Canadian F-f-f-f-facts

[Fuckholes]

Heres some intresting facts about our gracious country (some are more intresting then others).

-Canada's first computer was built in the university of Toronto between 1947 and 1951. It was a monolithic contraption. large enough to fill a room.

-Gordon Lightfoot began his recording career in 1960, playing a key role in the burgeoning Canadian music scene that was centred around yorkville in the early 1960's.

-The Band got its start as the Hawks, Ronnie Hawkins' back up band during the early 60's. They played the toronto night club scene until they hooked up with Bob Dylan in 1968, changed their name to the band and toured like a mother fu*ker.

-Neil young got his start in the coffe houses of Toronto's Yorkville district during the 1960's

-During the 1960's, Canadians' attitudes towards sexuality changed dramatically. Ideas about what constituted obscene material loosened up considerably. Sex befor marriage became the norm for university students. And society as a whole became more tolerant of homosexuality.

-The pill was approved for sale in canada on august 18th 1961 (gaining access to the pill in the face of parents and conservative medical practitioners was, in some communities, more difficult than buying LSD or grass.)

-Legos come to Canada (1961)

-Frisbees hit the Canadian market (1962)

-On September 29, 1962, Canada launched its first satellite, Alouette 1-the first of four Canadien satellites to be launched under an agreement signed with the U.S. National Aeronautics and space administration (NASA).

-The birth control pill made the women's movement possible because it provided women with a virtually foolproof method of controlling their fertility.

-The CBC first broadcast in colour on October 1, 1966.

-In 1967, Canada celebrated its first Centennial. The highlight of the year's celebrations was Expo '67, the first world exhibition to be held on North American soil-an event that attracted 50 million visitors.

-The countrys abortion laws were liberalized in 1968-something that sparked heated debate amongst memebers of both pro-life and pro-choice camps.

-The Canadian public has always been fascinated with Pierre Elliot Trudeau, but the high-water mark of his popularity was in 1968, when "Trudeaumania" swept the country. He was a hip, youthful and an intellectual who seemed to have both fresh ideas and a willingness to make things happen- the right man for the times.

-By 1968, foreign companies controlled 57% of the Canadian manufacturing industry, 70% of the mining industry, and 80%of the petroleum and gas industries.

-The country's divorce laws were modernized in 1969. For the first time, Canadian couples didnt have to hang the blame for marriage breakdown on a single "guilty party".

-Shag carpeting, beanbag chairs, and waterbeds were just a few of the hot decorating trends during the 70's.

-Popular homegrown shows during the 70's included The Beachcombers, kings of kensington, and SCTV.

Two fleeting "fashion" trends from the '70s: hot pants and no pants.

-On September 28, 1972, 12.5 million Canadians watched as Team Canada's Paul Henderson scored the winning goal in the Canada-Russia hockey series. (as a point of comparison, just 10 million Canadian's had botherd to tune in when Neil Armstrong took his historic first steps on the moon three years earlier!)

-Bachman Turner Overdrive (BTO) was formed in 1972 by Randy Bachman (formerly of the Guess Who fame). Originally called Brave Belt, the group included bassist Fred Turner and drummer Robbie Bachman (randys brother). a thrid Bachman, Tim, joined the band as a guitarist later on. The groups bigges hits were "Taking Care of Bussiness" (1973) and "You aint Seen Nothing Yet" (1974).

-Rush Released Its first album in 1974, That initial self-titled album was soon followed with 2112 (1976) and Permanent Waves (1980), both of wich were extremely well received in the U.S. The group became known for its unique sound, a blend of fusion jazz and rock 'n' roll.

-By 1975 , the Canadian economy was suffering from "stagflation" (a particularly nast economic ailment that involves both high inflation and high unemployment).

-By May of 1975, 35,000 Canadian households owned a microwave oven.

-By 1976, oly 40% of jobs paid well enough to support a family.

-In 1981, for the first time ever, more than half of Canadian married women worked outside the home.

Feel free to add to the list... :: ::

[Jaimoe]

No Canadian has ever united this country together like this reluctant hero did:

[Fuckholes]

INDEED!

Terry Fox, who lost his leg to cancer-and ultimately his life-to cancer, inspired the nation with his marathon of hope in the early '80s.

[Esau]

No Canadian has ever united this country together like this reluctant hero did:

Agreed.

But aside from a person,I'd say this brought our country together and has yet to be topped also:

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[Jaimoe]

I agree Esau, and even WWI, II didn't unite the country like it should have, mainly due to the differing roles of French vs English Canadian soldiers.

[Fuckholes]

a tad more of the least you needed to know...

-Intrest rates climbed to an unbeliveable 21.5 percent in May of 1981.

-In August of 1981, The Financial Post reported that business computer manufacturer IBM had decided to enter the home market as well. Its brand new "IBM Personal Computer" was going to go head-to-head with personal computer offered by such companies as Apple, Commodore, and Radio Shack. The price? Anywhere from $2,300 to 9,000, depending on wether you were after the chevy model or the cadillac.

-The federal deficit grew significantly during the 1980s until, by 1990, nearly one third of the government's revenues were being used to service the existing debt.

-The Canadian stubby beer bottle began dissapearing in the early 1980s soon after Carling O'Keefe Breweries introduced Miller Hight Life in a new-style bottle, in 1983.

-Alex Baumann, the Canadian swimmer who won two gold nedals and one silver at the 1984 Summer Olympic Games in Los Angeles.

-Gaetan Boucher, the speedskater who brought homw two gold medals and a bronze from the 1984 Winter Olympics in Sarajevo.

-The board game Trivial Pursuit sold millions of copies in 27 diffierent languages, making Canadian-born inventors Scott Abbott and Chris Haney millionares along the way. The peak year for sales was 1984, when 20 million copies were sold in the U.S. alone.

-In 1984, 65% of paid-circulations magazines in Canada were published outside the country.

-The cellular phone arrived in Canada in 1985, and quickly became the hottest status symbol going. it was anything but cheap: the first cellular phones cost $2,000.

-Ben Johnson--the fastest man in the world in 1988 until he was stripped of his Olympic Gold medal when it was revealed that he had used illegal steroids.

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