🎉 Canada Day: Canada's birthday
Where: Parliament Hill, Ottawa
📅 On This Day: July 1
July 1: Canada Day: Canada's birthday. On 1 July 1867, three colonies joined together and Canada was born. On this day, concerts fill Parliament Hill in the capital, Ottawa, and an aerobatic team flies overhead. People wave the red maple-leaf flag to wish their country a happy birthday.
✨ More events on this day
- 1874 💡 In 1874 the Sholes and Glidden typewriter went on sale, and it became the first typewriter that lots of people actually bought and used.
- 1903 🏅 The very first Tour de France bicycle race started in 1903, and today riders still race around France for three weeks every summer.
- 2004 🚀 In 2004 the Cassini–Huygens spacecraft fired its engine and slipped into orbit around Saturn, ready to study the ringed planet and its moons for years.
🧠 Question of the day
What is on Canada's flag?
- A blue star
- A red maple leaf
- A yellow sunflower
Show the answer
Answer: A red maple leaf
🎂 Landmarks that opened on July 1
Questions
What happened on July 1?
July 1: Canada Day: Canada's birthday. It happened in Parliament Hill, Ottawa.
Which landmarks opened on July 1?
Notre-Dame Basilica of Montreal (dedicated 1829).
In the game, the "Today on Earth" panel shows this story on its day, with a question to answer and a place to fly to.
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Source: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canada_Day