London Tower Bridge

Photographer Bodil Anderson ; You can see this and other photos in Struturae

The Tower Bridge is the only movable bridge of the 29 bridges on the Thames River.
Location: London, England
Completion Date: 1894
Length: 880 feet
Type: Movable (bascule), suspension
Purpose: Roadway, pedestrian
Materials: Steel, masonry
Longest Single Span: 200 feet
Engineer(s): Sir Horace Jones, Sir John Wolfe-Barry

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Orçamento rectificativo e privatizações...

No Orçamento rectificativo consta no lado das receitas uma verba de 400 milhões de euros relativa a privatizações. Ao Sr. Ministro das Finanças compete zelar pela elaboração e controlo do Orçamento de Estado. No entanto, segundo ele o Plano das Privatizações ainda não está aprovado e não sabe quais as empresas a privatizar. E esta hem?

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On this day in History - Jun 30

1109 - Morte de Afonso VI , rei de Leão e Castela.
1470 - King Charles VIII of France was born (d. 1498)
1487 - Concebido o Pentateuco, na cidade de Faro, primeiro livro impresso em Portugal
1520 - Morte do imperador azteca (México) Montezuma II (b. 1466).
1607 - Caesar Baronius, dies (b. 1538). Italian cardinal and historian.
1651 - Battle of Beresteczko ends with Polish victory.
1662 - Casamento de D. Catarina, filha de D. João IV, com Carlos II de Inglaterra.
1685 - John Gay, was born (d. 1732). English writer.
1685 - Dominikus Zimmermann, was born (d. 1766). Master builder.
1775 - Paul de Barras, was born. Politician (d. 1829)
1789 - Horace Vernet, was born (d. 1863). Painter and graphic artist.
1793 - Inaugurado o Teatro Nacional de S. Carlos - Lisboa, Portugal
1795 - A Academia das Ciências de Lisboa foi autorizada a nomear pessoas para a recolha de lápides e inscrições pelo reino.
1798 - Criação da Sociedade Real Marítima, Militar e Geográfica, com fins culturais e científicos , e sobretudo para apoio da feitura da Carta Geral do Reino.
1805 - The U.S. Congress organizes Michigan Territory.
1805 - Morreu o Intendente (Diogo Inácio da) Pina Manique , fundador da Casa Pia de Lisboa (n. 03 Out 1783)
1807 - Friedrich Theodor von Vischer, was born (d. 1887). Narrator, lyricist, and philosopher
1817- Joseph Dalton Hooker, was born (d. 1911). Botanist.
1843 - Ernest Mason Satow, was born (d. 1929). Author.
1864 - Abraham Lincoln grants Yosemite Valley to California for "public use, resort and recreation."
1882 - Charles J. Guiteau, dies. Assassin of President of the United States James A. Garfield
1891 - Man Mountain Dean, was born (d. 1953). Professional wrestler.
1893 - Walter Ulbricht, was born (d. 1973). Politician.
1894 - Korea declares independence from China, asks for Japanese aid
1894 - London Tower Bridge opens
1898 - Otto von Bismarck, dies (b. 1815). German Leader
1899 - Harry Shields, was born (d. 1971). Jazz musician.
1905 - Albert Einstein publishes the article "On the Electrodynamics of Moving Bodies", where he introduces special relativity.
1908 - Tunguska impact event occurs in Siberia. Possibly the most powerful, natural explosion in recorded history occurred on this day in 1908 at 7:17 a.m. The site was the Tunguska section of Central Siberia.
1911 - Czesław Miłosz, Polish poet (d. 2004). Recipient of the Nobel Prize in Literature.
1914 - Nasce em Chaves Francisco da Costa Gomes, Presidente da República (1974-1976) e marechal.
1917 - Susan Hayward, was born (d. 14 Mar 1975). American Academy awarded actress. (1959 Best Actress in a Leading Role: I want to live; I’ll Cry Tomorrow, Valley of the Dolls)

1917 - Lena Horne, was born. Actress and singer.
1919 - Alfredo Ernesto de Sá Cardoso assume o cargo de primeiro-ministro de Portugal
1926 - Paul Berg was born in Brooklyn, New York. American biochemist and professor emeritus at Stanford University. He shared The Nobel Prize e Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1980 "for his fundamental studies of the biochemistry of nucleic acids, with particular regard to recombinant-DNA" with Walter Gilbert and Frederick Sanger.

