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| Latin term of the day:
modus vivendi - a manner of living; a way of life
This Day in Canadian History
December 17, 1924
Victoria, British Columbia - BC legislature adopts resolution opposing continued Oriental immigration. | | |
| Latin term of the day:
deus ex machina - a god from a machine; a god introduced by means of a crane in ancient Greek and Roman drama to decide the final outcome; a person or thing that appears or is introduced suddenly and unexpectedly and provides a contrived solution to an apparently insoluble difficulty
This Day in Canadian History
December 16, 1967
Manchester, Jamaica - Donovan Bailey (1967- ) track athlete, 100m, 4x100m, born on this day; grew up in Oakville, Ontario; has business diploma from Sheridan College; 1996 Atlanta Olympics: anchored Canada's Gold Medal Olympic Relay Team (4x100m), and won the 100 m in a world record time of 9.84 seconds; 1997 second at the World Championships (9.91), plus gold medal as a member of the 4x100m Relay Team. | | |
| Latin term of the day:
anguis in herba - snake in the grass
This Day in Canadian History
December 15, 1891
Springfield, Massachusetts - Dr. James Naismith, from Almonte Ontario, asked by staff of YMCA's Springfield Training College to devise a game able to keep a group of incorrigible students busy during the winter months. A year later, Naismith's students played the first organized basketball game. | | |
| Latin term of the day:
ars longa, vita brevis - art is long, life is short
This Day in Canadian History
December 14, 1996
Honolulu, Hawaii - Ottawa diva Alanis Morissette makes the final stop of her 1996 tour at Richardson Field; after her last song, she celebrates the end of the tour by throwing whipped cream pies at her four band members. | | |
| Latin term of the day:
non sequitur - it does not follow; a statement (as a response) that does not follow logically from anything previously said; an inference that does not follow from the premises
This Day in Canadian History
December 13, 1871
Victoria, British Columbia - Emily Carr (1871-1945) painter, writer, born on this day; Carr was orphaned in her teens; 1891 studied art at the California School of Design in San Francisco; 1899-04 to England. 1910-11 to France; influenced by European impressionism, Fauvism, and cubism; 1911 returned to Victoria to paint, supporting herself by teaching art and running a boarding house, spent summers on the Queen Charlottes, grafting her own post-impressionist style onto native culture and coastal landscapes, with swirling forms and intense greens. blues and browns; 1927 invited to exhibit at the National Gallery of Canada; inspired by members of the Group of Seven painters. | | |
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