07 June 2019
A million+ thronged the streets and 500 million watched on TV, today in 1977, as Elizabeth II proclaimed Silver Jubilee celebrations. Popular in México, the first name Israel means 'God contends'. A dental assistant earns $30 per hour in AB; the same career pays $18 per hour in NS. Pakistanis, Swedes, Somalis and Poles are the largest ethnic minorities in Oslo. A dentist’s office is a filling station. The straitjacket was first described in 1772, in a book written by an Irish doctor. In 1927 the KKK boasted 40,000 members in Saskatchewan. It is improper to greet someone with bonsoir before five o’clock in the evening. Today in 1929 Vatican City became a sovereign state. My neighbour tried to join the KKK but his blood wasn’t pure—his parents weren’t even related. Today in 1939, King George VI and Queen Elizabeth opened The Queen Elizabeth Way, this continent’s first superhighway. Houseplants are natural...