1581 – Representatives of the States-General of the Netherlands signed the Act of Abjuration, declaring the independence of the Dutch Low Countries from King Philip II of Spain.
1908 – Unable to use U.S. Secret Service agents as investigators, U.S. Attorney General Charles Joseph Bonaparte established what is now the Federal Bureau of Investigation as his own staff of special agents.
1953 – In Short Creek, Arizona, police conducted a mass arrest of approximately 400 Mormon fundamentalists for polygamy.
1968 – After coming second to Nguyen Van Thieu in a rigged presidential election in 1967, Truong Dinh Dzu was jailed by a military court for illicit currency transactions. Your remarkable day continues. Try not to lose the whole army. Stay away from Spain .. stand on your own two feet. Don't use the Secret Service. be responsible for your own decisions. You won't be arrested for polygamy if you keep to one wife .. your own. And it is ok to come second, but try not to engage in corruption trying to come first.
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Division in PNG over Rudd’s boat vote grab
Piers Akerman – Thursday, July 25, 2013 (7:57pm)
IT is just a week since Kevin Rudd revealed his phony Regional Resettlement Arrangement with Papua New Guinea and like all the remedial programs he has previously rolled-out to deal with his other failed policies, this too, is destructing.
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WHITE WOMAN IMAGINES
Tim Blair – Friday, July 26, 2013 (2:08pm)
Julia Gillard loses it:
She said some of the derogatory remarks made about her would have been the downfall of her opponents had she been indigenous.“I think some of the stuff about me, because it is about gender, gets glossed over more easily. If I was the first indigenous prime minister, and (Tony) Abbott had gone out and stood next to a sign that said, ‘Ditch the black bastard’, I reckon that would be the end of a political career,” Ms Gillard said.
Well, yes. It would also have ended Abbott’s career if he’d loaded live cats into a trebuchet and fired them at the Australian War Memorial. But he didn’t.
UPDATE. Remarkably, Gillard’s bizarre comments were made while she was still Prime Minister:
Speaking on May 11, about six weeks before she was rolled on June 26, Ms Gillard accused Mr Rudd’s “people” of leaking against her and said she had never leaked against Mr Rudd during his first stint in the job.Ms Gillard also hit out at continual internal attacks on her competence and political judgment.
Her attackers were obviously right.
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One week on - as many boat arrivals as ever
Andrew Bolt July 26 2013 (10:05am)
There has been no
slowing of the number of boat arrivals since Kevin Rudd announced his
PNG boat people solution, with twice as many coming in the first week
than there are currently places for them:
A shocking insight into the conditions at Manus - and into some of the detainees there who have since been flown to Australia:
Meanwhile, the alleged rapists are being taken into the Australian mainland:
Voters seem more inclined to like the idea of Rudd’s PNG “solution” than they are to trust Rudd to actually deliver it:
Four boatloads of asylum-seekers carrying 296 people have reached Christmas Island since Wednesday night, taking the total to 816 people from 11 boats in seven days. Two more boats carrying an undisclosed number of asylum-seekers were waiting to come ashore last night. To create capacity for the new arrivals, the government is shifting men, women and children who arrived before the July 19 PNG Solution cut-off on two or three charter flights a day.This suggests the PNG “solution” will be swamped:
More than 700 of the current 816 PNG Solution arrivals are believed to have left Indonesia after Mr Rudd’s announcement last Friday. This number already greatly exceeds the capacity of the Manus Island detention centre of 300, which the government plans to expand to 3000.
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The number of asylum-seekers who have arrived since last Friday, when the Prime Minister announced his “no Australian settlement” policy, now surpasses the average arrivals each week this year. Experts said yesterday it was too early to decide whether the policy was working. “You would probably want to give the plan about a month because you might have some people who have already paid up-front to get out of Indonesia,” said William Maley, the director of the Asia-Pacific College of Diplomacy at the Australian National University…
Toll Remote Logistics, a division of the Australian-based Toll Group, is using giant Antanov freight planes to fly three loads of materials destined for the Manus Island expansion to Port Moresby this weekend. Decmil, the Australian construction group that last month won a $137m contract to build a facility on Manus Island to take 600 asylum-seekers, up from the current 300, will deliver its project by January 31. Water and sewerage treatment plants for Manus are already under construction within PNG.
A shocking insight into the conditions at Manus - and into some of the detainees there who have since been flown to Australia:
Explosive claims of rapes among detainees and disturbing violent incidents including two escapes, a violent protest against the centre doctors and a slashing attack, have been revealed by a detention centre guard.Was there a cover up?
The Papua New Guinea national ... [backs] up claims made by the centre’s former occupational health and safety head Rod St George…
He said in the worst incident in May the PNG nationals working for G4S were asked to go to the single men’s quarters and help remove a badly injured man who had been raped. The victim, he says, was a Pakistani national who had been raped by six Middle Eastern men.
‘’We had to go into the tent and he was there and it was very bad,’’ said the guard. ‘’There was excrement all over the tent.’’
He said the man spent about two weeks in the camp clinic before being sent back into the single men’s compound where his attackers could roam freely.
Meanwhile, the alleged rapists are being taken into the Australian mainland:
SEVENTY adult asylum seeker men from Manus Island were ferried through Darwin today to an unknown location.UPDATE
An Immigration department spokeswoman said: “There were 130 people on Manus as of the close of business yesterday and they are being progressively transferred off… All are being transferred from Manus Island to other facilities in the detention network...”
She said Manus Island was being emptied to make way for asylum seekers who will be processed through the Regional Settlement Agreement with PNG.
Voters seem more inclined to like the idea of Rudd’s PNG “solution” than they are to trust Rudd to actually deliver it:
VOTERS believe Kevin Rudd’s Papua New Guinea Solution is doomed to fail, new focus group work reveals.(Thanks to reader Mack.)
Research by Brisbane political analyst Graham Young ... [shows] 41 per cent in favour and 42 per cent against.
But just over half of the electorate believe that it will not work—51 per cent—and only 30 per cent believe it will succeed.
Worse for the Prime Minister, ... Mr Young’s research shows it has only made 21 per cent of the electorate more likely to support the government. In contrast, 41 per cent of his sample of just under 1200 said the PNG Solution had made them less likely to back Labor.
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ABC plays dumb on motive for terrorist scare
Andrew Bolt July 26 2013 (10:02am)
The ABC gives no clue to the possible motive or identity of the alleged terrorists:
What else won’t the ABC tell you?
(Thanks to reader R da Borg.)
Detectives are turning to social media as part of their investigation into a bomb scare outside a police station in Sydney’s inner-west.Some details the ABC mysteriously forgot to pass on, as reported in News Ltd publications:
Part of Campsie police station was evacuated on Tuesday afternoon, after a small object was found at the rear of the building.
The Bomb Squad safely removed the object and police have since confirmed it contained explosive components, including a detonator.
