23 July 2018

Belgian priest Father Georges Lemaître postulated The Big Bang Theory in 1927.

It was a black day in July-the Detroit Riot-began today in 1967. 43 died, 342 injured 1,400 buildings burnt.

Trans-Canada Air began flights to the UK, carrying mail and military personnel, on this date in 1943.

As a child, Narendra Modi, India’s 14th Prime Minister, helped his father sell tea.

The first satellite to orbit Earth was the moon.

More than 13,500 Canadians have served in Afghanistan since 2002--lest we forget.

There are 20 fields of veterinary dentistry. 

Jack and Jill first went up the hill in the 1760s.

Americans fill prescriptions at any of 67,000 pharmacies.

Panamanians identify dental care as a ‘route canal’. 

Today in 1974, the Bank of Canada hiked the lending rate to 9.4%.

Forbes fingers Xi, Putin, Trump and Merkel as Earth's most powerful people.

Germany and France are the world’s leading producers of biodiesel. 

Louis XV gave Baccarat Crystal its charter in 1764.

During that last earthquake in Vancouver, The Royal Bank slid into default.

Anne of Green Gables first arrived on Prince Edward Island 110 years ago.

The Salt Lake Temple seats 7,000 Latter Day Saints.

Ice cream was prescribed as medicine in ancient Greece.

At 31, Karl I abdicated the Austrian throne on 11 November 1918; he died three years later.

Subjects stand for royalty. Her Majesty sits down for royal tea.

Thought of the Day: Detroit's motto is Speramus meliora; resurgent cineribus, which translates to “We hope for better things; it shall arise from the ashes.”  ~Father Gabriel Richard, 1805