by Diana Filer

  1. December 26 is St Stephen’s day, ‘the feast of Stephen’.
  2. Cecil B. Demille directed the first feature film shot in Hollywood, The Squaw Man, in 1931.
  3. The late jazz saxophonist Charlie Parker was born in 1920.  His style of music changed the course of jazz.
  4. Volodymy Zelensky, a former comedian and broadcast executive has been the President of Ukraine since April 21, 2019.
  5. There are 133 First Nations communities in Ontario, each with unique beliefs and histories.