Before this date in 1834 the place we now call Toronto (or trawna... t-dot...) used to be called York, Upper Canada. But the municipality incorporated as the new name of Toronto.
In 1869, Dmitri Mendeleev presents to the Russian Chemical Society his new method of displaying the elements in a 'table' format.
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It was on this day in 1902 that one of the breakaways from the Henry Ford Company created the Cadillac Automobile Company.
Yup, in 1885 on this day, the book on Esperanto was published. This would(n't)-be language was hopeful to be a language the whole world spoke.
Never took off tho'.
It was on this day that Bob Dylan, famed folk singer, got booed on stage at the Newport Folk Festival when he put down his acoustic guitar for his electric.
JUDAS they shouted.
Apparently, the poem about the Pied Piper of Hamelin was said that the piper led out the rats on this day in 1376.
To catch a rat you need good bait, and what better than pie? Well, for a mathematician, the best pie is pi.
On this day in 1937, a man was born who would become known as the 'gonzo journalist' is born.
Then in 2009, the UN decided to honour Nelson Mandela with his own day... today.
Today is World Youth Skills Day
