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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 ... 25th April 2013: Even early on, separate out your program from your HTML! - [read] 2012: Strawberry Cream Teas in Melksham - available every day this summer - [read] 2011: Alternative Vote (AV) - cutting the crap - [read] 2010: Melksham Scouts - [read] 2009: Town Crier competiton - [read] 2008: An extra step - victory from defeat - [read] 2007: A contrast in room rates and facilities - [read] 2006: Extremes costs of getting on line - [read] 2005: Why are we no. 404 - [read] 2003: Winnie Madikizela-Mandela, the anti-apartheid leader and ex-wife of former President Nelson Mandela, was sentenced to four years in prison for her conviction on fraud and theft charges. She was convicted of 43 counts of fraud and 25 of theft of money from a women's political league. 2002: Brothers cleared of Damilola murder. Two teenage brothers are cleared of the murder of 10-year-old Damilola Taylor. 1998: U.S. first lady Hillary Rodham Clinton on was questioned by Whitewater prosecutors on videotape about her work as a private lawyer for the failed savings and loan at the center of the investigation. 1996: The main assembly of the Palestine Liberation Organization voted to revoke clauses in its charter that called for an armed struggle to destroy Israel. 1992: Islamic forces in Afghanistan took control of most of the capital of Kabul following the collapse of the Communist government. 1990: Sandinista rule ended in Nicaragua. 1988: In Israel, John "Ivan the Terrible" Demjanuk was sentenced to death as a Nazi war criminal. 1987: In Washington, DC, 100,000 people protested the U.S. policy in Central America. 1985: "Big River (The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn)" opened at the Eugene O’Neill Theatre on Broadway in New York City. 1984: In France, over one million people demonstrated to show they favored the decentralization of education. 1983: 'Hitler diaries' published. The German magazine, Stern, publishes the first instalment of the controversial "Hitler Diaries", said to be written by the Führer himself. 1982: Marines land in South Georgia. Britain re-establishes its presence in the Falkland Islands after a two-hour assault by Royal Marines on the remote island of South Georgia. 1980: Tehran hostage rescue mission fails. A top-secret attempt by the United States to free American hostages held in Iran collapses in failure, with the death of eight soldiers. 1976: Portugal ratified a constitution. It was first revised on October 30, 1982. 1974: Rebels seize control of Portugal. Army rebels are in control of Portugal after an almost bloodless dawn coup. 1971: The country of Bangladesh was established. 1967: Colorado Governor John Love signed the first law legalizing abortion in the U.S. The law was limited to therapeutic abortions when agreed to, unanimously, by a panel of three physicians. 1962: The U.S. spacecraft, Ranger, crashed on the Moon. 1961: Robert Noyce was granted a patent for the integrated circuit. 1959: St. Lawrence Seaway opened to shipping. The water way connects the Great Lakes and the Atlantic Ocean. 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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