HOT TOPICS

Quiz

1 Fidel Castro became the President

of Cuba in which decade?

2 How many States were there in the United States before Alaska joined in 1959?

3 Where is the largest collection of

Victoria Crosses held?

4 Which 2 player board game was invented in China over 2500 years ago and is believed to be the oldest to be continually played to modern day?

5 What is the term for a baby Koala?

Bible quote

"For I know the plans I have for you," says the Lord. "They are plans for good and not for disaster, to give you a future and a hope. In those days when you pray, I will listen. If you look for me wholeheartedly, you will find me." Jeremiah 29:11-13

History

1608 The city of Quebec was founded by Samuel de Champlain.

1775 Gen. George Washington took command of the Continental Army at Cambridge, Massachusetts.

1863 The three-day Civil War Battle of Gettysburg in Pennsylvania ended in a major victory for the North as Confederate troops failed to breach Union positions during an assault known as Pickett’s Charge.

1944 During World War II, Soviet forces recaptured Minsk from the Germans.

1950 The first carrier strikes of the Korean War took place as the USS Valley Forge and the HMS Triumph sent fighter planes against North Korean targets.

1976 Israel launched its daring mission to rescue 106 passengers and Air France crew members being held at Entebbe Airport in Uganda by pro-palestinian hijackers; the commandos succeeded in rescuing all but four of the hostages.

1988 The USS Vincennes shot down an Iran Air jetliner over the Persian Gulf, killing all 290 people aboard.

1996 Russians went to the polls to re-elect Boris Yeltsin president over his Communist challenger, Gennady Zyuganov, in a runoff.

2003 The US put a $25 million bounty on Saddam Hussein, and $15 million apiece for his two sons. (The $30 million reward for Odai and Qusai Hussein went to a tipster whose information led U.S. troops to their hideout, where the brothers were killed in a gunbattle.)

2005 A NASA space probe, Deep Impact, hit its comet target as planned in a mission to learn how the solar system formed.

Birthdays

● Folk singer Judith Durham (The Seekers) is 77

● Actor Tom Cruise is 58

● TV chef Sandra Lee is 54

● Wikileaks founder Julian Assange is 49

Quiz Answers

1 1970’s 2 48 3 Imperial War Museum, London 4 Go 5 Joey

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