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Top five online
1 ‘Unsettling’ time for Hawke’s Bay’s EIT amid proposed changes 2 Police investigate fatal crash near Wairoa 3 Elton John concert warning: ‘Don’t go pay $900 for a ticket’ 4 Police pursuit abandoned in Napier 5 Neighbours squawk as seagull whisperer entices rare birds into tow
Quiz
1 Name the United States vicepresident who suffered widespread ridicule over the spelling of the word “potato”? 2 In the signs of the zodiac, what comes between a crab and a virgin? 3 Which organisation has the motto “Blood and Fire”? 4 What was the nationality of the inventor of the Rubik’s Cube? 5 From which language does the word “alcohol” originate?
Joke of the day
Q: Where do bees go to the bathroom? A: At the BP station!
Bible quote
Take heed and beware of covetousness, for one’s life does not consist in the abundance of the things he possesses. — Luke 12:15.
History
1564: Italian astronomer Galileo Galilei was born in Pisa. 1933: President-elect Franklin D. Roosevelt escaped an assassination attempt in Miami that mortally wounded Chicago mayor Anton J. Cermak. 1952: A funeral was held at Windsor Castle for Britain’s King George VI, who had died nine days earlier. 1965: Canada’s new maple-leaf flag, which replaced the Red Ensign design, was unfurled in ceremonies in Ottawa. 1965: Singer Nat King Cole, 45, died in Santa Monica, California. 1992: A Milwaukee jury found that Jeffrey Dahmer was sane when he killed and mutilated 15 men and boys. The decision meant that Dahmer, who had already pleaded guilty to the murders, would receive a mandatory life sentence for each count. Dahmer was beaten to death in prison in 1994.
Birthdays
Actress Jane Seymour is 68. Simpsons creator Matt Groening is 65. Model Janice Dickinson is 64. Actor Michael Easton is 52. Latin singer Gloria Trevi is 51. Actress Sarah Wynter is 46. Actor Zach Gordon is 21.
Quiz Answers
1. Dan Quayle. 2. Lion. 3. The Salvation Army. 4. Hungarian. 5. Arabic.
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