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1 Why Lake Waikaremoana is just as
good as Scandinavia
2 The magic 44: PM praises Hawke’s
Bay as all Covid-19 cases recover
3 Homeward bound for Hawke’s Bay: Now stuck on a second cruise ship
4 Napier Port: 40pc profit rise
before pandemic uncertainty
5 Bus fares could drop 65pc with
new ticket system
Quiz
1 Which British girl group had a
member by the name of Mel B?
2 Which country did AC/DC
originate in?
3 What genre of music did Taylor
Swift start in?
4 Which song by Luis Fonsi and Daddy Yankee has the most views (of all time) on YouTube?
5 Who was the lead singer of the
80s band Culture Club?
Bible quote
“The name of the Lord is a strong tower; the righteous man runs into it and is safe.”
Proverbs 18:10
History
1533 The Archbishop of Canterbury, Thomas Cranmer, declared the marriage of England’s King Henry VIII to Anne Boleyn valid.
1912 The Senate Commerce Committee issued its report on the Titanic disaster that cited a “state of absolute unpreparedness”, improperly tested safety equipment and an “indifference to danger” as some of the causes of an “unnecessary tragedy”.
1918 American troops fought their first major battle during World War I as they launched an offensive against the German-held French village of Cantigny; the Americans succeeded in capturing the village.
1937 President Franklin D. Roosevelt pushed a button in Washington signalling that vehicular traffic could begin crossing the justopened Golden Gate Bridge in California.
1959 The US Army launched Able, a rhesus monkey, and Baker, a squirrel monkey, aboard a Jupiter missile for a suborbital flight which both primates survived.
Birthdays
● Singer Gladys
Knight is 76.
● Singer John Fogerty is 75.
● Rapper Chubb Rock is
52.
● Singer Kylie Minogue is 52.
● Actor Justin Kirk is 51.
● Actor Jake Johnson is 42.
● Actor Jesse Bradford is 41.
● Actress Alexa Davalos is 38.
● Actress Carey Mulligan is 35.
● Actor Joseph Cross is 34.
Quiz Answers
1 Spice Girls 2 Australia 3 Country 4 Despacito 5 Boy George.
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