Assistant Commissioner Peter Dein, the head of the Counter Terrorism and Special Tactics Command, says ... police are investigating connections between various posts on Facebook and an email found yesterday afternoon.
“There was a blog on the Campsie police station Facebook page which made a veiled threat ...we found out a similar blog was also placed on a TV station’s Facebook [as well as] an email sent to a newspaper.”
A BOMB found behind a Sydney police station and linked to last year’s Muslim riots could have been deadly if it had detonated, police say…Of course, the (inert) bomb could have been planted by people merely pretended to be Muslim. But I rather think the ABC has abrogated its duty to inform by surpressing a clear clue about the possible motive.
Counter terrorism commander Peter Dean said the threats seemed to link the bomb to last year’s Islamic protests in Hyde Park…
A similar post was also made on the Facebook page of a television station, and an email sent to the Daily Telegraph and titled “bomb threat in Sydney” warned that “we have already stored the detonator with stick somewhere in a police station”.
“We have detonated a bomb protesting against your killings of muslim overseas, and your unjust conviction of our brothers and your treatment of us when we protested in Sydney,” the email said.
What else won’t the ABC tell you?
(Thanks to reader R da Borg.)
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Claim: NSW Labor was still finding cash for Craig Thomson
Andrew Bolt July 26 2013 (9:30am)
Is Labor really still secretly promising members’ money to defend Craig Thomson?
Something stinks. Some background from Michael Smith.
CRAIG Thomson’s lawyer claims ALP NSW secretary Sam Dastyari agreed in February to find $35,000 towards the independent MP’s mounting legal fees, 10 months after he was edged out of the ALP.From McArdle’s statement of claim:
The allegation implies Mr Dastyari was still endeavouring in recent months to support Mr Thomson financially, long after he had publicly said the ALP would no longer be doing so.
Chris McArdle, who has been representing Mr Thomson over allegations he misused hundreds of thousands of dollars of funds when he was a union leader, has filed a statement of claim against Mr Dastyari and the NSW ALP seeking $35,000 plus $1000 in costs.
Mr Dastyari last night said the assertions from Mr McArdle were “ridiculous”, and would be vigorously challenged in court.
“We made clear long ago that we would not pay any of Craig Thomson’s legal bills once he ceased to be a member of the ALP,” Mr Dastyari said…
But Mr Dastyari would not confirm or deny specific claims by Mr McArdle that the powerful ALP official came to his office on two occasions to discuss precise arrangements to provide $35,000 towards Mr Thomson’s defence…
Mr McArdle said that early this year Mr Thomson had told him he had spoken with Mr Dastyari, who would be arranging to come to his office. At the alleged February meeting, Mr Dastyari had spoken of ways to “ease the pressure” on Mr Thomson, and said he could get $35,000 to this end, with $25,000 to be paid in seven days and $10,000 within the following 10 days.
Mr Dastyari told me I was going to receive by his hand $25,000 within seven days of February 21st, or thereabouts, and [another] $10,000 within 10 days. He has reneged on that.Dastyari denies this.
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September 21, tips Shanahan. But Rudd will run the second he thinks he’ll win
Andrew Bolt July 26 2013 (9:15am)
Dennis Shanahan suggests the election will be no sooner than September 21 - which is bad news for Labor MPs who think Kevin Rudd’s honeymoon is over:
So the polls, not the G20, are critical. At the moment they suggest he will lose. The minute they suggest he’ll win, he’ll run. September 7, September 14, Yom Kippur - whatever.
All I would say is August 31 is now highly unlikely, after Newspoll. Rudd is not interested in a gallant loss that would save the furniture. He wants to win. It would be his greatest victory - his highest affirmation and the ultimate justification of all he did to bring down Gillard and regain his crown.
Some senior political strategists read the latest Newspoll, particularly a five-point rise in dissatisfaction with Rudd personally and a levelling of the primary vote at a “losing” level of about 38 per cent, as a sign Rudd-led Labor was peaking in support. The response to the end of a so-called “sugar hit” in the polls was to argue for a weekend announcement of an election for August 31, with a reasonable primary vote that can be expected to improve during an election campaign. But this political logic is coming from people who want to avoid catastrophe, who don’t really think Labor can win and who fear the unravelling of announcements Rudd has made on the carbon tax, finalising agreements on the Gonski school education funding and the refugee resettlement agreement with Papua New Guinea.But I cannot believe Rudd would let the G20 summit - even with his love of foreign grandstanding - affect his thinking on election timing. One thing only will matter to him: winning. If he is re-elected, he can go to all the G20 meetings he could desire.
There is real concern about recalling parliament, due to resume on August 20, and the pressure this would put on Labor over the new carbon tax legislation, which carries with it a backlash from the car industry over unpopular changes to tax concessions for employees, and questions over the detail of the PNG deal…
Labor can still have an election as late as September 21 and avoid recalling parliament by announcing the election on the weekend of August 17-18.
The intervening Saturdays, September 7 and September 14, are ruled out by Rudd’s dedication to the importance of the G20 leaders’ summit in St Petersburg on September 5-6. This is why he scuttled Gillard’s nominated date of September 14: it was too close to the summit, at which Australia takes over the G20 leadership to host next year’s summit in Brisbane.
So the polls, not the G20, are critical. At the moment they suggest he will lose. The minute they suggest he’ll win, he’ll run. September 7, September 14, Yom Kippur - whatever.
All I would say is August 31 is now highly unlikely, after Newspoll. Rudd is not interested in a gallant loss that would save the furniture. He wants to win. It would be his greatest victory - his highest affirmation and the ultimate justification of all he did to bring down Gillard and regain his crown.
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Burchett a KGB operative. What say his Leftist admirers now?
Andrew Bolt July 26 2013 (8:45am)
Another hero of the Left revealed as a paid stooge of a tyranny:
WAR-TIME journalist Wilfred Burchett - a fearless truth-teller from behind communist lines and hero of the radical Left - was a paid KGB operative, according to documents copied from Soviet archives.So which Leftist fools lauded this tool of tyranny, calling him an ”inspiration”?
The revelation is made in an essay for The Monthly by La Trobe University professor Robert Manne, who declares that after years of conjecture about Burchett, the case is now close…
Professor Manne writes that documents copied from the Soviet archives by dissident Vladimir Bukovsky reveal that Burchett was a paid KGB operative who shared information with his Soviet paymasters, likely assisted with covert operations and was used to “penetrate the American and West European press”.
“The question of Wilfred Burchett has been the most important line dividing Australian intellectuals and historians involved in judgment about the Cold War,” Professor Manne said yesterday…
Professor Manne writes that, in 1957, the Central Committee of the Soviet Union granted Burchett 20,000 roubles and a monthly subsidy of 3000 roubles - five times the average monthly salary for a Soviet worker.
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Will Rudd break another surplus promise?
