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Dan Gall
Jun 25, 2017, 4:48:55 AM6/25/17
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June 25, 1647
First horses arrive in Canada; gift from the King of France to Governor
Charles de Montmagny; by 1671, there were enough colts born to supply
the colony's needs; origin of Canadian breed. Québec, Québec
June 25, 1876
On this day in 1876, Native American forces led by Chiefs Crazy Horse
and Sitting Bull defeat the U.S. Army troops of Lieutenant Colonel
George Armstrong Custer in a bloody battle near southern Montana’s
Little Bighorn River.
June 25, 1993
In Ottawa, Kim Campbell is sworn in as Canada’s 19th prime minister,
becoming the first woman to hold the country’s highest office.
Prime Minister Campbell won widespread public approval, but the
Conservative mandate to govern had nearly expired, and she was forced to
call for a general election to be held in October. On October 25, 1993,
the Conservatives’ nine years as Canada’s ruling party came to a
decisive end. Voters had become disenchanted with the party after
enduring higher taxes and constitutional crisis under Mulroney, and the
Conservatives were reduced to just two seats in the House of Commons.
Campbell herself lost her Vancouver seat and retired from politics.
*****
Thought of the Day
Sometimes I get the feeling the whole world is against me, but deep down
I know that's not true. Some smaller countries are neutral.
Robert Orben
*****
Question of the Day
Bananas are likely to have been first domesticated where?
Yesterdays Question
Almost all modern edible seedless bananas come from what two wild species?
Answer
Musa acuminata and Musa balbisiana
First horses arrive in Canada; gift from the King of France to Governor
Charles de Montmagny; by 1671, there were enough colts born to supply
the colony's needs; origin of Canadian breed. Québec, Québec
June 25, 1876
On this day in 1876, Native American forces led by Chiefs Crazy Horse
and Sitting Bull defeat the U.S. Army troops of Lieutenant Colonel
George Armstrong Custer in a bloody battle near southern Montana’s
Little Bighorn River.
June 25, 1993
In Ottawa, Kim Campbell is sworn in as Canada’s 19th prime minister,
becoming the first woman to hold the country’s highest office.
Prime Minister Campbell won widespread public approval, but the
Conservative mandate to govern had nearly expired, and she was forced to
call for a general election to be held in October. On October 25, 1993,
the Conservatives’ nine years as Canada’s ruling party came to a
decisive end. Voters had become disenchanted with the party after
enduring higher taxes and constitutional crisis under Mulroney, and the
Conservatives were reduced to just two seats in the House of Commons.
Campbell herself lost her Vancouver seat and retired from politics.
*****
Thought of the Day
Sometimes I get the feeling the whole world is against me, but deep down
I know that's not true. Some smaller countries are neutral.
Robert Orben
*****
Question of the Day
Bananas are likely to have been first domesticated where?
Yesterdays Question
Almost all modern edible seedless bananas come from what two wild species?
Answer
Musa acuminata and Musa balbisiana
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