“On this day in 1969, the largest hailstones ever recorded, 2 ¾ inches in diameter, fell on Ottawa. The Conservative opposition in Parliament urged Pierre Trudeau to take a walk in the hail.”
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Today in Hystery July 30th
“On this day in 1974, the Quebec National Assembly passed Bill 22, making French the official language of Quebec. Thank goodness they did, too, otherwise, today, you’d have people in Montreal leaving work on Fridays saying, “Okay, bon weekend!”