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today in history

HISTOR!CA
  • July 29, 1874

    Politician James Woodsworth, who was first leader of the Co-operative Commonwealth Federation, was born at Etobicoke, Ont.

  • July 29, 1898

    The last spike was driven on the White Pass and Yukon Railway, from Skagway to Whitehorse.

What would happen if, tomorrow, every single person on Earth simply disappeared? Poof! Gone. Not dead, just gone. A world without people, where city streets are still populated by cars, but without drivers. How long would our skyscrapers and homes last if we abandoned them? How would our animals and pets fare without us? How would the weather and the seas, the trees and the wildlife react if we stopped hunting, fishing and farming? Aftermath will explore this world no human will ever see, one where carbon dioxide brings down skyscrapers, dogs become wolves, and the Statue of Liberty outlasts the Eiffel Tower as the longest-lived large buildings on Earth.