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December 27


1977:

Star Wars fever hits Britain
Thousands of people are flocking to cinemas in the UK to watch the long-awaited blockbuster, Star Wars - a movie which is already setting US box offices alight.


Not my favourite films.

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December 28

1980:

Green light for breakfast television
A shake-up of broadcasting franchises has paved the way for the launch of breakfast television.

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december 28th as well:

1694: Queen Mary II of England died after five years of joint rule with her husband, King William III.

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1937: Composer Maurice Ravel died in Paris. His most famous composition is the 'Bolero'.

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1981: Elizabeth Jordan Carr, the first American test-tube baby, was born in Norfolk, Va.

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December 29


1986:

Harold Macmillan dies
Lord Stockton, the former Prime Minister Harold Macmillan, died peacefully today aged 92.

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December 31

1964:

Campbell speeds to double record
Donald Campbell has broken the world water speed record, becoming the first man to break the world land and water speed records in the same year.

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also december 31st:

1985: Rock singer Rick Nelson, 45, and six other people were killed when fire broke out aboard a DC-3 that was taking the group to a New Year's Eve performance in Dallas.

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january 1st:

1863: President Abraham Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation, declaring that slaves in rebel states were free.
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1892: The Ellis Island Immigrant Station in New York opened.The main registry building on Ellis Island in 1905. (AP Photo)
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1958: Treaties establishing the European Economic Community went into effect.
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1999: The euro became the official currency of 11 European countries.
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January 2

1974

Tex Ritter

Born Woodard Maurice Ritter on January 12, 1905, "Tex" was the son of James Everett and Elizabeth (Matthews) Ritter of Murvaul, Texas, in Panola County. He died in Nashville, Tennessee on January 2, 1974. He became one of the best-known singing cowboys in western movies. Tex's youngest son, John Ritter, became a popular TV star in the '70s and '80s.

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january 3rd:

1521: Martin Luther was excommunicated from the Roman Catholic Church.
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1833: Britain seized control of the Falkland Islands in the South Atlantic.
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1892: J.R.R. Tolkien, author of the "Lord of the Rings" trilogy, was born in Bloemfontein, South Africa.
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1938: The March of Dimes campaign to fight polio was organized (picture with elvis taken roughly 2 decades later).
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1967: Jack Ruby, the man who shot accused presidential assassin Lee Harvey Oswald, died in a Dallas hospital.
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2004: NASA's Mars rover, Spirit, touched down on the red planet.
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January 4


1967:

Campbell killed during record attempt
Donald Campbell has been killed a split second before breaking his own water speed record in his jet-powered boat, the Bluebird K7.

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January 5

1981:

Peter William Sutcliffe arrested for Ripper murders.
A 35-year-old lorry driver from Bradford, suspected of carrying out 13 murders across West Yorkshire over the past five years, has appeared in court.


I remember watching the late night news about this. I think the police was lucky to catch him at the time.

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January 5

1981:

Peter William Sutcliffe arrested for Ripper murders.
A 35-year-old lorry driver from Bradford, suspected of carrying out 13 murders across West Yorkshire over the past five years, has appeared in court.


I remember watching the late night news about this. I think the police was lucky to catch him at the time.

stories like that always give me the creeps (IMG:http://elvis-tkc.com/forum2/style_emoticons/default/crying.gif) . on the other hand, signorina de medici probably was responsible for a lot more, she had her henchmen, though.

also january 5th:

1589: Catherine de Medici of France died at age 69.
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1925: Nellie T. Ross succeeded her late husband as governor of Wyoming, becoming the first female governor in U.S. history. (will there be the first female president next year? i would vote for somebody else, but i guess politics on boards are always a controversial, hence difficult topic).
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1998: Sonny Bono, the pop singer-turned-politician, was killed when he struck a tree while skiing in South Lake Tahoe, CA.
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[quote name='EDOEP' date='Jan 5 2008, 08:21 PM' post='99397']
stories like that always give me the creeps (IMG:http://elvis-tkc.com/forum2/style_emoticons/default/crying.gif) . on the other hand, signorina de medici probably was responsible for a lot more, she had her henchmen, though.



Bad news is always headlines for most papers.
ITN did start a fun or happy news spot at the end of the programme.

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frank, honestly,

without being a fan of a 'head-in-the-sand' policy .... sometime maybe it's better not to know exactly what one's neighbour is doing. might result in many sleepless nights.

hugs, ellie

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January 6

1977:
EMI fires Sex Pistols
The music publisher EMI has ended its contract with the Sex Pistols punk rock group because of their notorious behaviour in public.


Ellie

ITN is well known UK news programme.

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January 7

1990:
Leaning Tower of Pisa closed to public.
The Leaning Tower of Pisa has been closed to the public for the first time in 800 years amid speculation the structure is on the verge of toppling over.
Over the past 100 years the belfry at the top of the mediaeval tower has moved 9.6 inches (nearly a quarter of a metre).

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January 8

1935

Elvis Aaron Presley was born on January 8 1935, was an American singer, musician and actor. He is a cultural icon, often known as "The King of Rock 'n' Roll", or simply "The King".

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January 6

1977:
EMI fires Sex Pistols
The music publisher EMI has ended its contract with the Sex Pistols punk rock group because of their notorious behaviour in public.


Ellie

ITN is well known UK news programme.

yes, i know. confess i am a NBC & BBC junkie LOL. plus the german 'ZDF'.

hugs, ellie

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January 7

1990:
Leaning Tower of Pisa closed to public.
The Leaning Tower of Pisa has been closed to the public for the first time in 800 years amid speculation the structure is on the verge of toppling over.
Over the past 100 years the belfry at the top of the mediaeval tower has moved 9.6 inches (nearly a quarter of a metre).

you're too fast for me, frank (IMG:http://elvis-tkc.com/forum2/style_emoticons/default/no.gif) .

also january 7th:

1789: the first U.S. presidential election was held. Americans voted for electors who, a month later, chose George Washington to be the nation's first president.
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1927: Commercial transatlantic telephone service was inaugurated between New York and London. (comment from me: that cable was the great-great-grandfather of our internet connections LOL).

1953: President Harry S. Truman announced in his State of the Union address that the United States had developed a hydrogen bomb.
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1959: The United States recognized Fidel Castro's new government in Cuba.
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1999: President Bill Clinton's impeachment trial began in the Senate. (He was later acquited on charges of perjury and obstruction of justice.)
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January 8

1935

Elvis Aaron Presley was born on January 8 1935, was an American singer, musician and actor. He is a cultural icon, often known as "The King of Rock 'n' Roll", or simply "The King".

january 8th as well:

1642: Astronomer Galileo Galilei died in Arcetri, Italy.
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1959: Charles De Gaulle was inaugurated as president of France's Fifth Republic.
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1996: Former French president Francois Mitterrand died at age 79.
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