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10th January 2009. We've received a very nice message from John Bowe:
Just like to thank you for your questions that have been used on my impossible pub quiz on John Bowe saturday radio show in Ireland. The show has been going for over 4 years and we have used your questions regularly.
Cheers
John
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July 3rd 2009
On this day:
2000: Livingstone to take on government
In his first speech as Mayor of London Ken Livingstone announces that he will stand up to the government.
1988: US warship shoots down Iranian airliner
An American naval warship patrolling in the Persian Gulf shoots down an Iranian passenger jet after apparently mistaking it for a fighter plane.
1987: Nazi war criminal Klaus Barbie gets life
The former chief of Gestapo in Lyon, Klaus Barbie, is sentenced to life imprisonment in a Lyon court.
1971: Doors' singer Jim Morrison found dead
The lead singer of American rock group The Doors dies of heart failure in Paris, aged 27.
1970: Holiday jet goes missing over Spain
A charter flight from Manchester has gone missing with 105 holiday-makers on board.
1966: Arrests in London after Vietnam rally
Demonstrators in London are arrested after their protest against the Vietnam War turns violent.
1956: Commonwealth heads honoured
The prime ministers of India and New Zealand are made Freemen of the City of London.
1951: Ridgway agrees to ceasefire talks
Talks to end the Korean war will begin later in July after terms were accepted by General Matthew Ridgway, supreme commander to the UN in the Far-East.
With thanks to the BBC