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    On the 24th June-NZ Truth
    Newspaper begins. In 1983
    it included a publication called
    TV Guide, which you are reading
    today.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Piper View Post
    On the 24th June-NZ Truth
    Newspaper begins. In 1983
    it included a publication called
    TV Guide, which you are reading
    today.
    It had a tv guide? I never got any further than the titties on page 3 🤣😂🤣
    Every great cause begins as a movement, becomes a business, and eventually degenerates into a racket - Eric Hoffer

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    Thumbs up 120 years ago today

    On the 1st July in 1903 The inaugural Tour De France
    cycling race begins in paris.Frenchman Maurice Garin
    won the event.

    And on the 1st July 1967 The Beatles Sgt Peppers Lonely
    Hearts Club Band goes to number one in the U.S album
    charts and stays there for 15 weeks.

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    40 yrs ago today Mick Jagger and David Bowie collaborated on Dancing in the Streets.
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    Question History on this date 3rd July

    On this date 3rd of July :

    In 1963-All 23 people on a
    DC from Auckland to Tauranga
    are killed when the plane crashes
    in the Kaimais.

    1913-New Zealand Tennis player
    Anthony Wilding wins his fourth
    straight men's singles title at
    Wimbledon.


    In 1983-New Zealand's Chris
    Lewis reaches the men's
    singles final at Wimbledon
    but is beaten by John McEnroe.

    In 1928-John Logie Barid
    demonstrates the first colour
    TV transmission, in London.

    In 1969 Brian Jones
    , 27 of The Rolling Stones
    drowns.

    In 1971 Jim Morrison, lead
    singer of The Doors, dies of
    heart failure. He was 27.

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    Thumbs up 146 years ago today

    On the 9th of July in 1877
    The first Wimbledon tennis
    championship begins.

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    Thumbs up 71 years ago today

    On the 23rd July 1952,Yvette Williams
    wins the long jump at Helsinki
    to become New Zealand 's first
    female Olympic medallist.

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    Thumbs up 130 years ago today

    On the 28th of July 1893 a petition organised by
    Kate Sheppard, demanding women's suffrage, is
    delivered to New Zealand's parliament.

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    Thumbs up On the 1st August

    1983-New Zealand score their
    first test cricket win in England,
    beating England by five wickets
    at Headingly.


    1986-Boxer Jimmy Peau wins
    gold for New Zealand at the
    Commonwealth Games in
    Edinburgh in the men's heavyweight
    division.


    1976-Elizabeth Taylor divorces Richard Burton
    for the second time (. her sixth divorce overall )


    1987-The Maori Language Act comes into force,
    making tea reo Maori an official New
    Zealand language

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    Thumbs up 50 years old today

    In 1973-American Graffiti
    premiers at the Locarno Film
    Festival in Switzerland.

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    On the 4th of August 1971, the
    band Wings was formed.

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    Thumbs up 27 years ago today

    On the 10th August 1996 The All Blacks
    beat the Springboks 29-18 in
    Cape Town to win the first rugby
    Tri-Nations title.


    1984-At the Los Angeles Games
    kayaker Ian Ferguson becomes
    the first kiwi to win two gold medals
    in one day ( the men's K-1 500m and
    K-2 500m ).

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    Quote Originally Posted by Piper View Post
    On the 10th August 1996 The All Blacks
    beat the Springboks 29-18 in
    Cape Town to win the first rugby
    Tri-Nations title.


    1984-At the Los Angeles Games
    kayaker Ian Ferguson becomes
    the first kiwi to win two gold medals
    in one day ( the men's K-1 500m and
    K-2 500m ).
    did nothing happen over the last week?

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