Andrew Bolt July 26 2013 (8:12am)
Kevin Rudd on July 11
promised to finally balance the books in 2015-16, eight years after he
first won election and pludged the Budget into a string of deficits:
We’re committed to returning the budget to balance in 2015-16.But now:
TENSIONS are rising in the Rudd government as key cabinet ministers debate whether to announce new spending cuts on the eve of an election campaign or dump the commitment to return to surplus in 2015-16.Labor always manages to find an excuse for spending more money than it has.
The Australian has confirmed “friction” within the government as the Expenditure Review Committee meets today to finalise an economic statement likely to be delivered by Chris Bowen as early as next week.
But with revenues believed to have dropped by up to $6 billion since the May budget, Labor MPs and campaign officials have become increasingly nervous about the political impact of more spending cuts before the election.
This follows a backlash over changes to fringe-benefits tax reporting arrangements for company cars announced as part of savings measures to pay for a switch from a fixed carbon price to an emissions trading scheme a year early.
Former treasurer Wayne Swan forecast an $18bn deficit this financial year, with the budget returning to “balance” in 2015-16.
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How Palmer became a world leader
Andrew Bolt July 26 2013 (7:51am)
It sounded so good:
I remain astonished that Palmer should have so captivated the ABC, thanks in part to his flattery.
It’s not as if his type - in my opinion - has not been well described in literature:
WHEN Clive Palmer wanted the world to know about his remarkable appointment to an exalted new role advising prime ministers and presidents across the globe, he issued a media release and prepared to bask in a glow of public adulation.Now read on.
It was December 18 last year…
The prime ministerial aspirant’s media release began: “Professor Clive Palmer has been appointed as the Joint Secretary General of the World Leadership Alliance, one of the most significant Australian appointments since HV ‘Doc’ Evatt was appointed president of the United Nations General Assembly in 1948.”
To reinforce the importance of his elevation, Mr Palmer explained that, via the alliance (which had not previously existed), he was looking forward to being a “major adviser to the G20”, the global economic and decision-making forum for world leaders, who are due to meet in Brisbane next year.
I remain astonished that Palmer should have so captivated the ABC, thanks in part to his flattery.
It’s not as if his type - in my opinion - has not been well described in literature:
(A word to Palmer’s lawyers: no, I am not saying Palmer is going broke. I am not saying he drinks. I am saying he is a showman to which there is much less substance than meets the eye. I am saying that money talks.)
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Rudd runs the ads he said he’d stop. But I have a solution
Andrew Bolt July 26 2013 (7:19am)
Another broken promise:
A policy that wasn’t implemented. Kevin Rudd on ABC1’s 7.30 Report, October 9, 2007:Here’s one way to curb this government-paid advertising. Both sides should agree to a new law that no government advertising can be run without a slide at the end telling the public how much the ad campaign costs. Let the public know the price they are paying to be told the government is doing a good job.
HERE’S a challenge to Mr (John) Howard. Whoever wins this next election, why not have a system whereby three months prior to when an election is due . . . for there to be a ban on publicly funded advertising unless explicitly agreed between the leader of the government and the leader of the opposition . . . That is an absolute undertaking from us. I believe this is a sick cancer within our system. It’s a cancer on democracy.Steve Lewis, news.com.au, July 21:
TAXPAYERS will fork out $65 million in a three-month government advertising blitz . . . $25m was outlaid on . . . advertisements in June, four times the amount spent by commonwealth agencies earlier this year.
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Calculate what little difference we’ll make to the climate
Andrew Bolt July 26 2013 (12:24am)
From the Cato Institute, a very handy calculator to work out what difference cuts to emissions will make to the planet’s temperature.
You will be absolutely astonished. You will demand politicians account for their spending on green programs.
(Thanks to reader Brook.)
You will be absolutely astonished. You will demand politicians account for their spending on green programs.
(Thanks to reader Brook.)
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On the Bolt Report on Sunday: Kevin Rudd interview
Andrew Bolt July 26 2013 (12:20am)
Guest: Kevin Rudd.
Panel: Former Immigration Minister Amanda Vanstone and former Labor Senator John Black.
Rudd head to head, the boats and more. Plus a bit on ABC bias.
On Channel 10 on Sunday at 10am and 4pm.
The twitter feed.
The place the videos appear.
Panel: Former Immigration Minister Amanda Vanstone and former Labor Senator John Black.
Rudd head to head, the boats and more. Plus a bit on ABC bias.
On Channel 10 on Sunday at 10am and 4pm.
The twitter feed.
The place the videos appear.
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Madu Odiokwu Pastorvin
I Corinthians 1:24-31
GOD HAS CHOSEN THE FOOLISH THINGS OF THE WORLD TO PUT TO SHAME THE WISE, AND GOD HAS CHOSEN THE WEAK THINGS OF THE WORLD TO PUT TO SHAME THE THINGS WHICH ARE MIGHTY; AND THE BASE THINGS OF THE WORLD AND THE THINGS WHICH ARE DESPISED GOD HAS CHOSEN, AND THE THINGS WHICH ARE NOT, TO BRING TO NOTHING THE THINGS THAT ARE, THAT NO FLESH SHOULD GLORY IN HIS PRESENCE (NKJV).
I was pondering on multiple subjects to write on today, but I think we should just pause and worship God today. He is so good and deserves our praise today. Lift Him up, seek Him, draw close to Him - He wants to bless you right now. He wants to pour His Spirit out upon you today. He wants to give you the desires of your heart today. Oh...just lose yourself in his presence today. He is moving in a strong and mighty way people, seek Him now and be filled. Draw near to Him and He will draw near to you...Do it now, He is just waiting on you to step out this morning, go ahead, take that first step......Do it now. God bless you.
I was pondering on multiple subjects to write on today, but I think we should just pause and worship God today. He is so good and deserves our praise today. Lift Him up, seek Him, draw close to Him - He wants to bless you right now. He wants to pour His Spirit out upon you today. He wants to give you the desires of your heart today. Oh...just lose yourself in his presence today. He is moving in a strong and mighty way people, seek Him now and be filled. Draw near to Him and He will draw near to you...Do it now, He is just waiting on you to step out this morning, go ahead, take that first step......Do it now. God bless you.
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Ministers conference at world trade center..........God is great
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THANKS to radio stations KKLA and KFSH for the tons of kind notes from listeners on your RW Appreciation Day. I wept as I read them. Bless you all. I love Southern California.
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Pastor Rick Warren
Life is meant to be enjoyed, not merely endured. "...God richly provides us with everything for our enjoyment." 1 Timothy 6:17
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Pastor Rick Warren
Surrender is the path to serenity.
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Miss Vietnam World pageant. Tough gig. #lol
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Andreas Herrmann
Marcus war falsch über die Welt. Sie kümmert sich! Sie liebt es, auf süße Träume, Hoffnungen, Wünsche knabbern. Aber sie nicht belohnen die indolenten. - ed
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Engagement rings.
