陳太要走了,她說若不是要處理中醫藥的問題 早在去年五十五歲時就退休了
今次陳馮富珍女士接到世界衛生組織的邀請,她說會接受這項挑戰
連續兩三個星期六見不到 Lucy Hockings,終於今個星期見得番喇 過多幾個鐘,仲會再一次見到佢主持 This Week 添
今晚大把節目呀
2030-2200HKT / 0030-0220HKT ~ Jade: 李小龍 (咁就三十年喇) 中國人唔係東亞病夫
2130-2200HKT ~ BBC World : This Week / 2210-2300: Great Briton: Elizabeth
2130-2345HKT ~ Pearl: Double Jeopardy
2100-2300HKT ~ CR2: Inti組Band時間
2200-0000HKT ~ RTHK2: 笑眼看世界:黃毓民
如何是好?
>>July 19, 2003 at 10:27:43 AM GMT+8
2003 年 7 月 18 日 星期五 【晴】
On This Day:
1997: IRA declares ceasefire
The IRA makes a surprise announcement of a ceasefire in Northern Ireland - the second in three years.
1983: Flesh-eating dinosaur resurrected
A gigantic new dinosaur skeleton is unveiled to the media at the Natural History Museum in London.
1976: Fight for fishing rights in Europe
British fishermen are urging the Foreign Secretary, Anthony Crosland, to secure a 50-mile fishing zone around the UK.
1965: S Korea's first president dies in exile
The former leader of the Republic of South Korea, Syngman Rhee, has died in exile in the US state of Hawaii at the age of 90.
1966: Frank Sinatra and Mia Farrow were wed in Las Vegas, the first marriage for the twenty-one year old bride and the third for the fifty year old groom. At the time a star on TVs wildly popular 'Peyton Place', Farrow would divorce Sinatra in a few years and subsequently marry composer and conductor Andre Previn. They are seen together on their wedding day.
1900: The Paris Metro opened, a ceremonial event coinciding with the second modern Olympiad being held in the city at that time. New tunnels and lines were quickly added to the subway system in the next few decades making it a vital transportation link for thousands of Parisian commuters.
1919: Armistice Day was celebrated on this day in 1919 to mark the end of the First World War. Crowds filled the streets in New York City, and in cities all around the world, to parade, cheer, sing and express their relief at the cessation of the unprecedentedly bloody conflict. A parade celebrating the event in seen.
1950: The maiden flight of the Boeing 707 passenger air liner was made on this day in 1950, with the pioneering four-engined jet flying high over Puget Sound near Seattle. After more testing, the 219 seat craft would revolutionize commercial air travel in the 1950s, making long-range flights practical and economical for the average consumer. A 1960s Pan-Am jet is seen.
1877: The first Wimbledon tennis finals were played on this day in 1877, with Spencer Gore winning the mens title and Maude Wilson winning the women's. Some two hundred spectators were in attendance at the tournament. Now the oldest and most venerable annual tennis competition in the world. One of the first Wimbledon matches is seen.
http://www.elibrary.com/s-default/today/
1972: 伊利莎伯皇后號失火報告公佈
2002: 打擊非法黑工
1917:俄國臨時政府崩潰
2000: 普京訪華
Born:
1922: Born on this day in 1922, Senator George McGovern of South Dakota was the lonely brave upholder of liberalism as the Democratic candidate against President Richard Nixon in the 1972 election. An ardent opponent of the Vietnam War, he lost the election but soon had the satisfaction of seeing his opponent driven from office for trying to conceal the dirty tricks he employed in that campaign. McGovern is seen in the 1970s.
Died:
1374: By the time of his death on this day in 1374, Petrarch was already considered to be one of the greatest poets and scholars of the early Italian Renaissance. A contemporary, friend and correspondent of both Dante and Boccaccio, he wrote numerous sonnets and songs of idealized, unrequited love to his unobtainable muse Laura, which are considered enduring classics of the period. Petrarch is seen wearing a laurel wreath in a portrait.
1792: American Revolutionary War naval hero John Paul Jones died unnoticed in Paris on this day in 1792, fourteen years after uttering his famous vow I have not yet begun to fight in a fierce sea battle of Flamborough with British naval forces. He won that engagement, but was soon out of a job when the Continental Navy was dissolved following the French entry into the war with England. Jones is seen aboard a ship in a portrait.
7月4日: 一欲留學愛爾蘭都伯林攻讀音樂的廿一歲女學生(她更在今年當地舉行的傷殘人仕奧運會開幕禮中表演古箏),被同留學當地的廿五歲中國籍男子殺害
昨日: 一曾向BBC World 指稱 英美攻打伊拉克情報不恰當的78歲advisor David Kelly 失蹤,及後發現他自殺身亡
On This Day:
2000: Sarah Payne's body found
Police confirm the body they found in a West Sussex field yesterday is that of missing eight-year old Sarah Payne.
1966: Nurses murder suspect charged
US police have charged a seaman with the murder of eight student nurses in their hostel in Chicago.
1981: Violence erupts at Irish hunger strike protest
Nearly 200 people are in hospital in Dublin after a hunger strike demonstration turned violent.
1990: English teenagers held in Thailand over drugs
Two teenage girls from the Midlands are arrested for drug smuggling in Thailand.
