TOP FIVE ONLINE

1 Holiday dream shattered after courier loses passport 2 Cool front brings relief to hot nights 3 Pan Pac's broken pipe: After months of leaks, it's back to square one 4 Govt announces $20 million to make rural highways safer 5 Gran braves ocean swim in togs

Quiz

1 If a person has dysphasia, what does he/she have difficulty doing? 2 What nationality was racing driver Mario Andretti? 3 According to legend, the Scottish hero Robert the Bruce learnt the principle of perseverance from watching what creature? 4 Port-au-Prince is the capital city of where? 5 Peptic is the adjective that refers to which body function?

Joke of the day

Q: What bow can't be tied? A: A rainbow!

Bible quote

“Jesus answered them, Truly, truly, I say to you, Whoever commits sin is the servant of sin.” — John 8:34

History

1559: England's Queen Elizabeth I was crowned in Westminster Abbey. 1892: The original rules of basketball, devised by James Naismith, were published for the first time in Springfield, Massachusetts, where the game originated. 1919: In Boston, a tank containing an estimated 2.3 million gallons of molasses burst, sending the dark syrup coursing through the city's North End, killing 21 people. 1943: Work was completed on the Pentagon, the headquarters of the U.S. Department of War (now Defense). 1973: President Richard M. Nixon announced the suspension of all U.S. offensive action in North Vietnam, citing progress in peace negotiations. 1993: A historic disarmament ceremony ended in Paris with the last of 125 countries signing a treaty banning chemical weapons.

Birthdays

● Actress Margaret O'Brien is 81. ● Actor-director Mario Van Peebles is 62. ● Rock musician Adam Jones (Tool) is 54. ● Actor James Nesbitt is 54.

Quiz Answers

1 Swallowing 2 American 3 Spider 4 Haiti 5 Digestion.

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