2003 年 7 月 19 日 星期六 【晴】

On This Day:
1982: IRA bombs cause carnage in London
Eight soldiers on ceremonial duty are killed in two IRA bomb blasts in Hyde Park and Regent's Park.
1960: Ceylon elects world's first woman PM
Sirimavo Bandaranaike makes history when she is elected the first-ever female head of government.
Mrs Sirimavo Bandaranaike, widow of Ceylon's assassinated prime minister Solomon Bandaranaike, has been elected the world's first woman prime minister.
Ceylon was made a republic in 1972 and renamed Sri Lanka.
1990: IRA bombs Stock Exchange
An IRA bomb blows a 10-foot hole in the London Stock Exchange.
1976: Pictures of Mars from Viking ship
America's Viking I space-craft lands on Mars and beams back to Earth the first photographs of its surface.
1969: American astronaut Neil Armstrong became the first man to walk on the moon on this day in 1969, representing the successful completion of the Apollo 11 mission and the culmination of the decade long space exploration program. Soon after his One small step for man speech, Armstrong was joined by Edwin Buzz Aldrin on the lunar surface.
1988: The bloody eight year long war between Iran and Iraq ended on this day in 1988 with the Ayatollah Khomeinis acceptance of UN cease-fire Resolution 598. Some one million casualties were suffered on both sides (with nearly twice that number injured) in a vicious border war which ultimately resulted in the same boundary between the two nations as there had been when the conflict began. Khomeini is seen in a 1979 headshot. http://www.elibrary.com/s-default/today/
1976: Henry Hank Aaron hit the final home run of his twenty-two year career on this day in 1976, making a lifetime total of 775 homers, a still-standing record in baseball. He had previously broken the record held by Babe Ruth in 1974, and remains one of the most beloved figures ever to play the game.
2003: Kobi Bryan 被控日前(6/30)性侵犯一十九歲女子 ＊最高刑罰可是終身監禁＊ 然而,他不認;但也認了是通姦

Born:
1919: One of the two men to first reach the summit of Mt. Everest, Sir Edmund Hillary was born on this day in 1919. The affable lanky New Zealander topped the 29,028 foot peak on May 29, 1953 with Tenzing Norgay, then later conducted a winter expedition across Antarctica.
1938: Natalie Wood was a charming preteen movie star in The Ghost and Mrs. Muir and Miracle on 34th Street. Later she attempted to shed her wholesome girl-next-door image by adding currents of repressed sexuality to her roles in Rebel Without A Cause and Splendor in the Grass. She was nominated for the Academy Award three times before her tragic 1981 death in a boating accident.
1938: Diana Rigg was already a serious Shakespearean actress when she won the role of Emma Peel on TVs 'The Avengers' which made her a worldwide star and minor sex symbol. Lithe, deadly and witty, her character became a cult figure to American audiences during its many reruns. Rigg's more serious work includes her recent acclaimed Medea on Broadway.
1890: Theda Bara became the first truly manufactured sex symbol in Hollywood, a well publicized and often scantily-clad alternative to the innocent, virginal, girlish heroines so common to the silent film era. She was generally cast in sultry exotic roles in such films as The Devils Daughter and The She-Devil. She is seen in an Egyptian costume.
前南非總統Nelson Mandela 的八十五歲生辰晚宴上 可謂粒粒星,繼有克林頓伉儷,聞說Michael Jackson都有出席
Died:
1937: The radio pioneer Guglielmo Marconi died in Rome on this day in 1937 after a long career in which he developed and patented the wireless telegraph. A Nobel Prize winner for his work in radio, he revolutionized twentieth century communications and became wealthy from his inventions. Marconi is seen in a headshot.
Tony Blair said the death of British advisor (on the war in Iraq), David Kelly, was a tragedy. Tony is still in Japan at the moment.
一女子昨午在港島東區不慎被高處拆卸中掉下來的棚架竹枝插中 最終傷重不治

>>July 19, 2003 at 8:43:27 PM GMT+8