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- June 27, 1898 - Joshua Slocum, from Briar Island, Nova Scotia, becomes the First person to complete a solo circumnavigation of the earth. Newport, Rhode Island
- May 20, 1920 - Canadian Marconi Company's experimental radio station XWA hosts the First scheduled radio show in North America, and possibly in the world, broadcasting a music program from Montréal to a meeting of the Royal Society of Canada in Ottawa; became station CFCF on November 4, 1920, and is reputed to be the oldest radio station in the world.
- October 4, 1920 - Wing Commander Robert Leckie takes off from Dartmouth to begin the First flight across Canada; he arrives in Winnipeg, Manitoba on October 11, 1920. From Winnipeg Air Commodore A. K. Tylee and three other pilots fly to Vancouver, BC, arriving October 17, 1920. The Total elapsed time is 45 hours and 20 minutes for a flight of 5,488 km. Dartmouth, Nova Scotia