Which one do you fancy ? — with Daniel Frank Katz at Diamond Imports.
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I took the test ..
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Black folks in Detroit that continue to vote for Democrats is proof positive that brainwashing is real. Brainwashing by definition causes people to act against their own best interest.
How else can you explain how people can drive past the ruins of DETROIT everyday, and vote for more of the same? How can Black folks leave Detroit, come to a more conservative area and vote for what they had in Detroit?
Brainwashing:
Systematic effort to destroy an individual's former loyalties and beliefs and to substitute loyalty to a new ideology or power. It has been used by religious cults as well as by radical political groups. The techniques of brainwashing usually involve isolation from former associates and sources of information; an exacting regimen calling for absolute obedience and humility; strong social pressures and rewards for cooperation; physical and psychological punishments for noncooperation, including social ostracism and criticism, and constant reinforcement. Its effects are sometimes reversed through deprogramming, which combines confrontation and intensive psychotherapy.
Welcome to the Harris Clinic.
Here is a great video on how it is has been done:
http://www.youtube.com/
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An X-Ray diagnosis of all Green Labor supporters recently revealed an improvement in Tony Abbott's popularity due to an increase by one single peanut.
In the past there was nothing there.
The report has yet to be confirmed but we here at The Bolt Report Supporters Group have been privileged to preview the promising recovery prior to the announcement of the election. — at The Mental Institution Hospital.
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Being weighed. But I don't believe the result. The machine said I was 160 cm tall, not 179. Or 5'3", not 5'10" suggesting I'd shrunk recently. It said my BMI was/is 572.6 when its own measures suggested 85. In fact it is more 67. 53.7% fat is 116.9 kg. total mass is 217.7kg. I don't entirely believe it, but it is a starting point and next month will be less .. really. — at Fairfield Leisure Centre
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Another fractured fairy tale~~~
Pinocchio, Snow White, and Superman are out for a stroll in town.
As they walk, they come across a sign:
" Beauty contest for the most beautiful woman in the world."
" I am entering" said Snow White.
After half an hour she comes out and they ask her, " Well, how did you do? "
" First Place " said Snow White.
They continue walking and they see a sign:
" Contest for the strongest man in the world. "
" I'm entering, " says Superman.
After half an hour he returns and they ask him, " How did you make out? "
" First Place" answers Superman. " Did you even have a doubt? "
They continue walking when they see a sign:
" Contest! Who is the greatest liar in the world? "
Pinocchio says " This is mine. "
Half an hour later, he returns with tears in his eyes.
" What happened? " they asked.
" Who the hell is Kevin Rudd ? " he asked.
— atThe Mental Institution Hospital.Pinocchio, Snow White, and Superman are out for a stroll in town.
As they walk, they come across a sign:
" Beauty contest for the most beautiful woman in the world."
" I am entering" said Snow White.
After half an hour she comes out and they ask her, " Well, how did you do? "
" First Place " said Snow White.
They continue walking and they see a sign:
" Contest for the strongest man in the world. "
" I'm entering, " says Superman.
After half an hour he returns and they ask him, " How did you make out? "
" First Place" answers Superman. " Did you even have a doubt? "
They continue walking when they see a sign:
" Contest! Who is the greatest liar in the world? "
Pinocchio says " This is mine. "
Half an hour later, he returns with tears in his eyes.
" What happened? " they asked.
" Who the hell is Kevin Rudd ? " he asked.
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Aye, there is much more to life than that poster stamp thought. But I think it is a House (vis rude) way of saying you can't please everyone and be good. - ed
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TONY ABBOTT THE FUTURE CONSERVATIVE PRIME MINISTER OF AUSTRALIA.
Why so serious?
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Today in 1960, the Woolworth lunch counter inGreensboro, North Carolina was finally desegregated after 6 months of sit-in protests.
Read more, from our National Museum of American History, where a section of this counter now resides: http://s.si.edu/15MyKq1
You can also bios and clips of the Greensboro 4 on the Smithsonian Channel's website:http://s.si.edu/19kXBXj
Photo courtesy of Greensboro News & Record
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Petition to legalize ‘fourth trimester abortion’ finds takers ==>http://twitchy.com/2013/07/25/
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The article isn't wrong. Nathan Reese may well be a stand up bloke, although I know of no evidence to suggest that to be true. He was chief of staff to Milton. The witness to blow the whistle on Milton was treated appallingly because others looked away. - ed
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Comedienne who once threatened to kick Michelle Malkin ‘in the nuts’ tells conservatives to be civil ==>http://twitchy.com/2013/07/25/
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There are so many words in the English language that it’s not surprising that the definitions for some of them have gotten mixed up over the years. It’s possible that you’ve gone your entire life without realizing your mistakes. I’m sure people have noticed. One day, you were probably walking down the street, casually chatting with an old friend, and one of these words slipped out of your mouth. Before you can move on to your story about how Mufasa would actually make a very attractive human, your friend stops to correct your error, and suddenly, your whole life starts to feel like one giant lie. How long have you been using that word incorrectly, you wonder? How many angry Facebook rants have you ruined with your improper grammar? While I can’t give you an answer to those questions, I can at least provide you with a list of other tricky words so that you may never have to suffer from this embarrassment ever again:
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- 811 – Bulgarian forces led by Khan Krumdefeated the Byzantines at the Battle of Pliska, annihilating almost the whole army and killing Byzantine Emperor Nikephoros I.
- 1581 – Representatives of the States-General of the Netherlands signed the Act of Abjuration, declaring the independence of the Dutch Low Countries from King Philip II of Spain.
- 1908 – Unable to use U.S. Secret Service agents as investigators, U.S. Attorney General Charles Joseph Bonaparteestablished what is now the Federal Bureau of Investigation(seal pictured) as his own staff of special agents.
- 1953 – In Short Creek, Arizona, police conducted a mass arrestof approximately 400 Mormon fundamentalists for polygamy.
- 1968 – After coming second to Nguyen Van Thieu in a rigged presidential election in 1967, Truong Dinh Dzu was jailed by a military court for illicit currency transactions.
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- 657 – First Fitna: in the Battle of Siffin, troops led by Ali ibn Abu Talib clash with those led by Muawiyah I.
- 811 – Battle of Pliska: Byzantine Emperor Nikephoros I I is killed and his heir Staurakios is seriously wounded.
- 920 – Rout of an alliance of Christian troops from Navarre and Léon against the Muslims at Pamplona.
- 1309 – Henry VII is recognized King of the Romans by Pope Clement V.
- 1469 – Wars of the Roses: the Battle of Edgecote Moor, pitting the forces of Richard Neville, 16th Earl of Warwick against those of Edward IV of England, takes place.
