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Muddy York is Toronto's #1 history podcast. Tune in to learn more about the schemers and dreamers who created the city that we know today.
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On Hallowe'en-e'en, here's a 19th-century report of October 31st in Toronto from The Globe, November 1, 1860.
On this date in 1926, Charles Vance Millar died. His will stated that the bulk of his considerable estate was to be given to the Toronto woman who had the most children in the ten years that followed. This would launch the Great Stork Derby.
On this date in 1981, the Bayview Ghost was finally torn down. It was a half-completed apartment building along the DVP that was abandoned in 1959 when the developers realized that East York would not provide water and sewage facilities.
On this date in 1793, John Graves Simcoe selected the site for his family’s summer home. It would be named for his 2-year-old son Francis. Today, we know it as Castle Frank.
On this date in 1966, Henry Moore’s sculpture “Three Way Piece No.2”, better known as The Archer, would be unveiled at Nathan Phillips Square.
On this date in 1869, the Gooderham and Worts Milling and Distillery Building was destroyed by fire. It would be replaced by the Distillery District building that we know today.
On this date in 1917, Connaught Labs was officially dedicated by Albert Gooderham who provided most of the funding. You can learn more about this often-overlooked piece of Toronto medical history here: spotifycreators-web.app.link…
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A Quick Early History of Pine Hills Cemetery in Scarborough, Toronto
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On this date in 1922, John and Alfred Billes purchased Hamilton Tire and Garage at the corner of Hamilton and Gerrard. The following year, they would change the name to Canadian Tire.
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Oct 23, 1950: University of Toronto researchers announced the development of an electronic heart pacemaker
On this date in 1916, Al Jolson appeared in Robinson Crusoe Jr at the Royal Alex. Jolson was a superstar and this was a very big deal.
On this date in 1827, the first recorded horse race took place at York. The race was held at a track northwest of Fort York, built by the men of the 68th Regiment.
Mt. Pleasant Cemetery is famous for its natural beauty and for the many important people buried there. But its story begins with a different cemetery that was erased and forgotten alongside many of the people who were buried there.
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On this date in 1937, Marilyn Bell was born. She would become Toronto’s sweetheart when she became the first person to swim across Lake Ontario in 1954.
On this date in 1873, the Toronto Argonauts defeated the Hamilton Tigers - one goal and one touchdown to nothing. This was the first win in team history.
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The Canadian Pacific’s Royal York Hotel in Toronto, “the largest hotel in the British Empire.”
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On this day in 1919, Violet Milstead was born in Toronto. She was the first female Canadian bush pilot. During the Second World War with the British Air Transport Auxiliary, she recorded 600 hours of flight time. She is a member of the Canadian Aviation Hall of Fame.
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ALT Violet Milstead dressed in the formal uniform of the Air Transport Auxiliary (ATA). She wears a peaked cap adorned with a polished badge featuring the ATA emblem (a winged "A"), a collared shirt with a dark tie, and a double-breasted tunic jacket with epaulets, a pilot's wing insignia on the chest, and a shoulder patch reading "CANADA." The background is a neutral gray studio setting.
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In Toronto’s finance district, a piece of history disappears tvo.org/article/in-torontos-… #onpoli @PCPressOffice @OntarioPCParty
