July 20, 1629 (http://www1.sympatico.ca/news/otd/images/otd.98.07.20.a.lg.gif) Quebec Quebec - David & Lewis Kirke force Champlain to surrender his fur fort at Quebec; backed by London fur traders, the Kirke brothers occupy New France until 1632; Champlain sent to England as a prisoner. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------- July 20,1814 Ancaster Ontario - Eight Americans hanged for treason in the Bloody Assize. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------- July 20,1620 Quebec Quebec - Samuel de Champlain c1570-1635 starts building Fort St. Louis on Cap Diamant; first fort built on the cliff at Quebec. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------ July 20,1801 - A 1,235 pound cheese ball was pressed at the farm of Elisha Brown, Jr. The huge ball of cheese was later loaded on a horse-driven wagon and presented to President Thomas Jefferson at the White House. Mr. Jefferson was heard to say, “That’s one small bite for man, one giant cheese for mankind.” ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- -