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On Australia Day 1988 Sydney Harbour, that 'chief amphitheatre of Australian life', was again the centre of attention. This time the extraordinary spectacle attracting some two million people to its shores was the arrival of Tall Ships from around the world and the First Fleet re-enactment.

Greetings Woops - today Australia Day it is drizzling, my sun blister has turned into a 3rd lip - my daughter who is coming up from Sydney today has arrived home from wherever with a lurgy - her indoors has just finished 4 baskets of ironing and don't we all know she didn't enjoy doing it so now its left to me to do next weeks prediction game in the sanctity of my office - yesterday it reached 41 degrees and today a far more pleasant 25 - hope you haven't lost anything of value with the cold snap ATB
 
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1989: Massacre in Tiananmen Square
Several hundred civilians have been shot dead by the Chinese army during a bloody military operation to crush a democratic protest in Peking's (Beijing) Tiananmen Square.

Evening Anti - quiet day today, shopping in Newport. Weather not too bad, but not quite as hot as where you are ! Pleased to hear that all your extra security worked to protect your wine cellar whilst you were away. Hopefully the snow they have forecast will remain up North, and leave us alone. All the best <ok>
 
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On 2 August 1990 Iraq invaded its rival oil-exporting neighbour Kuwait. The invasion was widely condemned, and four days later the United Nations (UN) Security Council unanimously approved a trade embargo against Iraq. A blockade of Iraq’s access to the sea followed within weeks, as the United States assembled a large multinational task force in the Persian Gulf, while another was formed in Saudi Arabia.

Evenin' Woopert - absolutely hosing down what a waste of time getting nice and brown and growing a third lip - High Command hobbling round after treading on a glass splinter and its the first day of her being unemployed after where she worked closed down - trust you didn't spend the weekend shovelling snow poor old SB3 managed to get himself banned again I gave him some useful advice on his thread - cheers ATB
 
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Feb 14th, 1991 - "The Silence of the Lambs", starring Jodie Foster and Anthony Hopkins, is released.

Hi anti - No snow, and thankfully slightly warmer today. I read your advice to SB3/5, he is certainly cut up about being banned from the Saints site isn't he ?! What a scamp ! You appear to be unstoppable in your ascent up the Prediction League :shocked:
Have a good day, and I hope your weather improves <ok>
 
The Tobacco Advertising Prohibition Act 1992 limits the exposure of the public to messages and images that may persuade them to start or continue smoking.

Evening Woopert - still hosing down - sports day cancelled - not much to do but sit around and wait for tonights board meeting - only excitement is waiting for the delivery of a dress the wife bought in NZ and the Nespresso coffee order therefore I might start browsing some cruise brochures cant hurt can it ? ATB
 
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Jan 20th, 1993 - Bill Clinton inaugurated as 42nd US President.

G'day anti. Dry again today, but due to get very cold from tomorrow onwards. Can't wait until the weekend - flaming work gets in the way of your social life. Have a nice day <ok>
 
Jan 1994 - 35-foot-tall Chief Wahoo, trademark of Indians on top of Stadium since 1962, is taken down, to be moved to Jacob's Field.

Evenin' Woopert - guess what its dawned fine and sunny with a breeze - the HC's demeanour has improved remarkably so much so she has announced she is going shopping with a friend - the glass has been removed from her foot so that leaves me to take my Dad to the shops and catch up on 3 weeks of stuff he will need doing this will all be followed by a early night cos we are off to the outer western suburbs of Sydney tomorrow for a funeral of a friend who passed away at 52 years of age - sometimes well you can guess what I mean - have a goodun' ATB
 
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Jan. 24, 1995 - Criminal trial of O. J. Simpson opens in California.

Hi anti - Rain first thing, then dry and very cold rest of the day. 52 is no age is it ? I dread reading the death columns in the local paper published every Friday, to see names of friends, and people I know. They seem to be getting younger and younger. Hope tomorrow goes o.k.
 
The Simpsons has been at the cutting edge of popular culture for a quarter of a century - but do Springfield's most famous residents have the ability to predict the future?
According to Internet conspiracy theorists, the simple answer is yes.
They claim the world famous TV series predicted the Ebola crisis back in a 1997 episode in which Marge tries to coax a sick Bart out of bed, as proof.
She suggests he reads a book before producing one entitled 'Curious George and the Ebola Virus'.
 
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The Human Rights Act 1998 (also known as the Act or the HRA) came into force in the United Kingdom in October 2000. It is composed of a series of sections that have the effect of codifying the protections in the European Convention on Human Rights into UK law.
All public bodies (such as courts, police, local governments, hospitals, publicly funded schools, and others) and other bodies carrying out public functions have to comply with the Convention rights.

This means, among other things, that individuals can take human rights cases in domestic courts; they no longer have to go to Strasbourg to argue their case in the European Court of Human Rights.

One of the Human Rights, was mentioned as the god given right to continue this thread for as long as participants wish to, despite regular attempts by mods from other teams sites doing their best to close it down for some reason best known to themselves........
 
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The year 2002 in film involved some significant events. The first significant releases of sequels took place between The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers, Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones, Men in Black II, Analyze That, Spy Kids 2: The Island of Lost Dreams, Stuart Little 2, Blade II, the 3rd installment Austin Powers in Goldmember, the 10th installments Star Trek: Nemesis and Jason X. 2002 is the only year in which a Star Wars and a Star Trek film were released in the same year.

Greetings Woopert - warm sunny morning - just back from Sydney after attending the funeral - before we left we had a phone call to say our great nephew aged 23 had hung himself the previous evening - its staggering what life can throw at you so we have had a very sombre day of it - not much to add at this point life will go on its just a bit crap at the mo - cheers ATB
 
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2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami.

Evening anti - Wow ! What a difficult couple of days you have had. Really sorry to hear your news. Sincere condolences to you and your family <peacedove>
 
The Australian skipper Michael Clark is in the worst form trough of his reign as captain since 2005 leading into a 10-month block which contains marquee events such as the series against India, the World Cup and the Ashes.

evenin' Woopert - well that's encouraging news re MC - many thanks for your condolence - we move on and today myself and the HC are throwing ourselves into the garden to catch up on 3 weeks growth my philosophy is perform or die so the old chain saw might get a run today. HC is in charge of the mower and I the strimmer then its time to prune - weather fine sunny and a nice 27 forecast - hope our football wishes come to fruition - avagoodweekend ATB
 
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