starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar and a common year starting on Sunday of the Julian calendar, the 1867th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 867th year of the 2nd millennium, the 67th year of the 19th century, and the 8th year of the 1860s decade. As of the start of 1867, the Gregorian calendar was 12 days ahead of the Julian calendar, which remained in localized use until 1923.
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but when I saw the above fountain during a trip to Switzerland a few years ago, I was struck by memories of all the hoopla I experienced in 1967 when my native country, Canada, celebrated its 100th birthday.
a hundred years earlier, in 1867
at the birth of the Canadian nation, too!
July 1, 1867
On July 1 1867, at noon, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, and the Province of Canada were proclaimed the Dominion of Canada, with John A. Macdonald its first prime minister.
Now, the area of Upper Canada was called Ontario and Lower Canada was called Quebec.
In most parts of the new Dominion, it was a dazzling sunny day. The reverberation of a brass band could be heard in many towns.
In Toronto, children were given Union Jacks to wave and an ox was roasted in front of St. Lawrence Hall, with the meat then distributed to the poor.
In Ottawa, a military review on Parliament Hill fired a salute. The soldiers forgot to take the ramrods out of their rifles and the iron rods arched over Sparks Street.
http://www.cbc.ca/history/EPCONTENTSE1EP8CH6PA2LE.html
ouzo and out,
