Yarralumla is a large suburb within Canberra, the capital city of
Australia. Located approximately 3.5 kilometres south-west of the city
centre, Yarralumla extends along the southern bank of Lake Burley
Griffin. Europeans first settled the area in 1828, and it was named
Yarralumla in 1834 from the Ngunnwal Indigenous Australian name for
the area. Yarralumla is most noted for being the site of Government
House, the official residence of the Governor-General of Australia,
built in 1891. The suburb was officially gazetted in 1928 and today is
home to approximately 3000 people and many diplomatic missions. In
recent years, it has become one of Canberra's most desirable and
expensive suburbs because of its leafy streets, attractive lakeside
setting and central location.
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1521:
Pope Leo X excommunicated Martin Luther from the Roman Catholic Church
after Luther refused to retract 41 of his 95 theses.
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pope_Leo_X)
1749:
Benning Wentworth began to issue the New Hampshire Grants on land
which was also claimed by New York, and is now Vermont.
(
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Hampshire_Grants)
1958:
Ten former British colonies in the Caribbean joined to form a new
independent country, the West Indies Federation.
(
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/West_Indies_Federation)
1973:
George Steinbrenner and a group of investors bought the New York
Yankees for US$8.7 million.
(
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Steinbrenner)
1990:
United States invasion of Panama: General Manuel Noriega, the deposed
"strongman of Panama", surrendered.
(
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_invasion_of_Panama)
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Wikiquote of the day:
Each comprehended only that part of the mind of Ilúvatar from which he
came, and in the understanding of their brethren they grew but slowly.
Yet ever as they listened they came to deeper understanding, and
increased in unison and harmony. -- J. R. R. Tolkien in The
Silmarillion
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http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/J._R._R._Tolkien)