The Wonderbra is a type of push-up brassiere that gained worldwide
prominence in the 1990s. Although the Wonderbra name was first
trademarked in the U.S. in 1935, the brand was developed in Canada.
Moses (Moe) Nadler, founder and majority owner of the Canadian Lady
Corset Company, licensed the trademark for the Canadian market in
1939. By the 1960s the Canadian Lady brand had become known in Canada
as "Wonderbra, the company." In 1961 the company introduced the Model
1300 plunge push-up bra. This bra became one of the best-selling
Canadian styles and is virtually identical to today's Wonderbra. In
1968 Canadian Lady changed its name to Canadian Lady-Canadelle Inc.,
was sold to Consolidated Foods (now Sara Lee Corporation), and later
became Canadelle Inc. In 1991 the push-up Wonderbra became a sensation
in the UK, although it had been sold there since 1964 under license by
the Gossard division of Courtalds Textiles. Sara Lee Corporation did
not renew Gossard's license and redesigned the push-up style for the
reintroduction of the Wonderbra to the U.S. market in 1994. Since
1994, the Wonderbra has expanded from the single push-up design into a
wide-ranging lingerie fashion label in most of the world.
Read the rest of this article:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wonderbra
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1389:
Ottoman wars in Europe: Turks under Murad I defeated Lazar
Hrebeljanović and a coalition of Serb lords at the Battle of Kosovo.
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Kosovo)
1880:
Australian bank robber and bushranger Ned Kelly was captured in
Glenrowan, Victoria after surviving a gun battle with police.
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ned_Kelly)
1914:
Yugoslav nationalist Gavrilo Princip assassinated Archduke Franz
Ferdinand of Austria, sparking the outbreak of World War I.
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assassination_of_Archduke_Franz_Ferdinand)
1919:
The Treaty of Versailles was signed, ending World War I.
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Treaty_of_Versailles)
1956:
Workers in Poznań, Poland held massive protests demanding the lowering
of food prices, rising of wages and revoking some recent law changes
that worsened working conditions, but were violently repressed the
following day.
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poznań_1956_protests)
1969:
In response to a police raid at the Stonewall Inn in New York City,
groups of gay and transgender people began to riot against New York
City Police officers, a watershed event for the worldwide gay rights
movement.
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stonewall_riots)
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Wikiquote of the day:
To renounce liberty is to renounce being a man, to surrender the
rights of humanity and even its duties. For him who renounces
everything no indemnity is possible. Such a renunciation is
incompatible with man's nature; to remove all liberty from his will is
to remove all morality from his acts. -- Jean-Jacques Rousseau
(http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Jean-Jacques_Rousseau)
Slayer is an American thrash metal band, formed in 1981 by guitarists
Jeff Hanneman and Kerry King. Slayer rose to fame as a leader of the
American thrash metal movement with their 1986 release Reign in Blood,
which has been called "the heaviest album of all time." The band is
credited as one of the "Big Four" thrash metal bands along with
Megadeth, Metallica, and Anthrax. Slayer is known for its musical
traits, involving fast tremolo picking, guitar solos, double bass
drumming, and screaming vocals. The band's lyrics and album art, which
cover topics such as serial killers, satanism, religion and warfare
have generated album bans, delays, lawsuits and strong criticism from
religious groups and the public. Since their debut record in 1983, the
band has released two live albums, one box set, two DVDs, two EPs, and
ten albums, four of which have received gold certification. The band
has received two Grammy nominations, winning one in 2007 for the song
"Eyes of the Insane", and headlined music festivals worldwide,
including Ozzfest, The Unholy Alliance and the Download Festival.
Read the rest of this article:
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Today's selected anniversaries:
678:
Saint Agatho began his reign as Pope.
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pope_Agatho)
1358:
Republic of Ragusa founded.
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Republic_of_Ragusa)
1898:
Joshua Slocum completed the first solo circumnavigation of the globe
sailing on his refitted sloop-rigged fishing boat Spray, a distance of
more than 46,000 miles (74,000 km).
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joshua_Slocum)
1905:
The crew of the Russian battleship Potemkin began a mutiny against
their oppressive officers.
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian_battleship_Potemkin)
1967:
The world's first electronic automated teller machine was installed in
Enfield Town, London.
