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  1. Made In Quebec

    Event of the day: May 16th

    Did you know that, 74 years ago, marked the end of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising. It was an act of Jewish resistance to the Holocaust while the Nazi occupied Poland. They did not want to be transported to Treblinka so they refused to surrender to the police commander. Unfortunately, the police...
  2. Made In Quebec

    Event of the day: May 15th

    Did you know that, 1,796 years ago, Liu Bei, a chinese warlord proclaims himself emperor of Shu Han. We would die about two years later, being succeded by his son. This period, commonly called the Three Kingdoms was a period of civil wars in China. It has a strong popular culture following as...
  3. Made In Quebec

    Event of the day: May 14th

    Did you know that, 78 years ago, the youngest mother in history gave birth to her son at the age of 5 year 7 months and 21 day. She suffered from some sort of early development, she had her first periods somewhere between 8 month and 2 year, and started having noticeable breasts at the age of...
  4. Made In Quebec

    Event of the day: May 11th

    Did you know that, 707 years ago, in France, 54 members of the Knights Templar are burned at the stakes on counts of heresy. The Knights Templar has been for almost 200 years an important christian military organisation that played crucial roles in the crusade. Unfortunately, toward the end of...
  5. Made In Quebec

    Event of the day: May 10th

    Oh I'll have to watch this video when I get home later :D Sounds fun!
  6. Made In Quebec

    Event of the day: May 10th

    Did you know that, 42 years ago, Sony introduced the Betamax videocassette recorder in Japan. It could record up to two hours of videos, but it eventually became obsolete as it loss the videotape format war to VHS, the latter which evolved to allow up to 8 hours of recording! History, needs...
  7. Made In Quebec

    Event of the day: May 9th

    Did you know that, 631 years ago, England and Portugal enters in an alliance following the marriage of King John 1 of Portugal to Phillipa of Lancaster, daughter of the 1st Duke of Lancaster. This lead to the signing of the Treaty of Windsor. It is the oldest diplomatic alliance that is still...
  8. Made In Quebec

    Event of the day: May 8th

    Did you know that, 37 years ago, the World Health Organisation annouced the complete eradication of smallpox? Smallpox was an infectious disease causing severe rashes and eventually evolved to a bunch of blisters all over the body. It could cause death in serious cases, and for a long time it...
  9. Made In Quebec

    Event of the day: May 7th

    Did you know that, 25 years ago, the maiden flight of the space shuttle Endeavour occurs with mission STS-49. The goal of that mission was to retrieve a satellite that was not launched properly and relaunch it. The mission was a success. Edneavour would stay in service until 2011 and perform 25...
  10. Made In Quebec

    Event of the day: May 6th

    Did you know that, 80 years ago, the famous airship Hindenburg arrives in Lakehurst, New Jersey at the Naval air station to perform it's landing. It suddenly catches fire and fully burned down within a minute of the start. 36 people died in this incident. Many hypothesis has been put forward...
  11. Made In Quebec

    Event of the day: May 5th

    Did you know that, 71 years ago, marks the opening of the International military tribunal for the far east, in Tokyo. Twenty-eight military and government officials are accused of war crimes and crimes against humanity. These charges were mainly based on what was later described as the Massacre...
  12. Made In Quebec

    Event of the day: May 4th

    Did you know that, 98 years ago, a student demonstration named the "May Fourth Movemement" occured at Tiananmen Square in Beijing China. The mob was protesting against the weak response from China in regards to the treaty of Versaille, which sceded territory in the Shandong Region to the...
  13. Made In Quebec

    Event of the day: May 3rd

    I am glad you enjoy them :) I am fascinated by history, we only know so much of the world. It's so amazing when you take the time to sit down, see at everything that happened, leading to what we became today. The hardship that people before us had to go through amazes me, and I am sometimes...
  14. Made In Quebec

    Event of the day: May 3rd

    Did you know that, 116 years ago, after a long period of drought, a spark from a chimney caused a fire outbreak in Jacksonville, Florida which became known as the Great Fire of 1901. The spark ignited a pile of spanish moss that was drying nearby. Factory workers attempted to put out the fire...
  15. Made In Quebec

    Event of the day: May 2nd

    Did you know that, 481 years ago, Anne Boleyn, the second wife of King Henry VIII of England gets arrested and put to jail on charges of adultery, incest, treason, and witchcraft. None of the charges had conclusive evidence, and it is widely believed that it was just a way for the King to "get...
  16. Made In Quebec

    Event of the day: May 1st

    Did you know that, 151 years ago, a major racial riot broke out in Memphis, between white policemen and mobs against black soldiers and resident. This event lead to 46 black man dead, 5 black woman raped, many more injured and robbed, schools and churches burned out in the black community...
  17. Made In Quebec

    Event of the day: April 30th

    Did you know that, 228 years ago, on the balcony of federal hall on wall street in New York city, Georges Washington takes the oath of office to become the first elected president of the United States? History, needs never be forgotten!
  18. Made In Quebec

    Event of the day: April 29th

    Did you know that, 588 years ago, young Joan of Arc arrives in Orleans to relieve the siege by the british army. She joined the french army at a time where their morale was at an all time low and defeat was inevitable. Somehow, she managed to turn the tides with apparent divine guidance, and...
  19. Made In Quebec

    Event of the day: April 28th

    Did you know that, 148 years ago, chinese and irish workers from the Central Pacific Railroad, managed to lay down 10 miles of railroad in just one day? That feat has never been matched to this day. Impressive don't you think? History, needs never be forgotten!
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