The code was established in 1999; prior to this date the entire province was served by the 403 area code. The 780 phone code started use on January 25, 1999. Permissive dialing of 403 continued throughout Alberta until May 18, 1999. Mandatory provincewide 10-digit dialing began on September 12, 2008.
Meharry Medical College (1876- ) Meharry Medical College, founded in 1876 in Nashville, Tennessee, is the second oldest medical school for African Americans in the nation.
The town of Wiarton began its existence in 1855 when it was surveyed and laid out on lands recently acquired from the Aboriginal Peoples of the area. It was named after the birthplace of Sir Edmund Head, the Governor General of Canada from 1854 to 1861.