- 1509 – The Emperor Krishnadeva Raya ascends to the throne, marking the beginning of the regeneration of the Vijayanagara Empire.
- 1533 – Atahualpa, the 13th and last emperor of the Incas, dies by strangulation at the hands of Francisco Pizarro's Spanishconquistadors. His death marks the end of 300 years of Inca civilization.
- 1581 – Plakkaat van Verlatinghe (Act of Abjuration): the northern Low Countries declare their independence from the Spanishking, Philip II.
- 1745 – The first recorded women's cricket match takes place near Guildford, England.
- 1758 – French and Indian War: the Siege of Louisbourg ends with British forces defeating the French and taking control of theGulf of Saint Lawrence.
- 1775 – The office that would later become the United States Post Office Department is established by the Second Continental Congress.
- 1788 – New York ratifies the United States Constitution and becomes the 11th state of the United States.
- 1803 – The Surrey Iron Railway, arguably the world's first public railway, opens in south London, United Kingdom.
- 1822 – José de San Martín arrives in Guayaquil, Ecuador, to meet with Simón Bolívar.
- 1822 – First day of the three-day Battle of Dervenakia, between the Ottoman Empire force led by Mahmud Dramali Pasha and the Greek Revolutionaryforce led by Theodoros Kolokotronis.
- 1847 – Liberia declares independence.
- 1861 – American Civil War: George B. McClellan assumes command of the Army of the Potomac following a disastrous Union defeat at the First Battle of Bull Run.
- 1863 – American Civil War: Morgan's Raid ends – At Salineville, Ohio, Confederate cavalry leader John Hunt Morgan and 360 of his volunteers are captured by Union forces.
- 1882 – Premiere of Richard Wagner's opera Parsifal at Bayreuth.
- 1882 – The Republic of Stellaland is founded in Southern Africa.
- 1887 – Publication of the Unua Libro, founding the Esperanto movement.
- 1890 – In Buenos Aires, Argentina the Revolución del Parque takes place, forcing President Miguel Ángel Juárez Celman's resignation.
- 1891 – France annexes Tahiti.
- 1897 – Anglo-Afghan War: The Pashtun fakir Saidullah leads an army of more than 10,000 to begin a siege of the British garrison in the Malakand Agencyof the North West Frontier Province of India.
- 1908 – United States Attorney General Charles Joseph Bonaparte issues an order to immediately staff the Office of the Chief Examiner (later renamed theFederal Bureau of Investigation).
- 1914 – Serbia and Bulgaria interrupt diplomatic relationship.
- 1936 – The Axis powers decide to intervene in the Spanish Civil War.
- 1936 – King Edward VIII, in one of his few official duties before he abdicates the thrоne, officially unveils the Canadian National Vimy Memorial.
- 1937 – End of the Battle of Brunete in the Spanish Civil War.
- 1941 – World War II: in response to the Japanese occupation of French Indochina, US President Franklin D. Roosevelt orders the seizure of all Japanese assets in the United States.
- 1944 – World War II: the Soviet Army enters Lviv, a major city in western Ukraine, capturing it from the Nazis. Only 300 Jews survive out of 160,000 living in Lviv prior to occupation.
- 1944 – The first German V-2 rocket hits the United Kingdom.
- 1945 – The Labour Party wins the United Kingdom general election of July 5 by a landslide, removing Winston Churchill from power.
- 1945 – The Potsdam Declaration is signed in Potsdam, Germany.
- 1945 – HMS Vestal is the last British Royal Navy ship to be sunk in the Second World War
- 1945 – The US Navy cruiser USS Indianapolis arrives at Tinian with parts of the warhead for the Hiroshima atomic bomb.
- 1946 – Aloha Airlines begins service from Honolulu International Airport
- 1947 – Cold War: U.S. President Harry S. Truman signs the National Security Act of 1947 into United States law creating the Central Intelligence Agency,United States Department of Defense, United States Air Force, Joint Chiefs of Staff, and the United States National Security Council.
- 1948 – U.S. President Harry S. Truman signs Executive Order 9981 desegregating the military of the United States.
- 1951 – Walt Disney's 13th animated film, Alice in Wonderland, premieres in London, England, United Kingdom.
- 1952 – King Farouk of Egypt abdicates in favor of his son Fuad.
- 1953 – Fidel Castro leads an unsuccessful attack on the Moncada Barracks, thus beginning the Cuban Revolution. The movement took the name of the date: 26th of July Movement
- 1953 – Arizona Governor John Howard Pyle orders an anti-polygamy law enforcement crackdown on residents of Short Creek, Arizona, which becomes known as the Short Creek raid.
- 1956 – Following the World Bank's refusal to fund building the Aswan Dam, Egyptian leader Gamal Abdel Nasser nationalizes the Suez Canal sparking international condemnation.
- 1957 – Carlos Castillo Armas, dictator of Guatemala, is assassinated.
- 1958 – Explorer program: Explorer 4 is launched.
- 1963 – Syncom 2, the world's first geosynchronous satellite, is launched from Cape Canaveral on a Delta B booster.
- 1963 – An earthquake in Skopje, Yugoslavia (now in the Macedonia) leaves 1,100 dead.
- 1963 – The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development votes to admit Japan.
- 1965 – Full independence is granted to the Maldives.
- 1968 – Vietnam War: South Vietnamese opposition leader Truong Dinh Dzu is sentenced to five years hard labor for advocating the formation of a coalition government as a way to move toward an end to the war.
- 1971 – Apollo program: launch of Apollo 15 on the first Apollo "J-Mission", and first use of a Lunar Roving Vehicle.
- 1974 – Greek Prime Minister Konstantinos Karamanlis forms the country's first civil government after seven years of military rule.
- 1977 – The National Assembly of Quebec imposes the use of French as the official language of the provincial government.
- 1989 – A federal grand jury indicts Cornell University student Robert T. Morris, Jr. for releasing the Morris worm, thus becoming the first person to be prosecuted under the 1986 Computer Fraud and Abuse Act.
- 1990 – The Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 is signed into law by President George Bush.
- 2005 – Space Shuttle program: STS-114 Mission – Launch of Discovery, NASA's first scheduled flight mission after the Columbia Disaster in 2003.
- 2005 – Mumbai, India receives 99.5cm of rain (39.17 inches) within 24 hours, bringing the city to a halt for over 2 days.
- 2007 – Shambo, a black cow in Wales that had been adopted by the local Hindu community, is slaughtered due to a bovine tuberculosis infection, causing widespread controversy.
- 2008 – 56 people are killed and over 200 people are injured in 21 bomb blasts in Ahmedabad bombing in India.
- 2009 – The militant Nigerian Islamist group Boko Haram attacks a police station in Bauchi, leading to reprisals by the Nigeria Police Force and four days of violence across multiple cities.
