Daily Calendar for July 1st, 2021
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The Old Farmer's Almanac daily calendar gives you quick reference for the significant events on any day throughout the year.
Canada Day commemorates the creation of the Dominion of Canada. On July 1, 1867, the British North America Act established "one Dominion under the name of Canada" out of the colonies of Upper Canada, Lower Canada, Nova Scotia and New Brunswick, dividing it into four provinces named Ontario, Quebec, Nova Scotia, and New Brunswick. Canada Day was so named by Parliament in 1982; previous names were First of July, July the First, Confederation Day, and Dominion Day.
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Born 1872: Louis Blériot (first man to fly across the English Channel)
1873: Prince Edward Island joined the Canadian Confederation
1874: First U.S. zoo opened, with bear pit and lion house, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Born 1877: Benjamin Oliver Davis (first African American general in U.S. Army)
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1921: First sales tax in U.S. began in West Virginia100 Years Ago
1927: First Piano Concerto by Bela Bartok premiered in Frankfurt, Germany