The 2006 South Australian general election was held on 18 March 2006, and was conducted by the independent State Electoral Office of South Australia. The centre-left Australian Labor Party, in government since 2002 under Premier Mike Rann, gained six Liberal-held seats and a 7.7 percent statewide two-party preferred swing, resulting in the first Labor majority government since the 1985 election with 28 of the 47 House of Assembly (lower house) seats, a net gain of five seats. The centre-right Liberal Party of Australia, led by Rob Kerin, regained a formerly independent seat while losing seats - the net result of 15 seats was the lowest Liberal result in any South Australian election. Independent members Bob Such and Rory McEwen retained their seats, with Kris Hanna successfully changing from Labor to an independent member. The sitting Nationals SA member Karlene Maywald retained her seat.

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_______________________________ Today's selected anniversaries:

1467: Troops under Stephen III of Moldavia defeated the forces of Matthias Corvinus of Hungary at the Battle of Baia in Baia, present-day Romania. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Baia)

1791: The first ten amendments to the United States Constitution, collectively known as the United States Bill of Rights, were ratified. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Bill_of_Rights)

1891: Physical education teacher James Naismith introduced a game in Springfield, Massachusetts, USA with thirteen rules and nine players on each team that became known as basketball. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Naismith)

1961: Former Nazi leader Adolf Eichmann was sentenced to death after being found guilty on fifteen criminal charges, including war crimes and crimes against humanity. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adolf_Eichmann)

1964: The six-month long Canadian Great Flag Debate ended when the Canadian House of Commons voted to replace the de facto national flag of Canada, the Canadian Red Ensign, with an official one, the current Maple Leaf Flag. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Flag_Debate)

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fatuously: With smug stupidity; idiotically (http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/fatuously)

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It is not the right angle that attracts me, Nor the hard, inflexible straight line, man-made. What attracts me are free and sensual curves. The curves in my country’s mountains, In the sinuous flow of its rivers, In the beloved woman’s body. -- Oscar Niemeyer (http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Oscar_Niemeyer)