Births[edit]
- 1030 – Stanislaus of Szczepanów, Polish bishop and martyr (d. 1079)
- 1678 – Joseph I, Holy Roman Emperor (d. 1711)
- 1739 – George Clinton, American politician, 4th Vice President of the United States (d. 1812)
- 1782 – John Field, Irish composer (d. 1837)
- 1791 – Franz Xaver Wolfgang Mozart, Austrian composer (d. 1844)
- 1802 – Mariano Arista, Mexican politician, 42nd President of Mexico (d. 1855)
- 1829 – Auguste Marie François Beernaert, Belgian politician, 14th Prime Minister of Belgium, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1912)
- 1842 – Alfred Marshall, English economist (d. 1924)
- 1844 – Stefan Drzewiecki, Polish scientist and inventor (d. 1938)
- 1846 – Texas Jack Omohundro, American actor (d. 1880)
- 1854 – Philippe Gaucher, French dermatologist (d. 1918)
- 1855 – Ferdinand Tönnies, German sociologist (d. 1936)
- 1856 – George Bernard Shaw, Irish writer, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1950)
- 1858 – Tom Garrett, Australian cricketer (d. 1943)
- 1865 – Philipp Scheidemann, German politician, 10th Chancellor of Germany (d. 1939)
- 1865 – Rajanikanta Sen, Indian poet and composer (d. 1910)
- 1872 – John Gourlay, Canadian football player (d. 1949)
- 1874 – Serge Koussevitzky, Russian conductor (d. 1951)
- 1875 – Carl Jung, Swiss psychiatrist (d. 1961)
- 1875 – Antonio Machado, Spanish poet (d. 1939)
- 1878 – Ernst Hoppenberg, German swimmer and water polo player (d. 1937)
- 1879 – Shunroku Hata, Japanese field marshal (d. 1962)
- 1880 – Volodymyr Vynnychenko, Ukrainian politician (d. 1951)
- 1885 – André Maurois, French author (d. 1967)
- 1886 – Lars Hanson, Swedish actor (d. 1965)
- 1888 – Reginald Hands, South African cricketer (d. 1918)
- 1892 – Sad Sam Jones, American baseball player (d. 1966)
- 1893 – George Grosz, German painter (d. 1959)
- 1894 – Aldous Huxley, English author (d. 1963)
- 1895 – Gracie Allen, American actress and comedian (d. 1964)
- 1895 – Jane Bunford, English giant (d. 1922)
- 1896 – Tim Birkin, English race car driver (d. 1933)
- 1897 – Paul Gallico, American novelist (d. 1976)
- 1903 – Estes Kefauver, American politician (d. 1963)
- 1906 – Irena Iłłakowicz, Polish intelligence agent (d. 1943)
- 1908 – Lucien Wercollier, Luxembourger sculptor (d. 2002)
- 1909 – Peter Thorneycroft, Baron Thorneycroft, English politician (d. 1994)
- 1909 – Vivian Vance, American actress (d. 1979)
- 1911 – John Pierotti, American cartoonist (d. 1987)
- 1914 – C. Farris Bryant, American politician, 34th Governor of Florida (d. 2002)
- 1913 – Kan Yuet-keung, Hong Kong banker, lawyer, and politician (d. 2012)
- 1914 – Erskine Hawkins, American trumpet player and bandleader (d. 1993)
- 1914 – Ellis Kinder, American baseball player (d. 1968)
- 1916 – Dean Brooks, American physician and actor (d. 2013)
- 1916 – Herbert Norkus, German Hitler Youth member (d. 1932)
- 1918 – Marjorie Lord, American actress
- 1919 – Virginia Gilmore, American actress (d. 1986)
- 1920 – Bob Waterfield, American football player (d. 1983)
- 1921 – Tom Saffell, American baseball player (d. 2012)
- 1921 – Jean Shepherd, American writer and actor (d. 1999)
- 1922 – Blake Edwards, American director (d. 2010)
- 1922 – Jason Robards, American actor (d. 2000)
- 1923 – Jan Berenstain, American author (d. 2012)
- 1923 – Biff Elliot, American actor (d. 2012)
- 1923 – Hoyt Wilhelm, American baseball player (d. 2002)
- 1925 – Jerzy Einhorn, Polish-Swedish doctor and politician (d. 2000)
- 1926 – James Best, American actor
- 1926 – Ana María Matute, Spanish writer
- 1927 – Gulabrai Ramchand, Indian cricketer (d. 2003)
- 1928 – Don Beauman, English race car driver (d. 1955)
- 1928 – Francesco Cossiga, Italian politician, 8th President of Italy (d. 2010)
- 1928 – Ibn-e-Safi, Pakistani writer and poet (d. 1980)
- 1928 – Elliott Erwitt, American photographer
- 1928 – Stanley Kubrick, American director (d. 1999)
- 1928 – Peter Lougheed, Canadian football player, lawyer, and politician, 10th Premier of Alberta (d. 2012)
- 1928 – Bernice Rubens, Welsh novelist (d. 2004)
- 1929 – Marc Lalonde, Canadian politician
- 1929 – Joe Jackson, American manager, father of the Jackson family
- 1929 – Alexis Weissenberg, Bulgarian-French pianist (d. 2012)
- 1931 – Robert Colbert, American actor
- 1931 – Takashi Ono, Japanese gymnast
- 1931 – Telê Santana, Brazilian footballer and manager (d. 2006)
- 1933 – Yomo Toro, Puerto Rican guitarist and composer (d. 2012)
- 1933 – Igor Plechanov, Soviet Speedway Rider (d. 2007)
- 1934 – Tommy McDonald, American football player
- 1936 – Tsutomu Koyama, Japanese volleyball player (d. 2012)
- 1936 – Mary Millar, English actress (d. 1998)
- 1938 – Darlene Love, American singer and actress
- 1939 – Jun Henmi, Japanese writer and poet
- 1939 – John Howard, Australian politician, 25th Prime Minister of Australia
- 1939 – Bob Lilly, American football player
- 1940 – Dobie Gray, American singer-songwriter and producer (d. 2011)
- 1940 – Mary Jo Kopechne, American teacher, secretary, and writer (d. 1969)
- 1940 – Bobby Rousseau, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1940 – Tolis Voskopoulos, Greek singer, actor, and composer
- 1941 – Jean Baubérot, French historian and sociologist
- 1941 – Bobby Hebb, American singer-songwriter (d. 2010)
- 1941 – Darlene Love, American singer and actress
- 1941 – Brenton Wood, American singer-songwriter
- 1942 – Vladimír Mečiar, Slovak politician, 1st Prime Minister of Slovakia
- 1942 – Teddy Pilette, Belgian race car driver
- 1943 – Peter Hyams, American director
- 1943 – Mick Jagger, English singer-songwriter, producer, and actor (The Rolling Stones and SuperHeavy)
- 1944 – Kiel Martin, American actor (d. 1990)
- 1945 – Betty Davis, American singer-songwriter
- 1945 – Helen Mirren, English actress
