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Canada's first woman senator
At the age of 45, Carine Wilson was elected senator. She was Canada's first female senator and was appointed by Prime Minister William Lyon Mackenzie King -
BlueNose
To watch the BlueNose sail was great entertainment. However it retired in 1930 -
First Goaltender mask
Many hockey players were injuring their faces, so the goaltender (goalie) mask was invented. The first mask was originally made from fibre glass -
Stanley Cup
The leafs won their second stanley cup against the NewYork Rangers. Ace Bailey was the player that scored the winning goal. -
Relief camps
What:
Where: Vancouver
When: 1935
The relief camps helped to dicredit Bennets Conservative government. Because of his choices that were made, hep faced many struggles that led to more poor decisions. Bennet lost a lot of supoort. The relief camps showed us some of the struggles that unemployed men faced during the great depression and some of the poor decisions that the superiors made. -
Shirley Temple
Shirley Temple started her career at the age of three in 1932 and became very popular from her many films that she starred in. -
Monopoly
The Parker brothers made the Monopoly game which was a huge fad for a long time. Right away the board game became the "next big thing!" After 79 years Monopoly is still just as popular as it was before. Although technology is a big thing now and many young people would rather play video games than a bored game. But a lot of people would still choose monopoly over computer games which is pretty good. I feel like monopoly is holding up other board games because it is such a great game. -
Stalked by tkhe stork
Who: A 28 year old Brooklyn Resident expectinfg a baby
What: Advertising his Knowledge, looking for work in advertising sales
Where:Brooklyn
When:1937
The great depression was the beginning of government involvement in the economy and in society as a whole . So many people were out of work and it affected the economy drastically. The goverment started to panic and made decisions quick that they didn't put a lot of thought into. Some of these decisions were huge mistakes and led to serios consequ -
Shoulder Pads
By 1938 small shoulder pads became more popular and were known as fashionable -
The Wizard of Oz
The Wizard of Oz was the first major movie motion picture to use technicolor -
Airconditioned car
The first air conditioned car was invented by Packard. However, it had to be controlled in the hood of the car. So if you got too cold you would have to pull over and pop the hood to turn it off. Through out the many years of inventing new ways, we have come up with great new cars that actually have air conditioning built right in to the dash board. Everyone now a days all use airconditioning in their cars. The technology has come a long way since 1939. -
WW2
After approval by the Canadian Parliment, Canada declaired war on Germany
