Kampung Boy is a Malaysian animated television series. It is about the adventures of a young boy, Mat, and his life in a kampung (village). The series is adapted from the eponymous autobiographical graphic novel by local cartoonist Lat (pictured). It had two seasons and twenty-six episodes, one of which won an Annecy Award. The series was first shown on the Malaysian satellite television network Astro before being distributed to sixty other countries. It ran for one year from September 1999. A main theme of Kampung Boy is the contrast between the traditional rural way of life and the modern urban lifestyle. The series promotes the village lifestyle as a healthy, fun environment for an intelligent child. It proposes that new values and technologies should be carefully examined. Lat's animation was praised for its technical work and content, and Malaysian critics held up the series as an exemplar for their country's animators. Academics regarded the series as using modern technologies to preserve Malaysian history.

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The Convention Parliament met to decide the fate of the throne after James II, the last Catholic monarch of England, fled to France following the Glorious Revolution. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_II_of_England

1906:

SS Valencia was wrecked off the coast of Vancouver Island, Canada, in a location so treacherous it was known as the Graveyard of the Pacific. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SS_Valencia

1973:

The U.S. Supreme Court delivered a landmark decision in Roe v. Wade, striking down laws restricting abortion during the first two trimesters of pregnancy. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roe_v._Wade

2012:

Croatia held a referendum, in which it voted to become a member of the European Union. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2012_Croatian_European_Union_membership_referendum

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