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3 July 2019
- 00:00, 3 July 2019 (UTC)
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America in Meissen porcelain, 1760s
- ... that a new personification was developed for the Americas (example pictured) after their discovery by Europeans?
- ... that in 2018, Lorraine Janzen Kooistra was elected a fellow of the Royal Society of Canada for her work in 19th-century literature?
2 July 2019
- 00:00, 2 July 2019 (UTC)
A serving of poutine
- ... that poutine (example pictured) and back bacon on a bun were served while the Beaver was awarded to Made in Canada at the inaugural Canadian Comedy Awards?
- ... that the FM Non-Duplication Rule adopted by the FCC 55 years ago today led to the creation of the album-oriented and classic rock radio formats?
- ... that 11th-century scholar Ahmad ibn Ibrahim al-Naysaburi, an authority on the early history of Isma'ilism, composed the first official genealogy of the Fatimid dynasty?
- ... that the WWE 24/7 Championship, a professional wrestling championship, can be defended anytime, anywhere, as long as a WWE referee is present?
- ... that Women and Politics in Canada by Janine Brodie was the first book to study Canadian women in political campaigns between 1945 and 1975?
- ... that John Casken's opera Golem won the 1991 Gramophone Classical Music Award for Best Contemporary Recording?
- ... that before his accession to the Scottish Parliament in 2016, Bill Bowman lived and worked for more than a decade in Bucharest?
- ... that the 1458 Loveday, which was intended to unite Henry VI's nobility, only resulted in uniting his enemies?
1 July 2019
- 00:00, 1 July 2019 (UTC)
Frank Borman on Apollo 8 launch day
- ... that after retirement from NASA, astronaut Frank Borman (pictured) became a special advisor to Eastern Air Lines, and helped rescue survivors of the Eastern Air Lines Flight 401 crash near Florida's Everglades?
- ... that for his opera Stephen Climax, composer Hans Zender wrote a libretto which juxtaposes the life of Simeon Stylites with scenes from Ulysses by James Joyce?
- ... that Dutch pool player Nick van den Berg has competed in the Mosconi Cup eight times and lost only once, in the 2003 event?
- ... that according to motivation crowding theory, adding incentives for some behavior can sometimes backfire and actually result in less of that behavior?
- ... that Wei Shoukun, the longest-lived academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, taught at 10 universities over his 80-year career?
- ... that the wildlife of Senegal includes a critically endangered subspecies of the giant eland and the common Senegal one-striped grass mouse?
- ... that despite being parodied on World Wrestling Federation TV as "Billionaire Ted", World Championship Wrestling owner Ted Turner reportedly found the sketches funny?
- ... that Edward McGeachy took a butler with him when he surveyed Fort Stewart Estate in colonial Jamaica?