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Paleo-Indians camped at locations in present-day Nova Scotia approximately 11,000 years ago. Archaic Indians are believed to have been present in the area between 1,000 and 5,000 years ago. Mi'kmaq, the First Nations of the province and region, are their direct descendants.

A French newspaper once printed itself in two different ways: one on normal newsprint, and one on rubber so that the reader could read it in the bath.

On Friday October 1 1982, The Epcot theme park at Walt Disney World opens to the public for the first time.

Rudolf Diesel developed the idea of an engine that relied on a high compression of the fuel to ignite it, eliminating the spark plug used in the Nikolaus Otto internal combustion engine. He received a patent for the device on February 23, 1892. Diesel began building a prototype engine, which was ready for testing by July 1893. The engine was fueled by powdered coal injected with compressed air. This machine stood 10 feet (3 m) tall, and achieved a compression of 80 atmospheres (8100 kPa). It exploded and nearly killed Diesel... Nevertheless, about seven months later a major milestone was achieved when he was able to run a single piston engine for one minute on February 17, 1894. This engine only generated 13 horsepower. He built an improved prototype in early 1897 while working at the Maschinenfabrik Augsburg (from 1906 on the MAN) plant at Augsburg. Diesel's engine had some similarities with an engine invented by Herbert Akroyd Stuart in 1890. Diesel was embroiled for some years in various patent disputes and arguments over priority, but in the end he prevailed, and his invention came to be called the diesel engine. He continued its development over the next three years, began production (the first commercial engine was at a brewery in the United States), and secured licenses from firms in several countries. He became a millionaire.

In 1967, the Shah of Iran crowned himself and his queen after 26 years on the Peacock Throne.

The State of Israel was founded in 1948. That's a little less that 2,000 years after the Romans invaded and destroyed the ancient Kingdom of Israel in year 70 AD.

On Oct. 27, 1787, the first of the Federalist Papers, a series of essays calling for ratification of the United States Constitution, was published in a New York newspaper.

In 2001 a popular British tabloid newspaper reported that Queen Elizabeth II has a rubber duck that wears an inflatable crown in her bathroom. The duck was spotted by a workman who was repainting her bathroom and later reported it to The Sun newspaper. The story prompted sales of rubber ducks in the United Kingdom to increase by 80% for a short period.

In 1795, the United States and Spain signed the Treaty of San Lorenzo (also known as "Pinckney's Treaty"), which provided for free navigation of the Mississippi River.

October 26, 2006 One-Winged-Angel's post count surpassed werbert's.

In 1858, the 26th president of the United States, Theodore Roosevelt, was born in New York City

Friday, November 9, 1888 In London, England, the dead body of Mary Jane Kelly is found. She is considered to be the fifth, and last, of Jack the Ripper's victims. A number of similar murders in England follows, but the police attribute them to copy-cat killers

In 1880, Theodore Roosevelt married Alice Lee.

Remember, remember the fifth of November
The gunpowder treason and plot.
I see no reason why gunpowder treason
Should ever be forgot.

Guy Fawkes was leader of the plot. He was hung, drawn and quartered (the nastiest method of execution the English used, same death as William Wallace).

We used to celebrate Guy Fawkes day in Australia with fireworks and bonfires. This practice stopped when in the 1970's fireworks were banned in order to protect ourselves from ourselves. Aren't you glad the government cares about us?

Litigious especially .

On October 27, 1995, an older gentlemen made a pass at en una isla in a sleazy New York bar. Her faceblindness led her to slap Bill Clinton, who was in New York to make a speech at the UN. Fortunately, a comely waitress named Monica Lewinsky was ready with an ice pack.