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1937 CANADIAN PRINCE VALIANT
New York City - Halifax native Harold Foster 1892-1982 publishes his first Prince Valiant comic strip, calling his original creation 'an illustrated historical novel.' Famed for its superb medieval detail, the strip was Foster's masterpiece, and he would write and illustrate it for the next 42 years; he had already drawn the Tarzan strip from 1929-1937.
1988 Also On This Day...
Calgary Alberta - Calgary plays host to over 1,800 athletes from 57 countries as the 15th Winter Olympics opening ceremonies take place in Olympic Plaza.
1833 Also On This Day...
Hamilton Ontario - Hamilton incorporated as a city; oldest in Ontario. Here is a picture of the city in the 1850s, taken from the Mountain.
In World Events...
1990 Soweto South Africa- Nelson Mandela given hero's welcome on return to black township of Soweto; urges moderation to end apartheid.
1984 USSR - Konstantin Chernenko becomes Soviet Premier on death of Yuri Andropov.
1974 USSR - Alexander Solzhenitsyn stripped of Soviet citizenship and deported; Nobel Prize-winning author of the Gulag Archipelago.
1959 USA - First Barbie Doll goes on sale.
1945 Dresden Germany - Allied planes start fire-bombing of Dresden; over 50,000 die as city completely destroyed.
1914 New York City - Founding of the American Society of Composers, Authors & Publishers (ASCAP).
1858 Tanzania - Richard Burton and John Speke the first Europeans to discover Lake Tanganyika.
1692 Glencoe Scotland - John Campbell, heading an English force, leads a massacre of the Macdonald clan.
1689 London England - William of Orange and his wife, Mary, daughter of James II, declared joint sovereigns of Great Britain and Ireland; Parliament adopts Bill of Rights.
1668 Lisbon Portugal - Spain signs the Treaty of Lisbon, recognizing the independence of Portugal.
1542 London England - Catherine Howard executed for adultery; fifth wife of Henry VIII.
1937 CANADIAN PRINCE VALIANT
New York City - Halifax native Harold Foster 1892-1982 publishes his first Prince Valiant comic strip, calling his original creation 'an illustrated historical novel.' Famed for its superb medieval detail, the strip was Foster's masterpiece, and he would write and illustrate it for the next 42 years; he had already drawn the Tarzan strip from 1929-1937.
1988 Also On This Day...
Calgary Alberta - Calgary plays host to over 1,800 athletes from 57 countries as the 15th Winter Olympics opening ceremonies take place in Olympic Plaza.
1833 Also On This Day...
Hamilton Ontario - Hamilton incorporated as a city; oldest in Ontario. Here is a picture of the city in the 1850s, taken from the Mountain.
In World Events...
1990 Soweto South Africa- Nelson Mandela given hero's welcome on return to black township of Soweto; urges moderation to end apartheid.
1984 USSR - Konstantin Chernenko becomes Soviet Premier on death of Yuri Andropov.
1974 USSR - Alexander Solzhenitsyn stripped of Soviet citizenship and deported; Nobel Prize-winning author of the Gulag Archipelago.
1959 USA - First Barbie Doll goes on sale.
1945 Dresden Germany - Allied planes start fire-bombing of Dresden; over 50,000 die as city completely destroyed.
1914 New York City - Founding of the American Society of Composers, Authors & Publishers (ASCAP).
1858 Tanzania - Richard Burton and John Speke the first Europeans to discover Lake Tanganyika.
1692 Glencoe Scotland - John Campbell, heading an English force, leads a massacre of the Macdonald clan.
1689 London England - William of Orange and his wife, Mary, daughter of James II, declared joint sovereigns of Great Britain and Ireland; Parliament adopts Bill of Rights.
1668 Lisbon Portugal - Spain signs the Treaty of Lisbon, recognizing the independence of Portugal.
1542 London England - Catherine Howard executed for adultery; fifth wife of Henry VIII.
