Aug 8,1641 (http://www1.sympatico.ca/news/otd/images/otd.98.08.08.b.lg.gif) Quebec Quebec - Jeanne Mance 1606-1673 arrives in New France with with Mme de La Peltrie, Paul de Chomedey de Maisonneuve and settlers bound for Montreal in two ships; on behalf of La Société Notre-Dame; they spend the winter near Quebec City, and the following Spring go up river to found Ville Marie (Montreal), where Jeanne Mance also founds the Hôtel Dieu de Montréal. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Aug 8,1758 Port-la- Joie PEI - Andrew Rollo 1703-1765 captures Prince Edward Island from the French, deports 3,500 inhabitants to France, builds Fort Amherst. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- - Aug 8,1758 Fort Anne Quebec - Robert Rogers 1731-1795 defeats French at Fort Anne; Rogers' Scouts ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Aug 8,1588 - The Spanish Armada, a fleet of 130 huge ships, met defeat at the hands of English sailors and their smaller, more maneuverable vessels. Then a series of wicked Atlantic storms off the coast of Southern England took their toll. Only half of the 130 Spanish ships managed to limp ... at best ... home. The 60 or so English ships had saved England from the Spanish invaders. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- - Aug 8,1876 - Thomas A. Edison of Menlo Park, NJ patented the mimeograph machine. He described it as a method of preparing autographic stencils for printing. We don’t use mimeographs much these days, thanks to paper copiers and computer word processors. Mimeograph machines used to be cranked by hand and later models were electric. The mimeograph worked by first creating a spirit master which was placed on a large rotating drum. A strong smelling, purple ink would then print out on paper. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------