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Automated_teller_machine)
1991:
Yugoslavia invaded Slovenia, two days after the latter's declaration
of independence from the former, starting the Ten-Day War.
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ten-Day_War)
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Wikiquote of the day:
A happy life consists not in the absence, but in the mastery of
hardships. -- Helen Keller
(http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Helen_Keller)
The All Blacks are New Zealand's national rugby union team. Rugby
union is New Zealand's national sport, with the All Blacks a
formidable power in international rugby, possessing a winning record
against all nations. The All Blacks compete annually with Australia
and South Africa in the Tri-Nations Series, in which they also contest
the Bledisloe Cup with Australia. They have been Tri-Nations champions
seven times in the tournament's eleven-year history, have twice
completed a Grand Slam (in 1978 and in 2005), and currently hold the
Bledisloe Cup. They are the top ranked team in the world, and the 2006
International Rugby Board (IRB) Team of the Year. Twelve former All
Blacks have been inducted into the International Rugby Hall of Fame.
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/All_Blacks
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1530:
The Augsburg Confession, the primary confession of faith of the
Lutheran Church, was presented to the Holy Roman Emperor Charles V at
the Diet of Augsburg.
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Augsburg_Confession)
1876:
Indian Wars in North America: United States Army Colonel George
Armstrong Custer was killed at the Battle of the Little Bighorn.
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Armstrong_Custer)
1950:
The Korean War between North and South Korea began with the North
Koreans launching a pre-dawn raid south over the 38th parallel.
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Korean_War)
1967:
Over 400 million people in over 30 countries watched Our World, the
first live, international, satellite television production.
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Our_World)
1993:
Kim Campbell was chosen as leader of the Progressive Conservative
Party and became the first female Prime Minister of Canada.
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kim_Campbell)
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Wikiquote of the day:
I always disagree ... when people end up saying that we can only
combat Communism, Fascism or what not if we develop an equal
fanaticism. It appears to me that one defeats the fanatic precisely by
not being a fanatic oneself, but on the contrary by using one's
intelligence. In the same way, a man can kill a tiger because he is
not like a tiger and uses his brain to invent the rifle, which no
tiger could ever do. -- George Orwell
(http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/George_Orwell)
The B-52 aircraft crash at Fairchild Air Force Base was a fatal air
crash that occurred on June 24, 1994, killing the four crew members of
a United States Air Force (USAF) B-52 Stratofortress during a training
flight. In the crash, Bud Holland, who was the command pilot of the
aircraft based at Fairchild Air Force Base, call sign Czar 52, flew
the aircraft beyond its operational parameters and lost control. As a
result, the aircraft stalled, impacted the ground, and was completely
destroyed. Video of the crash was shown throughout the United States
on news broadcasts. The accident investigation concluded that the
chain of events leading to the crash was primarily attributable to
Holland's personality and behavior, USAF leaders' reactions to it, and
the sequence of events during the mishap flight of the aircraft.
Today, the crash is used in military and civilian aviation
environments as a case study in teaching crew resource management.
Also, the crash is often used by the USAF during safety training as an
example of the importance of compliance with safety regulations and
correcting the behavior of anyone who violates safety procedures.
Read the rest of this article:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/B-52_aircraft_crash_at_Fairchild_Air_Force_Base
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1314:
Scotland regained independence as forces led by Robert the Bruce
defeated Edward II of England in the Battle of Bannockburn.
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Bannockburn)
1894:
Italian anarchist Sante Geronimo Caserio assassinated Marie François
Sadi Carnot, President of the French Third Republic, after Carnot
delivered a speech at a public banquet in Lyon, France.
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marie_Fran%C3%A7ois_Sadi_Carnot)
1947:
First widely-reported post-World War II sighting of UFOs: American
businessman and pilot Kenneth Arnold saw nine luminous disks in the
form of saucers flying above the U.S. state of Washington near Mount
Rainier.
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kenneth_Arnold)
1948:
The Soviet Union blocked access to the American, British, and French
sectors of Berlin, cutting off all rail and road routes going into
Soviet-controlled territory in Germany.
