The Holden VE Commodore is the fourteenth and current model of the
Holden Commodore, a full-size car produced by Holden, the Australian
subsidiary of General Motors. Full-scale production commenced on July
13 2006, with the official unveiling being held at a media launch in
Melbourne on July 16 2006. The VE is the first Commodore model
designed entirely in Australia, with previous generations based on
Opel-sourced platforms that had been adapted both mechanically and in
size for the local market. To date the annualised sales of the VE have
failed to match those of the record-breaking VT Commodore. Prior to
the release of the VE model, Holden confirmed that they would
manufacture two parallel generations of Commodores, until the launch
of station wagon and utility body styles. This announcement came not
long before Holden announced that engines and transmissions would
largely be carried over from the previous VZ model.
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Today's selected anniversaries:
622:
The epoch of the Islamic calendar occurred, marking the year that
Muhammad began his Hijra from Mecca to Medina.
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Islamic_calendar)
1769:
Spanish friar Junípero Serra founded Mission San Diego de Alcalá,
the first Franciscan mission in the Alta California region of New
Spain.
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mission_San_Diego_de_Alcal%C3%A1)
1945:
Manhattan Project: "Trinity", the first nuclear test explosion, was
detonated near Alamogordo, New Mexico, United States.
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trinity_test)
1979:
Saddam Hussein replaced the resigning Ahmed Hassan al-Bakr as
President of Iraq, after having gradually usurped power from his
cousin.
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saddam_Hussein)
1994:
The planet Jupiter was hit by fragments of the Shoemaker-Levy 9
comet, causing a fireball which reached a peak temperature of about
24,000 K
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comet_Shoemaker-Levy_9)
2005:
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, the sixth book in the
popular Harry Potter series by J. K. Rowling, was released to record
sales of 287,564 books per hour in its first 24 hours, making it the
fastest selling book in history.
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Potter_and_the_Half-Blood_Prince)
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Wiktionary's Word of the day:
escritoire: A writing desk with a hinged door that provides the
writing surface.
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http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/escritoire)
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Wikiquote of the day:
You'll find that you're not the first person who was ever confused and
frightened and even sickened by human behavior. You're by no means
alone on that score, you'll be excited and stimulated to know. Many,
many men have been just as troubled morally and spiritually as you are
right now. Happily, some of them kept records of their troubles.
You'll learn from them — if you want to. Just as someday, if you have
something to offer, someone will learn something from you. It's a
beautiful reciprocal arrangement. And it isn't education. It's
history. It's poetry. -- J. D. Salinger in The Catcher in the Rye
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http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/J._D._Salinger)