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1831 Emily Stowe , the first female doctor to practice in Canada, is born in Norwich Township
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Astronomy Day
1952 The world's first jetliner, the De Havilland Comet sets off from London to Johannesburg on its maiden flight
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International Composting Week - Composting Council of Canada
1765 The first medical school in N. America is opened in Philadelphia
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1776 Invisible Ink is used for the first time in official documents (during the American Revolution) Making Invisible Ink Appear
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1930 Amy Johnson begins the first solo flight by a woman between England and Australia
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1856 Sigmund Freud's birthday
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1939 Nobel prize (1989) Chemist Sid Altman is born in Montreal, QC
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1902 Mount Pelee erupts destroying the town of St. Pierre, Martinique
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Canada Wide Science Fair (May 9-17) Winnipeg, MB
1882 The stethoscope is patented
Mothers Day
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1946 Anthropologist Birute Galdikas , the world's foremost authority on orangutans, is born
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National Mining Week
1997 Deep Blue defeats world champion Garry Kasparov in a six game chess match
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1820 Florence Nightingale , the founder of modern nursing, is born
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1873 The first mine disaster at Westville , NS, kills 60 miners
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1935 Robin Louis Armstrong , known for his research in condensed matter physics, in born in Galt, ON
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1934 Immunologist Julia Levy's birthday
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1930 Prospector Gilbert LaBine discovers uranium and radium at Great Bear Lake, NWT
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World Information Society Day
1991 British cyber specialist Tim Berners-Lee makes a presentation on the development of a "World Wide Web"
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1980 Mount St. Helens erupts in Washington State, USA - GEOGRAPHY4KIDS: Volcanoes
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1956 Canadian computer scientist and inventor of 'Java' , James Gosling's birthday
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World Metrology Day
1873 Levis Strauss patents denim pants
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1927 Charles Lindbergh becomes the first person to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean
1932 Amelia Earhart becomes the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean
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International Day for Biological Diversity
- Invasive Alien Species in Canada
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World Turtle Day
1981 Opening of the amusement park Canada's Wonderland
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1883 Brooklyn Bridge , the first steel-wire suspension bridge, opens to the public
Victoria Day
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1961 A formal announcement of a lunar landing is made by JFK
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1903 Granville T. Woods receives a patent for an "Electric Railway"
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1907 Environmentalist and author Rachel Carson's birthday
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1934 The Dionne quintuplets are born near North Bay, ON
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1953 Edmund Hillary and Tensing Norgay are the first to climb to the top of Mount Everest
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Canadian Environment Week May 31 – June 6
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Canada Environment Week - Environment Canada Kids' Zone
1997 The 12.9 km Confederation Bridge opens connecting Borden-Carleton, PEI and Cape Jourimain, NB
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