On the 24th June-NZ Truth
Newspaper begins. In 1983
it included a publication called
TV Guide, which you are reading
today.
On the 24th June-NZ Truth
Newspaper begins. In 1983
it included a publication called
TV Guide, which you are reading
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.
40 yrs ago today Mick Jagger and David Bowie collaborated on Dancing in the Streets.
Only a Rat can win a Rat Race!
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.
On the 9th of July in 1877
The first Wimbledon tennis
championship begins.
On the 23rd July 1952,Yvette Williams
wins the long jump at Helsinki
to become New Zealand 's first
female Olympic medallist.
13 years ago today
Only a Rat can win a Rat Race!
On the 28th of July 1893 a petition organised by
Kate Sheppard, demanding women's suffrage, is
delivered to New Zealand's parliament.
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
In 1973-American Graffiti
premiers at the Locarno Film
Festival in Switzerland.
On the 4th of August 1971, the
band Wings was formed.
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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