Wednesday 1 July 2015

July 1st 2015 – What’s happening on this day?

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July 1st 2015 – What’s happened on this day?

First of all Happy Canada Day! On July 1, 1867, the nation was officially born when the Constitution Act joined three provinces into one country: Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, and the Canada province, which then split into Ontario and Quebec. However, Canada was not completely independent of England until 1982. The holiday called Dominion Day was officially established in 1879, but it wasn't observed by many Canadians, who considered themselves to be British citizens.

In Bulgaria, there is a tradition called July Morning dating from the hippy period in 1980s and maybe as far back as the 1970s. Young (and not so young) people from all over the country travel (often hitchhike) to the Black Sea coast to meet the first sun rays on the 1st of July


Some other useful (? ) facts that you can impress your family and friends with include:
15 years ago  Westlife was No 1 in the chart with Flying Without Wings
Today would have been Princess Diana's 54th Birthday .

Going back a little  further back in time:

1903 - 1st Tour de France bicycle race begins

1905 - Albert Einstein introduces his theory of relativity

1916 - Coca-Cola brings current coke formula to the market

1937 - Britain begins using 999 emergency phone number

1997 Hong Kong Handover from British Rule 1st July 1997 : Hong Kong is handed back to the Chinese authorities after 156 years as a British colony. Tung Chee-hwa was sworn in as Hong Kong's new leader. 

England 2007 England Smoking Ban 1st July 2007 


Spread your knowledge around today ;-) 

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