This Day in History
May 23, 1903
Thessalon, a three year old black gelding owned by Nathaniel Dyment, won… Learn more
May 23, 1903
Thessalon, a three year old black gelding owned by Nathaniel Dyment, won… Learn more
May 22, 1616
Samuel de Champlain and company left Huronia for St. Louis Rapids, Lachine… Learn more
May 21, 1904
Sapper, a three year old black gelding owned by Nathaniel Dyment of… Learn more
May 20, 1917
First airplane crash at Barrie at Dyment farm
May 19, 1892
Death: Thomas Cundle, prominent lumberman, at Barrie; Cundles Road named for him… Learn more
May 18, 1912
Heresy, a three- year-old brown colt owned by Albert Edward and Simon… Learn more
May 17, 1608
Birth: Father Pierre Pijart, Jesuit missionary among the Hurons 1635-44, at Paris,… Learn more
May 16, 1844
District of Simcoe passed By-law No 13, “Imposing a fine on councillors… Learn more
May 15, 1896
Death: James Duross, Adjala Pioneer, aged 113
May 14, 1852
Hewitt Bernard of Barrie, future private secretary of John Alexander Macdonald, entered… Learn more