Canadian History
This province was the last to enter Confederation.
What are Newfoundland and Labrador?
An album by a band, about a band. The 1960's saw these four young men's latest album top the charts. A psychedelic departure from their earlier work, this album was the biggest selling record in the US and worldwide which caused a certain mania to spread among America's youth.
Who are the The Beatles (Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band)
While it might not be considered the best film of the 1960s, it did earn the most at the box office for that decade. This animated feature was the last production that Walt Disney was a part of before passing away. Based on a Rudyard Kipling book of the same name, this movie follows a young boy as he navigates dangerous territory with furry friends.
What is the Jungle Book?
This new audio format became commercially available in the 1960s, bringing pre-recorded music to vehicles. This new technology could play through continuously, removing the need to eject or rewind to restart the album.
What is the 8-track cartridge?
What is the Year 2000?
The Canadian flag has become instantly recognizable due to it's big red maple leaf. This design of the Canadian flag was first flown in this year.
What is 1965?
This singer's album was the top selling album of the 1980s. Featuring Vincent Pryce on it's title track, and selling over 70 million copies around the globe, this music royalty's album is known worldwide.
Who is Michael Jackson (Thriller)?
The highest grossing box office blockbuster of the 1970s kicked off a decades long pop culture fascination with the inhabitants of this galaxy. With spaceships and blasters, it's hard to imagine how this story somehow takes place in the distance past.
This appliance quickly became a staple of every kitchen when it was first introduced for commercial sales in the 1970s. Mmmmmmm! You can really taste the electromagnetic radiation!
What is the Microwave oven?
Woodstock; Snoopy's friend, or the concert venue? If you were at the concert venue in this year, you would have seen performances from Santana, Jimi Hendrix, the Grateful Dead and more! I hear everyone loved that summer.
What is 1969?
This newly minted coin first was introduced in Canada in 1987
What is the Loonie?
The 2000's saw the rise of a prominent rapper whose third studio album sold the most records worldwide and in the US for that decade. While his identity was called into question upon this albums release, this rap god stood up to take credit where it was due.
Who is Eminem - The Marshall Mathers LP?
The highest grossing film of the 1980's is toted as being one of the best science fiction movies of all time. Directed by Steven Spielburg, he definitely did not phone it in when creating the memorable creature from this film.
Who is E.T. The Extraterrestrial?
The, now iconic, silhouetted logo of this shoe brand first hit the streets for commercial sales in the 1980s following the rise of a young Chicago sports star.
What are Air Jordans?
By George! What's with all the cameras? This year, famously written about where your every move, word, and thought were controlled by dystopian government seemed like horrible improbability when the book was originally released. Hint: It's not 2025.
What is 1984?
Some 16.6 million Canadians watched this event when it was broadcast live in 2010 making it the most watched broadcast in Canadian history
What is the Olympic men's hockey final?
Selling the most records in the U.S, and worldwide, in the 1970's was this duo's fifth and final album. Whether you are a boxer, or the only living boy in New York, this American folk rock classic is a must have for any vinyl collection.
Who are Simon and Garfunkel? (Bridge Over Troubled Waters)
The highest grossing film of the 1990s was a dramatization of this 1912 disaster. A sweeping romance and a gripping survival/disaster plot has helped keep this film as being one of the highest grossing movies of all time.
What is Titanic?
The world of photography was revolutionized for the average consumer when this invention was introduced for commercial sales in the 1990s. This new technology marked the departure from film onto new storage devices.
What are Digital Cameras?
If you were born before 1999 you lived through not one, but two, apocalyptic, world ending prophecies. The first doomsday prediction revolved around computers and their inability to count, the second an ancient civilizations ability to count. This year marked the end of the world in at least one civilization's calendar.
What is 2012?
Canada has 2,860 of these, twice as many as the United States.
What are Hockey Rinks?
This famous pop singer lent her voice to a movie soundtrack which became the top selling album of the 1990s both in the US and Worldwide. Every woman might say that they will always love... this album.
Who is Whitney Houston - The Bodyguard OST?
James Cameron directed the top grossing box office hits for both the 1990s and the 2000s. This 2009 film was the highest grossing for the 2000s and is now set as the first film in a series set on the planet Pandora
What is Avatar?
So that's what that small pocket in your jeans is for! This new product, released for commercial sales in the 2000s, was made by a company whose products, if used daily, should keep the doctors away.
What is the Ipod?
This year introduced the world to the first ever, living, clone: Dolly the Sheep! This year also marked the creation of the Halifax Regional Municipality (surprisingly!).
What is 1996?