1877: Thomas Edison discovered the principle of recorded sound on this day in 1877 by inscribing sound waves on an early model of the phonograph he would patent later the same year. Further refinement of the same technology would soon make possible the commercial sale of prerecorded music苔nd make a millionaire of Edison.
Born:
1913: TV clown and mimic Red Skelton was born on this day in 1913 into a circus family. He was already adept at creating sketch characters on radio in the 1940s, but it took the long-running TV show (1951-1971) that bore his name to make him a beloved and often sentimental figure to millions of fans.
1921: Born on this day in 1921, John Glenn became the first American to orbit the earth (in 1962), then capitalized upon his heroic image by entering politics in the 1970s. He has served as a Democratic Senator for the state of Ohio since 1975. Glenn is seen in a spacesuit and helmet.
Died: again~ No died information exists for this day. (from http://www.elibrary.com/s-default/today/)
But there are hundreds (over 150) childen died from an unknown virus
around 11 died in a bus explosion in Pakistan
and a specific number of people may soon died in Democratic Republic of Congo *(not Congo) deal to unknown condition of this country's situation ...
and one more 89-yr old lady died from severe acute respiratory syndrome in HK
ALSO: (030717) a Pulitzer Prize and Canada's Governor General's Literary Award Winner, Carol Shields died aged 68, in British Columbia, Canada
some other news:
Ex-marine will not fight extradition
The US ex-marine accused of abducting a 12-year-old girl could be in the UK within days after telling a German court he will not fight extradition.
'Saddam tape' scorns WMD claims
A taped message attributed to Saddam Hussein condemns as "lies" the US and UK arguments for invading Iraq.
ASIA-PACIFIC
Hong Kong leader 'will not resign' 01:30:33
BBC Headlines:
In Hong Kong: Two key ministers (Regina Ip and Anthony Leung) have resigned following failure to pass the anti-subvesion law. (The tuth is only 50 percent is the TRUTH)
Missing Internet girl Shervaun Pennington has been found safe.
[for the above news, how many percent is good? or really 'no news is good news']
>>July 16, 2003 at 5:29:30 PM GMT+8
2003 年 7 月 16 日 星期三 【晴】
1974: Bomb blast at the Tower of London
An explosion in the Tower of London leaves one person dead and 41 injured.
1955: Moss claims first Grand Prix victory
Stirling Moss has won the British Grand Prix at the Aintree track near Liverpool - the first time an Englishman has triumphed in the race.
1987: Ex-Guinness boss owes millions
Former Guinness director Thomas Ward is ordered to repay ?.2m to the brewing giants.
2000: Tesco bows to imperial pressure
British supermarket Tesco is to revive imperial measures in its stores.
http://www.elibrary.com/s-default/today/
1955: Disneyland opened its gates in 1955, admitting thousands of patrons who already knew and loved the Disney characters on which the pioneering theme park was based. The wildly successful attraction represented a sanitized, homogenized departure from the Coney Island-style amusement parks of yore, and has since been the inspiration for dozens of imitative competing theme parks. Sleeping Beautys Castle is seen.
1938: Douglas Wrong Way Corrigan supposedly flew from New York to Ireland by mistake on this day in 1938, instead of landing at his intended destination of California. The flight was actually in defiance of previous orders for the pilot not to solo across the Atlantic, a feat which he later blamed on a faulty compass. Corrigan is seen in a 1938 portrait. Isn't it ridiculous?
1938: The Spanish Civil War began on this day in 1938 with a military revolt led by the fascist General Francisco Franco. His so-called nationalist troops battled leftist loyalists forces (augmented by idealistic anti-fascist foreigners from the US, Britain, and other countries) for three years before prevailing with the assistance of Nazi Germany. Soldiers are seen in the trenches.
1975: Soviet cosmonauts and American astronauts linked their space craft together, then greeted one another to celebrate the success of the joint Apollo-Soyuz mission負he first such shared venture of the space race between the two superpowers. The two teams later ate together, exchanged gifts and shared research over the following two days. The Americans and Soviets are seen shaking hands.
Born:
1917: Comedienne Phyllis Diller was born in Lima, Ohio, a fact barely concealed by her many facelifts and the jokes she so frequently makes about them. A pioneering woman in stand-up comedy, she first developed her acerbic, cackling, self-deprecatory persona in live performances in the 1950s before becoming a well known celebrity in Las Vegas and on television.
Died:
Billie Holiday (1959) ~ By the time of her death on this day in 1959, jazz legend Billie Holiday had attained a worldwide following for her unhurried, languorous interpretations of countless jazz and pop standards including Strange Fruit and Them There Eyes. Holiday is seen performing onstage in the 1940s.
1967: tenor saxophone virtuoso John Coltrane died after a short, intense and influential career in jazz music. His classic recordings Blue Train and A Love Supreme have served as enduring models for jazz classicism to countless younger players and composers. Coltrane is seen playing his instrument.
1974: The voluble, colorful baseball pitcher J.H. Dizzy Dean died on this day in 1974 after a long career as both a baseball player, and later a commentator for TV and radio. He won a record thirty games for the St. Louis Cardinals in 1934, then retired from the game seven years later to begin a second career in broadcasting.
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陳太要走了,她說若不是要處理中醫藥的問題 早在去年五十五歲時就退休了
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