Category HISTORY HAPPENINGS
HISTORY TIDBIT: THE STANLEY CUP
Hockey’s famous Stanley Cup was donated to the sport by Frederick Arthur Stanley (Lord Stanley), Governor General of Canada from 1888 to 1893. His hockey-playing sons, Arthur and Algy, talked him into providing the trophy that NHL teams are currently vying for and have been hitting the ice to gain for over one hundred and […]
HISTORIC 30th ANNIVERSARY: THE EURO TUNNEL
Haven’t travelled through it myself, but many people have. https://www.brusselstimes.com/1027469/eurotunnel-celebrates-its-30th-anniversary-with-big-plans-for-next-decade
TRIVIA TRAIL: WORLD’S OLDEST PERSONAL NAME
Question: What is considered to be the world’s oldest recorded personal name? Answer: The Sumerian name, Kushim, the name of an accountant or administrator who lived in the Mesopotamian city of Uruk five thousand or so years ago. https://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/world-records/first-surviving-personal-name