2003 年 7 月 25 日 星期五 【晴】

On This Day:
1956: Egypt seizes Suez Canal
Egypt's president, Colonel Nasser, announces the nationalisation of the Suez Canal Company to provide funding for the construction of the Aswan High Dam.
1963: Thousands killed in Yugoslav earthquake
Thousands of people are feared dead as a massive earthquake rocks the Yugoslavian city of Skopje.
1994: Israel's London embassy bombed
A car bomb explodes outside the Israeli embassy in London injuring 14 people.
1983: Mother loses contraception test case
A mother of 10 fails to prevent doctors prescribing contraception to under-16s without parental consent.
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The U.S. Post Office was established on this day in 1775 with Benjamin Franklin was named as its first Postmaster at a salary of $1000 a year. He had already served as Deputy Postmaster of the Colonies since 1753, and was subsequently responsible for many of the innovations and practices of the new Federal agency. Franklin is seen reading intently in a portrait.
A disastrous earthquake struck the Yugoslavian city of Skoplje on this day in 1951, laying waste to an estimated 80% of the citys buildings. The old town center of the popular tourist destination was particularly hard hit, drawing Yugoslav Army soldiers and volunteers on a frantic mission to dig through the rubble in search of survivors. Citizens of Skoplje are seen digging through the ruins after the quake.
Mike Tyson defeated Marvin Frazier in the shortest fight ever televised on this day in 1986. The match took all of thirty seconds for Tyson to win, demonstrating the enormous power and confidence he would later employ to win the world heavyweight title in the fall of the same year. Tyson is seen smiling, wearing a tuxedo, in a 1980s portrait.
The Apollo 15 mission blasted off from its Florida launch pad on this day in 1971, then lifted up through clear blue skies as millions watched the event on television and in person. The massive Saturn V rocket generated some 7.5 million pounds of thrust to carry the three astronauts and their equipment out of the earths atmosphere and towards the moon. The lift-off is seen.
1952: 貝隆夫人逝世 (33歲)
1973: 葛柏貪污被查 75年入罪 判監四年
1956: 意大利油輪 (遊輪/郵輪)沉沒 多人需要拯救

Born:
Born on this day in 1875, Carl Jung began to diverge from his colleague Sigmund Freud regarding the psychosexual origin of neuroses in his The Psychology of the Unconscious in 1912. In the analytical psychology he subsequently developed, Jung laid more emphasis upon the archetypes of mans collective unconscious as a preferred means of understanding psychic disorders and phenomena. Jung is seen in a 1950s portrait.
Born on this day in 1856, George Bernard Shaw was an acerbic and influential critic before becoming a playwright. Pygmalion and Heartbreak House are among the plays he wrote with furious energy and productivity upon finding his calling, all of which demonstrate his famously outspoken (and often controversial) views on marriage, society, and politics. Shaw is seen in a 1930s portrait.
Born on this day in 1906, Gracie Allen formed a successful comedy team with her husband George Burns which prospered first in vaudeville in the 1920s, then on radio during the 1930s and 40s and, finally, on television from 1950 to 1958. Always playing the scatterbrained ditzy foil to her exasperated husband, she employed razor-sharp writing and delivery which belied her dumb persona. Allen is seen in a portrait from her radio days.
Born on this day in 1928, Stanley Kubrick worked as a photographer before directing films, including Lolita, and A Clockwork Orange. His bold choices of material, masterful directorial skills and distance from the Hollywood studio system have made him an inspiring but aloof paradigm for countless aspiring independent filmmakers. He is seen in a 1971 headshot.
Born on this day in 1943, Mick Jagger helped found the Rolling Stones in 1962 and has been the bands lead singer and co-songwriter in its ensuing three decades of success. Petulant, pouty and sometimes self-mocking in his blues- derived performance style, he has also released solo albums in recent years, including Primitive Cool. Jagger is seen as a young man in a pouty portrait.
Chilean President Salvador Allende was born on this day in 1908. An ardent Socialist, he entered politics in the 1950s and finally managed to win his nations highest office in 1970, after which time his attempts at land reform and other anti-business policies led to a military coup in 1973 which claimed his life. He is seen in a headshot.

Died:
William Jennings Bryan died on this day in 1925, only days after leading the prosecution in the famed Scopes Monkey Trial. A thundering, eloquent orator, he delivered the famous Cross of Gold speech against the gold standard at the Democratic Convention of 1896 and was three times that partys nominee for the Presidency before later serving as Secretary of State under Wilson. He is seen in a 1925 portrait.
William Jennings Bryan died on this day in 1925, only days after leading the prosecution in the famed Scopes Monkey Trial. A thundering, eloquent orator, he delivered the famous Cross of Gold speech against the gold standard at the Democratic Convention of 1896 and was three times that partys nominee for the Presidency. He later served as Secretary of State under Wilson. Bryan is seen wearing a bow tie in a portrait.
By the time of his death on this day in 1863, Sam Houston had become a legend in Texas and the namesake of one of its major cities. A former Governor of Tennessee, he moved west to the then territory of Texas where he served variously as President of the short-lived Lone Star Republic, then Senator and Governor after the state was admitted to the Union. Houston is seen wearing a wide-brimmed hat in a portrait.
By the time of his death on this day in 1986, W. Averell Harriman had attained a position of enormous influence in Democratic politics and government through his long career as a diplomat and adviser to several US Presidents. A close friend of FDR, he later counseled Presidents Truman, Kennedy, and Johnson under whom he was a negotiator at the unsuccessful 1968 peace talks to end the Vietnam War. He is seen speaking at a microphone in 1966.

玩野:
1: 美方聲稱要日前搞掂o左o個四條鹹魚o既家人o黎認領 (即是要博佢地老豆出o黎收屍)
2: Cameron Diaz 的父親原來是古巴人 母親竟是德國人 之但係竟然可是o係美國咁紅
3: 昨晚 警方又在旺角一帶掃黃 當中年紀最輕的只有十四歲半
4: 利物浦繼81年之後,再次來訪 o係機場只逗留了5分鐘
5: 香港公路幹線明年重組 一號:香港仔---沙田 二號:'魚則'魚涌---馬料水 三號:西營盤---元朗 四號:柴灣---西營盤 九龍灣---荃灣 ? 將軍澳---葵涌 青衣---赤~P角 九號:圍繞新界 (包括:屯門公路、元朗公路、青山公路、新田公路...)
6: 以色列再有一名四歲的巴勒斯坦兒童玩完
7: 日本地震 歐洲多國出現旱情
8: 長江三角洲 珠江三角洲 均出現海平面上升及陸沉現象

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