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National Engineering Week
1989 The Canadian Space Agency (CSA) is formed
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1949 First nonstop flight around the world
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1847 Alexander Graham Bell's birthday
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World Math Day
1901 Wilbur Franks , inventor of the flight suit, is born in Weston, ON
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1872 George Westinghouse patents the air brake
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1834 York, Canada incorporates to become known as Toronto
1950 Silly putty is introduced as a toy
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1979 Scientists discover a ring around Jupiter while examining photos from the Voyager 1 Spacecraft
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1995 A temperature of -42.2C is recorded in Chosedacharad, Russia
International Women's Day
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Commonwealth Day
1822 Artificial teeth are patented
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1876 Alexander Graham Bell relays the first phone message: "Mr. Watson, come here. I need you."
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1811 Luddite riots begin in Nottingham, England
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1835 Astronomer Simon Newcomb is born in Wallace, NS
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1781 William Herschel discovers Uranus
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1879 Physicist Albert Einstein's birthday
1794 Eli Whitney patents the cotton gin
Daylight Savings Time
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2004 Scientists report the discovery of Sedna , the most distant object in the solar system
Mid-Winter Break (March 15 -19)
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1926 The first liquid-fuel rocket is successfully launched travelling 56 meters in 2.5 seconds
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1963 Mount Agung on Bali erupts killing 1,184 people
St. Patrick's Day
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1965 Cosmonaut Aleksei A. Leonov becomes the first person to float in space
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1932 Australia's Sydney Harbour Bridge opens
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First Day of Spring (Vernal Equinox) - Activities and Resources
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International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination - United Nations Cyberschoolbus
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World Water Day - Top Ten Ways to Celebrate World Water Day
1895 The first theatrical showing of a moving picture (Paris, France)
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World Meteorological Day - Environment Canada: Sky Watchers Teachers' Corner
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1936 Geneticist, Environmentalist, and television host David T. Suzuki is born in Vancouver, BC
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1919 Einstein's Theory of Relativity (first announced in 1915) is proven by observations made during a solar eclipse
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1885 Eastman Kodak produces the first commercial moving picture film in Rochester, NY
1953 Dr. Jonas Salk's polio vaccine is announced
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1968 The windsurfer is patented
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1797 Nathaniel Briggs patents the washing machine
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1848 Niagara Falls runs dry when ice floes driven by high winds dam the mouth of the river in Fort Erie stopping the falls
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1842 The first surgical operation using ether as an anesthetic is carried out by Dr. Crawford Long of Jefferson, Georgia
Passover
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1811 Robert Wilhelm Bunsen , who inspired the burner named after him, is born
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