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El Hatillo Municipality is an administrative division of the State of Miranda, Venezuela. One of the five municipalities of Caracas, the capital of Venezuela, it is located in the southeastern area of Caracas. The seat of the municipal government is El Hatillo Town, founded in 1784 by Don Baltasar de León, who was instrumental in the area’s development. Although the town had its origins during the Spanish colonization, the municipality was not established until 1991. In 2000—the year after a new constitution was enacted in Venezuela—some of the municipality functions were delegated to a consolidated mayor’s office called Alcaldía Mayor. El Hatillo preserves some of its colonial architecture, including an 18th century parish church and a unique Romanian Orthodox Church. The municipality also has a rich artistic culture, with at least two important musical festivals celebrated yearly, and numerous holiday celebrations reflecting the heritage of El Hatillo. The culture, the pleasant temperature, the rural landscape, and the gastronomy of the municipality have made it a place of interest for visitors to the city, and a desirable place to live. (more…)
…that the sex scenes in the Thai film Ploy that were shown at the 2007 Cannes Film Festival had to be re-edited by director Pen-Ek Ratanaruang (pictured) so the film could be shown in cinemas in Thailand ?
…that the first private radio station in India was Akashvani which was set up in 1935 in Mysore, Karnataka ?
…that Virginia Lamp Thomas, wife of United States Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, collected résumés for appointments in the George W. Bush Administration while working at the Heritage Foundation ?
…that, in connection with the 7th-century Turkic conquest of Aghvania, the invaders were reported “to suck the children’s blood like milk”?
…that during the G-8 Summit in Germany on June 7-8, Russian president Vladimir Putin offered to deploy elements of an American anti-misssile shield in Qabala Radiolocation Station in Azerbaijan instead of Poland and the Czech Republic ?
…that Matt Wieters, the fifth pick in the 2007 Major League Baseball Draft, was the third player in Georgia Tech history to earn first-team All-America honors twice?
Milan Martić, the former leader of the Republic of Serbian Krajina, is convicted of war crimes and sentenced to 35 years’ imprisonment by the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia.
In the Belgian general election, the alliance of Christian Democratic and Flemish and New-Flemish Alliance led by the current Minister-President of Flanders Yves Leterme wins in Flanders. The Reformist Movement becomes the biggest party in Wallonia.
Rafael Nadal and Justine Henin win the men’s singles and the women’s singles of tennis ‘ French Open, respectively.
The Space Shuttle Atlantis (pictured) launches from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida, USA, on a mission to help assemble the International Space Station.
After a European Football Championship qualification match between Sweden and Denmark ended in turmoil, the UEFA ‘s disciplinary committee fines the Danish Football Association CHF  100,000 and awards the victory to Sweden.
June 12 : Independence Day in the Philippines (1898) and the Russian Federation (1990), Dia dos Namorados in Brazil.
The Palace of Westminster at dusk, showing the Victoria Tower (left) and the Clock Tower colloquially known as ‘Big Ben’. The palace lies on the bank of the River Thames in the heart of London. The oldest part, Westminster Hall, dates to 1097, but most of the present structure dates from the 19th century, when it was rebuilt after it was almost entirely destroyed by a fire in 1834. Together with Westminster Abbey and Saint Margaret’s Church, the palace is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
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George Moore was an Irish novelist, short story writer, poet, art critic, memoirist and dramatist. Moore came from a Roman Catholic landed family, originally intended to be an artist, and studied art in Paris during the 1870s. Here he befriended many of the leading French artists and writers of the day. As a writer, he was amongst the first English language authors to absorb the lessons of the French realists, being particularly influenced by the works of Émile Zola. He was also a key figure in the Celtic Revival. His short stories influenced the early writings of James Joyce. Although a number of his books remain in print, Moore’s work remains somewhat outside the mainstream of both Irish and British literature ; he founded no school or movement and has had few, if any followers.
1410 – The Kingdom of Poland and the Grand Duchy of Lithuania defeated the Teutonic Knights in the Battle of Grunwald.
1806 – The Pike expedition, led by Zebulon Pike to explore the Louisiana Territory, began near St. Louis, Missouri.
