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1960 In Canadian Television
The following is a list of events affecting Canadian television in 1960. Events listed include television show debuts, finales, cancellations, and channel launches. Notable events *April 24-CBC opened French language, French-language station CBWFT in Winnipeg *September 9-CFCN-TV was inaugurated in Calgary *September 23-CHSA-TV was inaugurated in Lloydminster, Alberta, Lloydminster, Alberta, and later became CKSA-TV *October 31-CHAN-TV opened in Vancouver *November 7-Bobinette makes her first appearance in that day’s episode of ''Bobino (TV series), Bobino'', which was the first episode of its fourth season. *November 12-CJAY-TV opened in Winnipeg. It later became CKY-TV Births *May 29 – Neil Crone, Canadian actor, voice actor, comedian and motivational speaker *June 22 – Catherine Disher, British born Canadian actress and voice actress Television shows Debuts Canadian Broadcasting Corporation *April 2-''Reflections (TV series), Reflections'' (1960–62) *June 8-''Firs ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
French Language
French ( or ) is a Romance language of the Indo-European family. It descended from the Vulgar Latin of the Roman Empire, as did all Romance languages. French evolved from Gallo-Romance, the Latin spoken in Gaul, and more specifically in Northern Gaul. Its closest relatives are the other langues d'oïl—languages historically spoken in northern France and in southern Belgium, which French ( Francien) largely supplanted. French was also influenced by native Celtic languages of Northern Roman Gaul like Gallia Belgica and by the ( Germanic) Frankish language of the post-Roman Frankish invaders. Today, owing to France's past overseas expansion, there are numerous French-based creole languages, most notably Haitian Creole. A French-speaking person or nation may be referred to as Francophone in both English and French. French is an official language in 29 countries across multiple continents, most of which are members of the ''Organisation internationale de la Francophonie'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
