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the
Newfoundland Butter Company
of
Newfoundland
manufactured only
margarine
, and was the first margarine manufacturing plant allowed in
Canada
?
future
Canadian Senator
John Gilbert Higgins
hung black
crêpe
paper on his door in
mourning
the day that
Newfoundland
joined
Canada
?
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Province of Canada
William Agar Adamson
, who was the personal chaplain to
Lord Sydenham
, the first Governor of the
Province of Canada
, also wrote a book on
salmon
fishing?
Newfoundland (island)
Western Brook Pond
, a landlocked
fjord
in
Gros Morne National Park
on the island of
Newfoundland
, was the site of a 30 m (98 ft)
tsunami
in the early 20th century?
a 1974 provincial
Order-in-Council
has prohibited
hunting
on the
Grand Codroy Estuary
, the "most important wetland" on the
island of Newfoundland
?
one of the
English
leaders in the successful defense of the 1705
Siege of St. John's
,
Newfoundland
, was a
mason
?
Lower Canada
in
Upper
and
Lower Canada
, the colonial government used
concession roads
to define lots which were to be developed?
British Empire
"
Majulah Singapura
", the
national anthem
of
Singapore
, was originally a theme song for events held by Singapore's City Council during
colonial
times?
V.D. Savarkar
wrote
The Indian War of Independence
, a
nationalist
history of the
1857 uprising
, in response to
British
celebrations of the 50th anniversary of its suppression?
Ethel Benjamin
was the first woman in the
British Empire
to present a
legal case
in
court
?
Gingee Fort
in
Tamil Nadu
,
India
was called the "
Troy
of the East" by the
British
for its inaccessibility and is one of the few forts still surviving in the state?
Kadambini Ganguly
(pictured)
was one of the first female graduates in the
British Empire
and the first female
conventional
doctor in
South Asia
?
Kondavid Fort
(pictured)
, built in the 14th century by the
Reddy dynasty
, was the theatre of several wars among many rulers of
North India
,
South India
, and the
British
?
Zambian laws concerning homosexuality
have largely remained unchanged since the country gained
independence
from the
British Empire
in 1964?
22 Australians
have been decorated with the
George Cross
, the highest
civil decoration
for heroism in the
British Empire
?
Sergeants
Jose and Francisco Diaz
were two brothers in the Puerto Rican Militia who helped defeat Sir
Ralph Abercromby
and defend Puerto Rico from a
British
invasion in 1797?
an elaborate
network of coastal batteries
was built by
British
colonial authorities
to protect
Hobart Town
, but it was never used to defend the
Tasmanian
port from attacks by enemy
warships
?
Northern Rhodesia
the
British
colonial
Administrator
Sir Robert Codrington
was influential in establishing
British colonial government
in
Northern Rhodesia
and
Nyasaland
and making them different in character from white-settler-led
Southern Rhodesia
?
Saint Helena
Ascension Island
was annexed in 1815 by the British crew of
HMS
Peruvian
and
HMS
Zenobia
so as to deny the French from using it as a base to rescue
Napoleon
from
Saint Helena
?
the whorl
snail
Nesopupa turtoni
, previously known only as a
fossil
, was discovered alive in 2003 in the
Prosperous Bay Plain
area of
Saint Helena
?
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