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Berlin_Blockade)
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Wikiquote of the day:
Absurdity, n. A statement or belief manifestly inconsistent with one's
own opinion. -- Ambrose Bierce
(http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Ambrose_Bierce)
Boston is the capital and most populous city of the Commonwealth of
Massachusetts in the United States and the largest city in New
England. Considered the unofficial capital of the New England region,
Boston had an estimated city-proper population of 596,638 in 2005. The
city lies at the center of America's eleventh-largest metropolitan
area known as Greater Boston, which is home to 4.4 million people.
Founded in 1630, Boston was the location of several major events
during the American Revolution, including the Boston Massacre and the
Boston Tea Party. With many colleges and universities within the city
and surrounding area, Boston is a center of higher education and a
center for health care. The city's economy is also based on research,
finance, and technology — principally biotechnology. Boston is
struggling with gentrification issues, and has one of the highest
costs of living in the United States.
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boston%2C_Massachusetts
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1813:
Peninsular War: In the Battle of Vitoria, the Marquess of Wellington's
combined British, Portuguese, and Spanish allied army defeated the
French near Vitoria, Spain.
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Vitoria)
1864:
New Zealand land wars: The Tauranga Campaign ended.
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tauranga_Campaign)
1985:
Greenland officially adopted its own flag, adding support to its
independence movement from Denmark.
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flag_of_Greenland)
2000:
The controversial amendment to the United Kingdom Local Government Act
of 1988 known as Section 28, stating that a local authority cannot
intentionally promote homosexuality, was repealed in Scotland with a
99 to 17 vote.
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Section_28)
2004:
SpaceShipOne completed the first privately funded human spaceflight.
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SpaceShipOne)
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Wikiquote of the day:
Give me the splendid silent sun with all his beams full-dazzling… --
Walt Whitman in Leaves of Grass
(http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Walt_Whitman)
Final Fantasy VI is a console role-playing game developed and
published by Square (now Square Enix) in 1994. The game initially
appeared on the Super Nintendo Entertainment System and has since been
ported by TOSE with minor differences to the Sony PlayStation and the
Nintendo Game Boy Advance. It was first released in North America as
Final Fantasy III, although the original title has been restored in
later releases. The game's story focuses on a group of rebels as they
seek to overthrow an imperial dictatorship. Final Fantasy VI was the
first game in the series to be directed by someone other than producer
and series creator Hironobu Sakaguchi; the role was filled instead by
Yoshinori Kitase and Hiroyuki Itō. Originally released to significant
critical acclaim, it is still regarded as a landmark of the series and
of the role-playing genre. It had a significantly greater number of
battle customization options than its predecessors and the largest
playable cast in the Final Fantasy series to date, excluding spin-off
titles. It remains widely praised for its storyline, characters and
non-linear style of play.
Read the rest of this article:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Final_Fantasy_VI
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Today's selected anniversaries:
451:
The Battle of Chalons against Attila the Hun is the last major battle
of the Western Roman Empire.
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Chalons)
1756:
A garrison of the British army in India was imprisoned in the Black
Hole of Calcutta.
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Hole_of_Calcutta)
1789:
577 deputies of the French National Assembly took the Tennis Court
Oath, starting the French Revolution.
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_Revolution)
1837:
Queen Victoria succeeded to the British throne.
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victoria_of_the_United_Kingdom)
1973:
Snipers fired into a crowd of Peronists near the Ezeiza Airport in
Buenos Aires, Argentina, killing at least 13 people and injuring 365
others.
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1973_Ezeiza_massacre)
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Wikiquote of the day:
If there's not love present, it's much, much harder to function. When
there's love present, it's easier to deal with life. -- Brian Wilson
(http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Brian_Wilson)
The history of Puerto Rico began with the settlement of the
archipelago of Puerto Rico by the Ortoiroid people, sometime between
3000–2000 BC. At the time of Christopher Columbus's arrival in the New
World, the dominant indigenous culture was that of the Taínos. The
Taíno culture died out during the latter half of the 16th century
because of exploitation, war and diseases brought by the Spanish.
