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On this day ... A look back to what we've been blogging about on this day in previous years,
and to some selected world events too.
For the day ... 15th July 2014: It may be cheaper to buy in bulk - [read] 2011: Upcoming Programming courses ... High Summer, 2011 - [read] 2010: Moved - Melksham Lorry Park - [read] 2009: pre-Inaugural briefing - Melksham Community Area Partnership - [read] 2008: At the Westbury Bypass Enquiry - [read] 2007: is there a lookup function in php? - [read] 2006: undefined reference to typeinfo - C++ error message - [read] 2005: Getting the lighting right - [read] 2000: Police camera action violates human rights. Two men caught on camera for dangerous driving escape prosecution in a landmark case. 1997: Versace murdered on his doorstep. Italian fashion designer Gianni Versace is shot dead on the steps of his Miami mansion. 1995: Serbs force Muslims out of Srebrenica. Thousands of Muslim refugees flee the captured "safe area" of Srebrenica - forced out by the Bosnian Serbs. 1987: Taiwan ended thirty-seven years of martial law. 1985: Baseball players voted to strike on August 6th if no contract was reached with baseball owners. The strike turned out to be just a one-day interruption. 1981: Steven Ford, son of former President Gerald R. Ford, appeared in a seduction scene of "The Young and the Restless" on CBS-TV. Ford played the part of Andy. 1973: Nolan Ryan (California Angels) became the first pitcher in two decades to win two no-hitters in a season. (California) 1972: NASA's Pioneer 10 spacecraft became the first to enter the asteroid belt. 1971: Seals shot by government decree. The British Government endorses a cull of baby seals in the Wash. 1968: ABC-TV premiered "One Life to Live". 1966: Euston staff 'colour bar' ended. A West Indian refused a job at Euston Station will now be employed there after managers overturn a ban on black workers. 1965: The spacecraft Mariner IV sent back the first close-up pictures of the planet Mars. 1958: Five thousand U.S. Marines landed in Beirut, Lebanon, to protect the pro-Western government. The troops withdrew October 25, 1958. 1942: The first supply flight from India to China over the 'Hump' was carried to help China's war effort. 1922: The duck-billed platypus arrived in America, direct from Australia. It was exhibited at the Bronx Zoo in New York City. 1918: The Second Battle of the Marne began during World War I. 1916: In Seattle, WA, Pacific Aero Products was incorporated by William Boeing. The company was later renamed Boeing Co. 1904: The first Buddhist temple in the U.S. was established in Los Angeles, CA. 1901: Over 74,000 Pittsburgh steel workers went on strike. 1895: Ex-prime minister of Bulgaria, Stephen Stambulov, was murdered by Macedonian rebels. 1888: "Printers’ Ink" was first sold. These stories are the aggregation of a number of source feeds Please select this link to return to the main Well House Consultants home page. | |||
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