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Most read stories on hawkesbaytoday.co.nz

1) Homicide inquiry launched after Flaxmere man dies.

2). Central Hawke’s Bay groundwater levels at record lows — farmer demands action.

3) Rough beginnings for teen killer: ‘He’s not a bad boy’.

4). ‘Sweet kid’ found guilty of ‘unspeakable tragedy’ at age 14. 5) Christmas Cheer sparks up again.

Quiz

1 Who had a hit record with Better

Be Home Soon?

2 Name the fifth largest lake in this country, which is no deeper than 3m anywhere?

3 After 1962, NZ hotels were able to

change to which new status?

4 Which sport in New Zealand has a

John Lennon Trophy?

5 Which political party was formed

in Petone in 1912?

Joke of the day

Two aerials meet on a roof, fall in love, get married. The ceremony was rubbish — but the reception was brilliant.

Bible quote

Be you therefore ready also: for the Son of man comes at an hour when you think not.” — Luke 12:40

History

1789: Americans observed a day of thanksgiving set aside by President George Washington to mark the adoption of the Constitution.

1950: China entered the Korean War, launching a counteroffensive against soldiers from the United Nations, the US and South Korea.

1973: President Richard Nixon’s personal secretary, Rose Mary Woods, told a federal court that she’d accidentally caused part of the 18.5-minute gap in a key Watergate tape.

1992: The British Government announced the Queen had volunteered to start paying taxes on her personal income, and would take her children off the public payroll.

2008: Teams of heavily armed gunmen, allegedly from Pakistan, stormed luxury hotels, a popular tourist attraction and a crowded train station in Mumbai, India, leaving at least 166 people dead in a rampage lasting 60 hours.

2013: Pope Francis denounced the global financial system that excluded the poor as he issued the mission statement for his papacy.

Birthdays

● Impressionist Rich Little is 80.

● Singer Tina Turner is 79.

● Singer Jean Terrell is 74.

● Pop musician John McVie is 73.

● Actor Scott Jacoby is 62.

● Actress Jamie Rose is 59.

● Actor Peter Facinelli is 45.

● Country singer Joe Nichols is 42.

● Rock musician Ben Wysocki (The Fray) is 34.

Quiz Answers

1. Crowded House 2. Ellesmere 3. Tavern 4. Softball. 5. Communist

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