Puerto Rico was the key to the Spanish Empire from the early years of
the exploration, conquest and colonization of the New World. The
smallest of the Greater Antilles, Puerto Rico was a major military
post during many wars between Spain and other European powers for
control of the region during the 16th, 17th and 18th centuries. In
1898, during the Spanish-American War, Puerto Rico was invaded and
subsequently became a possession of the United States. The first half
of the 20th century was marked by the struggle to obtain greater
democratic rights from the United States. The Foraker Act of 1900,
which established a civil government, and the Jones Act of 1917, which
granted Puerto Ricans U.S. citizenship, paved the way for the drafting
of Puerto Rico's Constitution and the establishment of democratic
elections in 1952. However, the political status of Puerto Rico, a
Commonwealth controlled by the U.S., remains an anomaly, more than 500
years after the first Europeans settled the island.
Read the rest of this article:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Puerto_Rico
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1812:
The United States declared war against the United Kingdom, officially
beginning the War of 1812.
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/War_of_1812)
1815:
Napoléon Bonaparte fought and lost his final battle, the Battle of
Waterloo.
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Waterloo)
1858:
Charles Darwin received a manuscript by Alfred Russel Wallace
on evolution, which prompted him to publish his theory.
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfred_Russel_Wallace)
1940:
World War II: Charles de Gaulle, leader of the Free French Forces,
makes an appeal to the French people following the fall of France to
Nazi Germany, rallying them to support the Resistance.
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Appeal_of_18_June)
1979:
The United States and the Soviet Union signed the SALT II treaty,
placing specific limits on each side's stock of nuclear weapons.
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Appeal_of_18_June)
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Wikiquote of the day:
The day after Columbine, I was interviewed... The reporter had been
assigned a theory and was seeking sound bites to support it. "Wouldn't
you say," she asked, "that killings like this are influenced by
violent movies?" No, I said, I wouldn't say that... The reporter
looked disappointed, so I offered her my theory. "Events like this," I
said, "if they are influenced by anything, are influenced by news
programs like your own. When an unbalanced kid walks into a school and
starts shooting, it becomes a major media event. Cable news drops
ordinary programming and goes around the clock with it. The story is
assigned a logo and a theme song ... The message is clear to other
disturbed kids around the country: If I shoot up my school, I can be
famous..." -- Roger Ebert
(http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Roger_Ebert)
Robert Garran was an Australian lawyer and public servant, an early
leading expert in Australian constitutional law, the first employee of
the Government of Australia and the first Solicitor-General of
Australia. Garran spent thirty-one years as permanent head of the
Attorney-General's Department, providing advice to ten different Prime
Ministers (from Barton to Lyons). He played a significant
behind-the-scenes role in the Australian federation movement, as
adviser to Edmund Barton and chair of the Drafting Committee at the
1897–1898 Constitutional Convention. In addition to his professional
work, Garran was also an important figure in the development of the
city of Canberra during its early years. He founded several important
cultural associations, organised the creation of the Canberra
University College, and later contributed to the establishment of the
Australian National University. Garran published at least eight books
and many journal articles throughout his lifetime, covering such
topics as constitutional law, the history of federalism in Australia,
and German language poetry.
Read the rest of this article:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Garran
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1745:
King George's War: British colonial forces led by William Pepperrell
captured the French stronghold at Fortress Louisbourg on Cape Breton
Island after a six-week siege.
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fortress_Louisbourg)
1846:
Pius IX was elected pope, beginning the longest reign of all popes
(not counting the Apostle St. Peter).
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pope_Pius_IX)
1963:
Aboard Vostok 6, Soviet cosmonaut Valentina Tereshkova became the
first woman in space.
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valentina_Tereshkova)
1976:
Apartheid in South Africa: Police in Soweto opened fire on
schoolchildren protesting against the imposition of Afrikaans as a
medium of instruction in township schools, triggering a series of
nationwide demonstrations, strikes, riots and violence.
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soweto)
1999:
Thabo Mbeki was inaugurated President of South Africa.
