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Most read stories on hawkesbaytoday.co.nz

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Fifth stabbing overnight: Hawke’s Bay man critical

2 Woman evicted after airport

confrontation

3 Local Focus: Blossom Parade a

blooming success

4 Havelock North united in

community centre project

5 Why is it so hard to talk about

money?

Quiz

1 How was Charles Edward Stuart better known in the middle of the 18th century?

2 From which Scottish shipbuilding yard was the Liner Queen Elizabeth II launched?

3 For her role in which movie did Sophia Loren win best actress Oscar?

4 What was the name of the first

nuclear submarine?

5 Which Dallas actor played Captain Tony Nelson in I Dream of Jeannie?

Joke of the day

Q. How long do chickens work? A. Around the cluck.

Bible quote

Keep the sabbath day to sanctify it, as the LORD your God has commanded you.” (Deuteronomy 5:12 AKJV)

History

1736: Death of Gabriel Daniel Fahrenheit, German physicist who invented alcohol and mercury thermometers.

1859: Lake Nyasa is discovered in Africa by Scottish explorer David Livingstone.

1945: Japan surrenders Hong Kong at end of World War II.

1975: Papua New Guinea gains full independence from Australia. 2000: At the Sydney Olympics, Ian Thorpe wins two gold medals and claims two world records.

Birthdays

● France’s King Louis XIV (1638-1715)

● John Gay, English poet (1685-1732)

● Janis Paige, US actress (1922-)

● Lee Kuan Yew, ex prime minister of Singapore (1923-2015)

● Lauren Bacall, US actress (1924-)

● BB King, US blues musician (1925-)

● Ed Begley Jnr, US actor (1949-)

● David Bellamy, US country singer (1950-)

● Mickey Rourke, US actor (1956-)

● David Copperfield, US magician (1956-)

● Mary Coustas, Australian comedian (1964-)

● Marc Anthony, American singer (1968-)

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Quiz Answers

1. Bonnie Prince Charlie

2. Clydebank 3. Two Women 4. USS Nautilus 5. Larry Hagman

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