- 1948 – Luboš Andršt, Czech guitarist and composer (Energit and Framus Five)
- 1948 – Herbert Wiesinger, German pairs skater
- 1949 – Thaksin Shinawatra, Thai businessman and politician, 23rd Prime Minister of Thailand
- 1949 – Roger Meddows Taylor, English singer-songwriter, musician, and producer (Queen and The Cross)
- 1950 – Nicholas Evans, English journalist and writer
- 1950 – Susan George, English actress
- 1950 – Nelinho, Brazilian footballer
- 1950 – Rich Vogler, American race car driver (d. 1990)
- 1951 – Rick Martin, Canadian ice hockey player (d. 2011)
- 1953 – Edie Mirman, American voice actress
- 1953 – Robert Phillips, American guitarist
- 1954 – Vitas Gerulaitis, American tennis player (d. 1994)
- 1955 – Aleksandrs Starkovs, Latvian footballer
- 1955 – Asif Ali Zardari, Pakistani politician, 11th President of Pakistan
- 1956 – Dorothy Hamill, American figure skater
- 1956 – Tommy Rich, American wrestler
- 1957 – Nana Visitor, American actress
- 1957 – Yuen Biao, Hong Kong actor
- 1957 – Hart Hanson, American screenwriter and producer
- 1958 – Monti Davis, American basketball player (d. 2013)
- 1958 – Angela Hewitt, Canadian pianist
- 1958 – Thierry Gilardi, French sportscaster (d. 2008)
- 1959 – Rick Bragg, American author and journalist
- 1959 – Tom McGowan, American actor
- 1959 – Michael Bruce Ross, American serial killer (d. 2005)
- 1959 – Kevin Spacey, American actor
- 1961 – Gary Cherone, American singer-songwriter (Extreme, Van Halen, Tribe of Judah, and Hurtsmile)
- 1961 – Andy Connell, English keyboardist and composer (Swing Out Sister and A Certain Ratio)
- 1961 – Dimitris Saravakos, Greek footballer
- 1962 – Mairéad Ní Mhaonaigh, Irish singer and fiddler (Altan, T with the Maggies, and String Sisters)
- 1963 – Jeff Stoughton, Canadian curler
- 1964 – Sandra Bullock, American actress and producer
- 1964 – Ralf Metzenmacher, German painter and designer
- 1964 – Anne Provoost, Belgian writer
- 1964 – Danny Woodburn, American actor
- 1965 – Jeremy Piven, American actor and producer
- 1967 – Anthony Durante, American wrestler (d. 2003)
- 1967 – Tim Schafer, American computer game designer, founded Double Fine Productions
- 1968 – Frédéric Diefenthal, French actor and director
- 1968 – Olivia Williams, English actress
- 1969 – Greg Colbrunn, American baseball player
- 1970 – Joan Wasser, American singer-songwriter and violinist (The Dambuilders, Those Bastard Souls, and Antony and the Johnsons)
- 1971 – Khaled Mahmud, Bangladeshi cricketer
- 1972 – Nathan Buckley, Australian footballer and coach
- 1972 – Wayne Wonder, Jamaican singer-songwriter
- 1973 – Kate Beckinsale, English actress
- 1973 – Lenka Kotková, Czech astronomer
- 1973 – Chris Pirillo, American television host, author, and blogger
- 1973 – Mariano Raffo, Argentine film director
- 1973 – Vaniity, Mexican transsexual porn actress
- 1974 – Daniel Negreanu, Canadian poker player
- 1974 – Dean Sturridge, English footballer
- 1975 – Ingo Schultz, German sprinter
- 1975 – Joe Smith, American basketball player
- 1977 – Tanja Szewczenko, German figure skater
- 1977 – Martin Laursen, Danish footballer
- 1977 – Rebecca St. James, Australian singer-songwriter, author and actress
- 1978 – Eve Myles, Welsh actress
- 1979 – Friedrich Michau, German rugby player
- 1979 – Derek Paravicini, English autistic savant and pianist
- 1979 – Peter Sarno, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1979 – Mageina Tovah, American actress
- 1979 – Erik Westrum, American ice hockey player
- 1980 – Dave Baksh, Canadian singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (Sum 41, Brown Brigade, and Organ Thieves)
- 1980 – Lee Dong-gun, South Korean actor
- 1980 – Robert Gallery, American football player
- 1980 – Liliane Klein, American actress and singer
- 1980 – Ellen Hamilton Latzen, American actress
- 1981 – Vildan Atasever, Turkish actress
- 1981 – Abe Forsythe, Australian actor and director
- 1981 – Maicon Douglas Sisenando, Brazilian footballer
- 1982 – Kalimba, Mexican singer and actor
- 1982 – Mugdha Godse, Indian actress
- 1982 – Christopher Kane, Scottish fashion designer
- 1982 – Chez Starbuck, American actor
- 1982 – Delilah Strong, American porn actress
- 1983 – Zara, Russian singer and actress
- 1983 – Hila Bronstein, Israeli-German singer-songwriter (Bro'Sis)
- 1983 – Kelly Clark, American snowboarder
- 1983 – Stephen Makinwa, Nigerian footballer
- 1983 – Roderick Strong, American wrestler
- 1983 – Naomi van As, Dutch field hockey player
- 1983 – Delonte West, American basketball player
- 1984 – Kristina Dörfer, German actress and singer
- 1984 – Kyriakos Ioannou, Cypriot high jumper
- 1984 – Benjamin Kayser, French rugby player
- 1984 – Leigh Lezark, American DJ and model (The Misshapes)
- 1984 – Melissa Marty, Puerto Rician model, Nuestra Belleza Latina 2008
- 1984 – Alex Parks, English singer-songwriter
- 1984 – Sabri Sarıoğlu, Turkish footballer
- 1985 – Marcus Benard, American football player
- 1985 – Zhou Bichang, Chinese singer-songwriter and actress
- 1985 – Gaël Clichy, French footballer
- 1985 – Audrey De Montigny, Canadian singer-songwriter
- 1985 – Mat Gamel, American baseball player
- 1985 – Mugdha Godse, Indian actress and model
- 1985 – Natsuki Katō, Japanese actress and model
- 1985 – Jasmine Lennard, English model
- 1985 – Carly Lewis, American singer (No Secrets)
- 1985 – Matt Riddlehoover, American actor, director, and producer
- 1985 – Georgina Sherrington, English actress
- 1986 – Leo Hallerstam, Swedish actor
- 1986 – Monica Raymund, American actress
- 1987 – Alec Martinez, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1987 – Miriam McDonald, Canadian actress and dancer
- 1987 – Fredy Montero, Colombian footballer
- 1987 – Panagiotis Kone, Greek footballer