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thabo_Mbeki)
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Wikiquote of the day:
It's no use, says he. Force, hatred, history, all that. That's not
life for men and women, insult and hatred. And everybody knows that
it's the very opposite of that that is really life. -- James Joyce in
Ulysses
(http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/James_Joyce)
The Battle of Midway was a pivotal naval battle in the Pacific Theater
of World War II. It took place from June 4 to June 7, 1942,
approximately one month after the Battle of the Coral Sea, and six
months after the Empire of Japan's attack on Pearl Harbor that had led
to a formal state of war between the United States and Japan. During
the battle, the United States Navy defeated a Japanese attack against
Midway Atoll (located northwest of Hawaii) and destroyed four Japanese
aircraft carriers and a heavy cruiser while losing a carrier and a
destroyer. The battle was a crushing defeat for the Japanese and is
widely regarded as the most important naval battle of World War II.
The battle permanently weakened the Japanese Navy, particularly
through the loss of over 200 naval aviators. Strategically, the U.S.
Navy was able to seize the initiative in the Pacific and go on the
offensive.
Read the rest of this article:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Midway
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1099:
Members of the First Crusade reached Jerusalem and began a five-week
siege of the city.
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siege_of_Jerusalem_(1099))
1494:
Spain and Portugal signed the Treaty of Tordesillas, dividing the
newly discovered lands of the Americas and Africa between the two
countries.
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Treaty_of_Tordesillas)
1905:
The Norwegian parliament dissolved the Union between Sweden and
Norway.
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Union_between_Sweden_and_Norway)
1940:
King Haakon VII of Norway, Crown Prince Olav, and the Norwegian
government left Tromsø for exile in London, following the World War II
German invasion.
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haakon_VII_of_Norway)
1948:
Rather than sign a Constitution making his nation a Communist state,
Edvard Beneš chose to resign as President of Czechoslovakia.
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edvard_Benes)
1981:
The Israeli Air Force attacked and disabled Iraq's Osirak nuclear
reactor.
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Opera)
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Wikiquote of the day:
Exhaust the little moment. Soon it dies. And be it gash or gold it
will not come Again in this identical guise. -- Gwendolyn Brooks
(http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Gwendolyn_Brooks)
Jupiter is the fifth planet from the Sun and the largest planet within
the solar system. It is two and a half times as massive as all of the
other planets in our solar system combined. Jupiter, along with
Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune, is classified as a gas giant. When viewed
from Earth, Jupiter can reach an apparent magnitude of -2.8, making it
the fourth brightest object in the night sky. The planet was known by
astronomers of ancient times and was associated with the mythology and
religious beliefs of many cultures. Jupiter is primarily composed of
hydrogen with only a small proportion of helium; it may also have a
rocky core of heavier elements. The outer atmosphere is visibly
segregated into several bands at different latitudes, resulting in
turbulence and storms along their interacting boundaries. A prominent
result is the Great Red Spot, a giant storm that is known to have
existed since at least the seventeenth century. Surrounding the planet
is a faint planetary ring system and a powerful magnetosphere. There
are also at least 63 moons, including the four large moons called the
Galilean moons that were first discovered by Galileo Galilei in 1610.
Jupiter has been explored on several occasions by robotic spacecraft,
most notably during the early Pioneer and Voyager fly-by missions and
later by the Galileo orbiter.
Read the rest of this article:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jupiter
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1523:
Gustav Vasa became King of Sweden, marking the end of the Kalmar
Union.
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gustav_I_of_Sweden)
1683:
Oxford University's Ashmolean Museum, the world's first university
museum, opened.
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ashmolean_Museum)
1894:
Colorado Governor Davis H. Waite ordered his state militia to protect
and support the miners engaged in the Cripple Creek miners' strike.
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cripple_Creek_miners'_strike_of_1894)
1933:
The first ever drive-in theater opened in Camden, New Jersey, United
States.
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drive-in_theater)
1944:
The Battle of Normandy began with 155,000 Allied troops landing on the
beaches of Normandy in the largest amphibious military operation in
history.
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Normandy)
1982:
A war in Lebanon began when Israeli forces invaded southern Lebanon to
root out members of the Palestine Liberation Organization.
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1982_Lebanon_War)
2005:
The U.S. Supreme Court delivered its landmark legal decision in
Gonzales v. Raich, allowing the U.S. Congress to ban medical marijuana
even in states that approve its use.
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gonzales_v._Raich)
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Wikiquote of the day:
Opinions cannot survive if one has no chance to fight for them. --
Thomas Mann
(http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Thomas_Mann)