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Fun Fact: Blood travels more than 19,000 kilometres throughout your body everyday.
On this day
In 1940, the Green Bay Packers become the first team in the NFL to travel by plane.
In 1997, Mario Lemieux is inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame.
In 2003, pop star Brittany Spears receives a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, becoming the youngest to do so at age 21.
In 2008, 鈥楾wilight鈥� premieres in theatres.
In 2021, British Columbia declares a state of emergency because of the atmospheric river and the damage it caused.
National holidays
Today is International Students Day, National Hiking Day, National Take a Hike Day, National Homemade Bread Day, National Unfriend Day, and National Testosterone Awareness Day.
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In case you missed it
鈥榃hen people call 911 they expect help鈥�: Okanagan MLAs demand solutions to ambulance reduction. Learn more here.
Changes coming to swim lessons in Penticton amid absence from Canadian Red Cross. Learn more here.
Missing Vernon man found safe and well. Learn more here.
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Celebrity birthdays
If your birthday is today, you share a birthday with actor Danny Devito (78), television show host RuPaul (62), actress Rachel McAdams (44), director Martin Scorsese (80), Canadian folk singer Gordon Lightfoot (84), and Canadian producer and 鈥楽aturday Night Live鈥� creator Lorne Michaels (78).
Have a great day everyone!
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