1927 - Shirley Fry was born . Tennis champion: Australian Open [1957], French Open [1951], Wimbledon [1956], U.S. Open [1956]
1934 - Harry Blackstone Jr., was born (d. 1997). Magician.
1934 - Night of the Long Knives, Adolf Hitler's violent purge of his political rivals in Germany takes place.
1934 - Ernst Röhm, dies. Nazi government official
1936 - Gone with the Wind by Margaret Mitchell published.
1936 - Nancy Dussault, was born. Actress.
1939 - Peter Bogdanovich was born in Kingston, New York. American film director.
1943 - Florence Ballard, was born (d. 1976). American singer (The Supremes).
1944 - Raymond Moody, was born. Parapsychologist
1953 - Charles Miller, dies. Father of football in Brazil.
1956 - A TWA Super Constellation and a United Airlines DC-7 collide above the Grand Canyon in Arizona, killing 128.
1958 - Esa-Pekka Salonen, was born. Finnish conductor and composer
1959 - Vincent D'Onofrio, was born in Brooklyn, New York. Actor
1959 - Brendan Perry, was born. Musician (Dead Can Dance)
1960 - Congo gains independence from Belgium, with Joseph Kasavubu as president and Patrice Lumumba as prime minister.
1961 - Lee DeForest, dies. American inventor
1962 - Tony Fernandez, was born. Baseball player.
1963 - Yngwie J. Malmsteen, was born. Guitarist
1963 - O Papa Paulo VI é coroado o 262º chefe da Igreja Católica Romana.
1966 - Mike Tyson, was born. World champion boxer
1968 - Philip Anselmo, was born. Musician.
1969 - Nascimento de Dira Paes (Ecleitira Maria Fonseca Paes), actriz brasileira, em Abaetetuba-PA.
1970 - Brazil beats Italy 4-1 in soccer's 9th World Cup at Mexico City
1971 - Monica Louise Potter is born in Cleveland, Ohio American actress ( The Young and the Restless, Without Limits, Patch Adams, Along Came a Spider ).
1971 - Viktor Patsayev, Georgi Dobrovolski, and Vladislav Volkov, die. Cosmonauts on Soyuz 11 1974 - Vannevar Bush, dies. Engineer and politician
1971- The crew of the Soyuz 11 spacecraft are killed when their air supply escapes through faulty valve.
1971 - The 26th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, lowering the voting age to 18, ratified as Ohio became the 38th state to approve it.
1973 - Chan Ho Park, was born. Korean baseball pitcher
1975 - Ralf Schumacher, was born. Race car driver
1976 - Firpo Marberry, dies. Major League Baseball pitcher
1980 - Na Islândia, Vigdis Fihnbogadotir foi a primeira mulher europeia a ser eleita Presidente da República.
1983 - Colonel Muannar Kadhaffi president of Libya (officially his title since 2 March 1979 is 'Leader of the Revolution') flies to Rabat for talks with King Hassan II of Morocco (Mawlay al-Hasan II ibn Muhammad). Success ends a 14 year political rift between the two countries and leads to a period (1984-86) of strong political union between the two countries.
1984 - Lillian Hellman, dies (b. 1905). Playwright.
1984 - Diego Maradona é transferido para o Nápoles
1984 - Fantasia Barrino, was born. Singer
1985 - Michael Phelps, was born. American swimmer
1985 - Fabiana Vallejos, was born. Argentine footballer
1990 - East and West Germany merge their economies.
1992 - Fidel Ramos was sworn in as the new president of the Philippines. Joseph Estrada was elected vice-president with twice as many votes in a separate race.
1993 - George "Spanky" McFarland, dies (b. 1928). Child actor.
1995 - Gale Gordon, dies (b. 1906). Actor.
1995 - Georgi Beregovoi, dies (b. 1921). Cosmonaut.
1997 - China resumes sovereignty over the city-state of Hong Kong, ending 156 years of British colonial rule.
2000 - Assinatura de acordo bilateral de "Céus Abertos" entre Estados Unidos e Portugal.
2001 - Chet Atkins, dies (b. 1924). Country and western musician.
2002 - Brazil defeats Germany 2-0 in Yokohama, Japan, to earn a record fifth title in the 17th Football World Cup. Ronaldo is the best scorer with 8 goals.
2003 - Buddy Hackett, dies (b. 1924). American comic.
2003 - Robert McCloskey, dies (b. 1915). Children's book writer and illustrator.
2004 - Portugal vence a Holanda por 2-1 e assegura a presença na final do Euro 2004 (Campeonato da Europa de Futebol disputado em Portugal)
2005 - Frode Hallingbye is leaving Eli Lilly to fullfill his dream.
Democratic Republic of the Congo's Independence Day