After a series of raids, British police announce their suspicion that the 7 July London bombings were suicide bombings carried out by four British citizens from Leeds.
Faulty fuel-tank sensors on Space Shuttle Discovery delay the launch of STS-114, NASA ‘s first manned mission since the loss of Columbia in February 2003.
…that First Monday was a U.S. television program about a moderate U.S. Supreme Court Justice appointed to a court evenly divided between conservatives and liberals ?
…that the Choristodera are extinct reptiles that lived during the time of the dinosaurs and have a skull structure similar to that of the modern day Gharial ?
…that legendary producer and arranger Quincy Jones produced jazz vocalist Helen Merrill’s self-titled debut album when he was just 21 years old?
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Nutrition Assistance for Puerto Rico is a federal assistance nutritional program provided by the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) solely to the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, a territory of the United States. It provides over $1.5 billion in supplemental economic resources to help just over 1 million impoverished residents cope with their nutritional needs. Since its inception in 1982, the program has been providing low-income families living in Puerto Rico with cash benefits used for food purchases. It is a collaborative effort between the USDA and the island’s government, where the former provides annual federal appropriations for the Puerto Rico government to distribute individually among eligible participants. Although the methods of providing such benefits have changed over the years, the program’s basic objective of helping low-income families meet their nutritional needs has remained constant. It has, however, been controversial throughout its existence. Federal reviews and assessments have revealed deficiencies in its operations and management, requiring the implementation of various changes, including increased scrutiny. It has also attracted both criticism and advocacy from Puerto Rico and the United States over its effectiveness in helping poor families and its impact on Puerto Rico’s social classes and economy. (more…)
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…that the Joseon Korean official Choe Bu wrote a travel diary about his shipwrecked stay in Ming China that eventually became widely printed in Korea and Japan during the 16th century?
…that about 63 dams with a capacity of over 100 million cubic metres account for 95% of the water storage capacity of Mexico ?
…that Cassià Maria Just was one of the Catholic Church members in Spain who showed their opposition to Francisco Franco ?
…that some Norton, Massachusetts residents complain they have trouble selling their homes because Lake Winnecunnett is “a weed – infested, mosquito breeding swamp “?
A permanent coalition government agreement is reached in Belgium, ending a 9-month stalemate, with Yves Leterme designated to become Prime Minister.
David Paterson is sworn in as the first black Governor of New York (and the fourth ever in the U.S.) after Eliot Spitzer resigns amidst a prostitution scandal.
The wreckages of HMAS Sydney and the HSK Kormoran are located off the coast of Western Australia 66 years after their mutual destruction in battle.
The U.S. Federal Reserve takes unprecedented action to stem panic on Wall Street, including the provision of funding for JPMorgan Chase ‘s buyout of collapsing rival Bear Stearns (headquarters pictured).
Mar Paulos Faraj Rahho, the Chaldean Catholic archbishop of Mosul who was kidnapped in Iraq last month, is found murdered.
1279 – The Song Dynasty in Imperial China ended with a victory by the Yuan Dynasty at the Battle of Yamen off the coast of Xinhui, Guangdong Province.
1687 – The search for the mouth of the Mississippi River led by French explorer René Robert Cavelier, Sieur de La Salle (pictured) ended with a mutiny and his murder in present-day Texas.
1915 – Pluto was photographed for the first time, 15 years before it was eventually discovered by Clyde Tombaugh at the Lowell Observatory.
1941 – The Tuskegee Airmen, the first all- African American unit of the United States Army Air Corps, was activated.
1978 – In response to the Israeli invasion of Lebanon, the United Nations called on Israel to immediately withdraw its forces from Lebanon, and established the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon.
1982 – Argentine forces led by Alfredo Astiz occupied South Georgia, precipitating the Falklands War against the United Kingdom.
The aircraft carrier USS Franklin is afire and listing by 13° after being hit by a Japanese air attack on March 19, 1945, during World War II. The crew is clearly seen on the flaming deck, watched by the crew of the light cruiser USS Santa Fe (from where this was taken), which was alongside assisting with firefighting and rescue work. The casualties totaled 724 killed and 265 wounded.
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