History

100 Greatest Events in Canadian History

Submitted by blindsider on Wed, 11/17/2010 - 19:24
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  • Bjarni Sights America (985 AD)
  • John Cabot Claims Atlantic Coast (Jun 24, 1497)
  • Cartier Lands at Gaspé (Jul 24, 1534)
  • Founding of Québec (Jul 4, 1608)
  • Founding of Cupids Bay (Jul 5, 1610)
  • Maisonneuve Founds Ville-Marie (May 18, 1642)
  • Huronia Destroyed (Apr 17, 1649)
  • Hudson's Bay Co Founded (May 2, 1670)
  • Founding of Halifax (Jun 21, 1749 to Jul 9, 1749)
  • Expulsion of the Acadians (Jul 28, 1755 to Jul 31, 1755)
  • First Elected Parliament (Oct 2, 1758)
  • Battle of the Plains of Abraham (Sep 13, 1759)
  • Pontiac's Alliance (1763)
  • Quebec Act Passed (Jun 22, 1774)
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Top 10 Greatest Military Leaders of All Time

Submitted by blindsider on Wed, 11/17/2010 - 19:17
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1. Alexander The Great

2. Julius Caesar

3. Hannibal

4. Richard The Lionheart

5. Napoleon Bonaparte

6. General George S. Patton

7. Mao Zedong

8. Georgi Zhukov

9. Thomas Stonewall Jackson

10. Horatio Nelson

Author Comments: 

I'll eventually discuss each of them in greater detail

Top 10 Most Influential Video Games of All Time

Submitted by ATRUEZELDAFAN on Sun, 05/09/2010 - 16:37
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  • 10.Pac-man
  • 9. Dragon Warrior
  • 8. Street Fighter 2
  • 7. Gran Turismo
  • 6. GTA 3
  • 5. Doom
  • 4. World of Warcraft
  • 3. Pong
  • 2. The Legend of Zelda
  • 1. Super Mario Bros.

History books read 2010

Submitted by shakespearesghost on Sun, 01/24/2010 - 20:16
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  • Harlow Giles Unger--The Last of the Fathers (Monroe)
  • Arrian--The Campaigns of Alexander
  • John Julius Norwich--Shakespeare's Kings
  • Andro Linklater--An Artist in Treason (James Wilkinson)
  • Robert Ferguson--The Vikings: A History
  • Anthony Everitt--Hadrian and the Triumph of Rome
  • Prisoner of the State: The Secret Journal of Premier Zhao Ziyang
  • Paul Strathern--The Artist, the Philosopher, and the Warrior (Leonardo, Machiavelli, Cesar Borgia)

Gallup's List of Widely Admired People

Submitted by blindsider on Thu, 06/11/2009 - 13:56
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  1. Mother Theresa
  2. Martin Luther King, Jr.
  3. John F. Kennedy
  4. Albert Einstein
  5. Helen Keller
  6. Franklin D. Roosevelt
  7. Billy Graham
  8. Pope John Paul II
  9. Eleanor Roosevelt
  10. Winston Churchill
  11. Dwight D. Eisenhower
  12. Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis
  13. Mohandas Gandhi
  14. Nelson Mandela
  15. Ronald Reagan
  16. Henry Ford
  17. Bill Clinton
  18. Margaret Thatcher

List of Canadian Prime Ministers

Submitted by blindsider on Wed, 04/08/2009 - 10:50
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List of Canadian Prime Ministers
1. Sir John A. Macdonald (Liberal-Conservative) - July 1, 1867 - Nov. 5, 1873
2. Alexander Mackenzie (Liberal) - Nov. 7, 1873 - Oct. 8, 1878
_1. Sir John A. Macdonald (Liberal-Conservative) - Oct. 17, 1878 - June 6, 1891
3. Sir John Albott (Liberal-Conservative) - June 16, 1891 - Nov. 24, 1892
4. Sir John Thompson (Conservative) - Dec 5, 1892 - Dec. 12, 1894

Signers of the Declaration of Independance

Submitted by blindsider on Mon, 04/06/2009 - 03:41
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President of Congress
1. John Hancock (Massachusetts)

New Hampshire
2. Josiah Bartlett
3. William Whipple
4. Matthew Thornton

Massachusetts
5. Samuel Adams
6. John Adams
7. Robert Treat Paine
8. Elbridge Gerry

Rhode Island
9. Stephen Hopkins
10. William Ellery

Connecticut
11. Roger Sherman
12. Samuel Huntington
13. William Williams
14. Oliver Wolcott

New York
15. William Floyd
16. Philip Livingston
17. Francis Lewis
18. Lewis Morris

New Jersey
19. Richard Stockton
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