- 1988 – Sayaka Akimoto, Japanese actress and singer (AKB48 and Diva)
- 1988 – Francia Raisa, American actress
- 1989 – Ivian Sarcos, Venezuelan model, Miss World 2011
- 1993 – Elizabeth Gillies, American actress and singer
- 1993 – Taylor Momsen, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actress (The Pretty Reckless)
- 1994 – Ella Leivo, Finnish tennis player
- 1995 – Holly Bodimeade, English actress
- 1996 – Olivia Breen, English paralympic athlete
- 1996 – Tatjana Vorobjova, Estonian tennis player
Deaths[edit]
- 342 – Emperor Cheng of Jin (b. 321)
- 796 – Offa of Mercia
- 811 – Nikephoros I, Byzantine emperor
- 1380 – Emperor Kōmyō of Japan (b. 1322)
- 1471 – Pope Paul II (b. 1417)
- 1592 – Armand de Gontaut, baron de Biron, French soldier (b. 1524)
- 1605 – Miguel de Benavides, Spanish clergyman and sinologist (b. 1552)
- 1611 – Horio Yoshiharu, Japanese warlord (b. 1542)
- 1680 – John Wilmot, 2nd Earl of Rochester, English poet and writer (b. 1647)
- 1684 – Elena Cornaro Piscopia, Italian mathematician (b. 1646)
- 1712 – Thomas Osborne, 1st Duke of Leeds, English statesman (b. 1631)
- 1723 – Robert Bertie, 1st Duke of Ancaster and Kesteven, English statesman (b. 1660)
- 1801 – Archduke Maximilian Francis of Austria (b. 1756)
- 1830 – George IV of the United Kingdom (b. 1762)
- 1863 – Sam Houston, American politician and soldier, 7th Governor of Texas (b. 1793)
- 1867 – Otto of Greece (b. 1815)
- 1915 – James Murray, Scottish lexicographer (b. 1837)
- 1919 – Edward Poynter, English painter (b. 1836)
- 1925 – Antonio Ascari, Italian race car driver (b. 1888)
- 1925 – Gottlob Frege, German mathematician and logician (b. 1848)
- 1925 – William Jennings Bryan, American politician, 41st United States Secretary of State (b. 1860)
- 1926 – Robert Todd Lincoln, American lawyer and politician, 35th United States Secretary of War (b. 1843)
- 1930 – Pavlos Karolidis, Greek historian (b. 1849)
- 1932 – Fred Duesenberg German-American businessman, co-founded the Duesenberg Company (b. 1876)
- 1934 – Winsor McCay, American cartoonist (b. 1871)
- 1938 – Daisy Greville, Countess of Warwick, British Socialite and mistress to King Edward VII (b. 1861)
- 1941 – Henri Lebesgue, French mathematician (b. 1875)
- 1942 – Roberto Arlt, Argentinian writer (b. 1900)
- 1952 – Eva Perón, Argentine actress and politician, First Lady of Argentina (b. 1919)
- 1953 – Nikolaos Plastiras, Greek general and politician, Prime Minister of Greece (b. 1883)
- 1960 – Cedric Gibbons, American art director and designer (b. 1893)
- 1960 – Maud Menten, Canadian biochemist (b. 1879)
- 1964 – Francis Curzon, 5th Earl Howe, English politician and race car driver (b. 1884)
- 1969 – Frank Loesser, American composer (b. 1910)
- 1970 – Robert Taschereau, Canadian jurist (b. 1896)
- 1971 – Diane Arbus, American photographer (b. 1923)
- 1976 – Stefanos Natsinas, Greek politician (b. 1910)
- 1980 – Ibn-e-Safi, Pakistani writer and poet (b. 1928)
- 1984 – George Gallup, American statistician, inventor of the Gallup poll (b. 1901)
- 1984 – Ed Gein, American serial killer (b. 1906)
- 1986 – W. Averell Harriman, American diplomat (b. 1891)
- 1988 – Fazlur Rahman Malik, Pakistani scholar (b. 1919)
- 1990 – Brent Mydland, American keyboardist and songwriter (Grateful Dead, Bobby and the Midnites, and Silver) (b. 1952)
- 1992 – Mary Wells, American singer-songwriter (b. 1943)
- 1993 – Matthew Ridgway, American army general (b. 1895)
- 1994 – Christy Henrich, American gymnast (b. 1972)
- 1994 – James Luther Adams, American theologian (b. 1901)
- 1994 – Tonia Marketaki, Greek director and screenwriter (b. 1942)
- 1994 – Terry Scott, English actor (b. 1927)
- 1995 – Laurindo Almeida, Brazilian guitarist and composer (b. 1917)
- 1995 – Raymond Mailloux, Canadian politician (b. 1918)
- 1995 – George W. Romney, American businessman and politician, 43rd Governor of Michigan (b. 1907)
- 1999 – Walter Jackson Bate, American biographer (b. 1918)
- 1999 – Phaedon Gizikis, Greek general and politician (b. 1917)
- 2000 – John Tukey, American statistician (b. 1915)
- 2001 – Rex T. Barber, American pilot (b. 1917)
- 2001 – Peter von Zahn, German journalist (b. 1913)
- 2004 – William A. Mitchell, American food chemist, created Pop Rocks and Cool Whip (b. 1911)
- 2005 – Betty Astell, English actress (b. 1912)
- 2005 – Alexander Golitzen, American production designer (b. 1908)
- 2005 – Jack Hirshleifer, American economist (b. 1925)
- 2005 – Gilles Marotte, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1945)
- 2007 – Lars Forssell, Swedish writer (b. 1928)
- 2007 – John Normington, English actor (b. 1937)
- 2007 – Skip Prosser, American basketball coach (b. 1950)
- 2009 – Marcey Jacobson, American photographer (b. 1911)
- 2010 – Sivakant Tiwari, Singapore legal officer (b. 1945)
- 2011 – Richard Harris, American football player (b. 1948)
- 2011 – Margaret Olley, Australian painter (b. 1923)
- 2012 – Don Bagley, American bassist and composer (b. 1927)
- 2012 – Miriam Ben-Porat, Israeli jurist (b. 1918)
- 2012 – Karl Benjamin, American painter (b. 1925)
- 2012 – Lupe Ontiveros, American actress (b. 1942)
- 2012 – Pat Porter, American runner (b. 1959)
- 2012 – Neil Reed, American basketball player (b. 1976)
- 2012 – Ralph Slatyer, Australian biologist (b. 1929)
- 2012 – Mary Tamm, English actress (b. 1950)
- 2012 – James D. Watkins, American navy officer (b. 1927)
Holidays and observances[edit]
- Christian Feast Day:
- Day of the National Rebellion (Cuba)
- Independence Day, celebrates the independence of Liberia in 1847.
- Independence Day, celebrates the independence of Maldives from the United Kingdom in 1965.
- Kargil Victory Day or Kargil Vijay Diwas (India)
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