Carolann's Newsletters

Dear Friends, Tangents:  Today is Facebook’s fifteenth birthday. The social networking website Facebook was launched. Go to article » 1985 – Torture abolished by

Dear Friends, Tangents: January 29, 1796 – Transport – Lt Gov John Graves Simcoe officially opens Yonge Street, naming it after his

Dear Friends, Tangents: On Jan. 30, 1948, Indian political and spiritual leader Mahatma Gandhi was murdered by a Hindu extremist.  Go to article

Dear Friends, Tangents: On Jan. 31, 1865, the House of Representatives passed a constitutional amendment to abolish slavery. Go to article » 1940: First

Dear Friends, Tangents: Happy Friday! February is black history month. On Feb. 1, 1960, four black college students began a sit-in protest at a lunch

Dear Friends, Tangents: St. Paul’s Winter Carnival begins today – January 28-February 6. In 1885 a New York reporter wrote that St. Paul