at a Time
1922 - Ralph Kiner - baseball player: Pittsburgh Pirates
1923 - Ruby Dee, Cleveland Ohio - actress: Raisin in the Sun, Cat People
1925 - Jane Connell, Oakland California - actress: Jane-Stanley, Bridget-Dumpling
1925 - Mary Kay Steans, Glendale California - actress: Mary Kay & Johnny
1926 - HR Haldeman - former White House Chief of Staff/Watergate figure
1928 - Kyle Rote - NFL player: NY Giants
1928 - Gilles Vigneault, Natashquan Quebec - singer: Gens du Pays, Mon Pays
1930 - Bill George - NFL player:Chicago Bears, LA Rams
1933 - Floyd Cramer, Louisiana - musician: Last Date, On the Rebound
1939 - John Cleese - comedian/actor: Monty Python, Fawlty Towers
1940 - Lee Greenwood - singer: God Bless the USA
1940 - John Gotti, NY City - organized crime boss
1946 - Carrie Snodgress, Barrington Ill - actress: Diary of Mad Housewife; wife of singer Neil Young
1948 - Garth Drabinsky, Toronto - entertainment mogul: Cineplex Odeon, Livent
1952 - Roberto Benigni, Arezzo Italy - actor: Life is Beautiful, Son of the Pink Panther
1953 - Peter Firth, Bradford England - actor: Equus, Lifeforce, Tess
1958 - Simon Le Bon - singer: Duran, Duran-Hungry Like the Wolf
1963 - Deborah Moore, London England - actress: Danielle-Day of Our Lives
1963 - Marla Maples, Dalton Ga - model/Donald Trump's wife
1971 - Mike Ricci, Scarborough Ont - NHL player: Colorado Avlanche, San Jose Sharks

 

 

Loose Living & Cheap Women
  
A man who reeked of alcohol flopped on a subway seat next to a priest. The man's tie was stained; his face was plastered with red lipstick, and a half empty bottle of rum was sticking out of his ripped jacket pocket.
 
He opened his newspaper and started reading. After a few minutes, the disheveled guy turned to the priest and asked "Say, Father, do you know what causes arthritis?"
 
The priest, disgusted by the man's appearance and behavior snapped "It's caused by loose living, being with cheap, wicked women, too much alcohol, and a contempt for your fellow man!"
 
"Well, I'll be," the man muttered and returned to his newspaper.
 
The priest, thinking about what he had said, nudged the man and apologized, "I'm sorry to have come on so strong - I didn't mean it. How long have you been suffering from arthritis?"
 
"I don't have it, Father. I was just reading here that the Pope does."