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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 ... 29th April 2013: Web site - fully back! - [read] 2012: Verticals ... last month - [read] 2011: SQL - Data v Metadata, and the various stages of data selection - [read] 2010: Model - View - Controller demo, Sqlite - Python 3 - Qt4 - [read] 2009: Using the internet to remotely check for power failure at home (PHP) - [read] 2008: Box from end to end - [read] 2007: Moving out some of the web site bloat - [read] 2006: Erin Brent - rest in peace - [read] 2005: Pricing strategy - simple and fair - [read] 2003: Mr. T (Laurence Tureaud) filed a lawsuit against Best Buy Co. Inc., that claimed the store did not have permission to use his likeness in a print ad. 2002: Kelsey Grammer and his production company, Grammnet Inc., were ordered to pay more than $2 million in unpaid commissions to his former talent agency. 1998: The U.S., Canada and Mexico end tariffs on $1 billion in NAFTA trade. 1997: Staff Sgt. Delmar Simpson, a drill instructor at Aberdeen Proving Ground in Maryland, was convicted of raping six female trainees. He was sentenced to 25 years in prison and was dishonorably discharged. 1996: Former CIA Director William Colby was missing and presumed drowned after an apparent boating accident in Maryland. Colby's body was later recovered. 1994: Israel and the PLO signed an agreement in Paris which granted Palestinians broad authority to set taxes, control trade and regulate banks under self-rule in the Gaza Strip and Jericho. 1993: Queen to open Palace doors. Buckingham Palace will open to the public for the first time in a bid to raise funds to repair Windsor Castle. 1992: LA in flames after 'not guilty' verdict. Fierce rioting breaks out in Los Angeles following the acquittal of four white police officers accused of beating black motorist Rodney King. 1990: The destruction of the Berlin Wall began. 1988: The Baltimore Orioles set a new major league baseball record by losing their first 21 games of the season. 1986: Simple funeral rites for Duchess. The Duchess of Windsor, Wallis Simpson, is laid to rest alongside her husband, the abdicated King Edward VIII, at Frogmore in Windsor. 1985: Billy Martin was brought back, for the fourth time, to the position of manager for the New York Yankees. 1984: In California, the Diablo Canyon nuclear reactor went online after a long delay due to protests. 1981: Steve Carlton, of the Philadelphia Phillies, became the first left-handed pitcher in the major leagues to get 3,000 career strikeouts. 1978: Afghan coup rebels claim victory. The new left-wing rulers of Afghanistan say almost all the leaders of the ousted Daoud regime are dead. 1975: The U.S. embassy in Vietnam was evacuated as North Vietnamese forces fought their way into Saigon. 1974: Phil Donahue’s TV show, "Donahue" moved to Chicago, IL. 1961: ABC’s "Wide World of Sports" premiered. 1958: My Fair Lady dazzles London. The Broadway musical, My Fair Lady, opens for its first night in London to a rapturous reception. 1954: Ernest Borgnine made his network television debut in "Night Visitor" on NBC-TV. 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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