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Brazil wins Confederations Cup

Brasil 4 - 1 Argentina

Brasil goleia Argentina e prova que é a melhor selecção do Mundo

Aos quinze minutos já o Brasil vencia por 2-0 com golos, aliás espectaculares, de Adriano e Cacá aos 11' e 15' respectivamente, resultado que se manteve até ao intervalo. Os argentinos não criavam perigo e na parte final do primeiro tempo mostravam desorientação com o árbitro a intervir e a mostrar vários amarelos, Sorin, Cambiasso e o mesmo Sorin a arriscar a expulsão por segundo amarelo.

Se um golo da Argentina poderia relançar o jogo o 3-0 que ocorreu aos 2' da 2ª. parte resolveu o jogo. Cruzamento de Cicinho e Ronaldinho de primeira perto da marca de penalty a facturar. Lux (g. redes da Argentina) evita o 4-0 depois duma perda de bola inaceitável de Riquelme no meio-campo originando um contra-ataque de 4 contra 2. Finalmente o treinador da Argentina mexe na equipa fazendo entrar Pablo Aimar saindo Cambiasso aos 55'.O jogo estava aberto porque se a Argentina finalmente atacava, o Brasil não se remetia à defesa e as oportunidades sucediam-se. Um cruzamento longo da direita de Cicinho (grande exibição) proporcionou a Adriano um remate de cabeça sem hipóteses a fazer o 4-0 aos 62'

Aimar entrou bem e fez um grande golo de cabeça em voo depois duma boa jogada pela direita do ataque. Mais substituições de ambos os lados a Argentina agora afinalmente a obrigar Dida a trabalho mas o resultado não se alterou.

Vitória concludente do Brasil vincando uma superioridade inesperada e virando com juros o resultado de 1-3 que sofrera em Buenos Aires para a qualificação para o Campeonato do Mundo, há três semanas atrás, sem que a ausencia de Saviola possa justificar a diferença.

O árbitro esteve longe de estar perfeito: interrompeu várias vezes o jogo em benefício do infractor, podia ter exibido o 2º. amarelo a Sorin e também pareceu-nos haver um penalty não assinalado contra o Brasil na segunda parte.

Entretanto a Alemanha obteve o 3º. lugar ao derrotar o México por 4-3, no prolongamento, depois de 3-3 no final do tempo regular.

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NOSTALGIA DEL PRIMER AMOR

Tu soledad de nieve reclinada,
virginal y sencilla, en mi memoria,
como agua fiel de fatigada noria
viene a regar mi voz enamorada.

¡Cómo recrea el alma sosegada
la penumbra y dulzor de aquella historia
con resplandores de tardía gloria
entre abejas y frutos constelada!

¡Oh, delicada llama, ardor primero
velado en llanto y celestial mirada,
par del trino, la fuente y la azucena!

Mírame combatido y prisionero
volver a tu ilusión breve y tronchada
como un temblor en la desierta arena.

Dionisio Ridruejo (n. 12 Oct 1912 Burgo de Osma; m. 29 Jun 1975 Madrid)

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On this day in History - June 29

0067 - St. Peter, dies crucified. Apostle
1252 - King Abel of Denmark dies (b. 1218)
1315 - Ramon Llull, dies (b. 1235). Philosopher.
1397 - John II of Aragon was born (d. 1479)
1540 - Thomas Cromwell, English ex-chancellor, was sentenced to death
1596 - Emperor Go-Mizunoo of Japan was born (d. 1680)
1613 - London's Globe Theatre burned down during a performance of Shakespeare's Henry VIII.
1620 - John Aerts, dies. Flemish sculptor
1641 - Portugal assinou com a Suécia o Tratado de Estocolmo
1725 - Arai Hakuseki, dies (b. 1657). Japanese Confucianist, poet, politician, and writer.
1746 - Joachim Heinrich Campe, was born (d. 1818). Pedagogue.
1749 - New Governor, Charles de la Ralière Des Herbiers, arrives at Isle Royale (Cape Breton Island).

1767 - The British Parliament approved the Townshend Acts.
1776 - The Virginia constitution was adopted and Patrick Henry was made governor.
1779 - Anton Raphael Mengs dies. Painter.
1786 - Alexander Macdonnell and over five hundred Catholic highlanders leave Scotland to settle in Glengarry County, Ontario.
1798 - Giacomo Leopardi, was born (d. 1837). Italian poet.
1801 - Pietro Alfieri was born. Italian composer.
1837 - Morte do rei William IV da Inglaterra.

1847 - Assinatura da Convenção do Gramido que põe fim à guerra civil da Patuleia, firmando a derrota das forças revoltosas da junta do Porto, compostas por uma aliança de setembristas, miguelistas e dissidentes cartistas, e consagrando a vitória do governo cartista do marechal Saldanha.
1850 - Coal discovered on Vancouver Island.
1852 - Juan de Dios Peza was born. Mexican writer .

1858 - Julia Clifford Lathrop was born in Rockford, Illinois (d. 1932). American social worker, head of the U.S. Children's Bureau (1912-1921)

1858 - George Washington Goethals, was born (d. 1928). American army engineer (Chief Engineer of Panama Canal);
1861 - Dr. William Mayo, was born. American surgeon and founder of the Mayo Clinic
1861 - Elizabeth Barrett Browning, dies (b. 1806). Poet.
1863 - George Custer is appointed as a U.S. Union brigadier-general
1864 - Ninety-nine people killed in Canada's worst railway disaster near St-Hilaire.
1868 - George Ellery Hale, was born (d. 1938). Astronomer.
1870 - William Elwell was born. English painter.
1878 - Morreu o escritor e jornalista português Teixeira de Vasconcellos (n. 1 Nov 1816)
1880 - Ludwig Beck, was born (d. 1944). General.
1880 - France annexes Tahiti

1886 - James Van Der Zee was born (d. 1983). American photographer.

1886 - Nasceu o ex-primeiro ministro francês Robert Schuman
1888 - Realizada a primeira operação ao apêndice, pelo cirurgião inglês Frederik Treves
1890 - Hendrikje van Andel-Schipper, was born. World's oldest woman
1890 - Constituição da primeira Federación de Trabajadores de la República Argentina
1891 - National Forest Service is organized.
1891 - Street railway in Ottawa commences operation.
1895 - Doukhobors burn their weapons as a protest against conscription by the Tsarist Russian government.
1895 - Morte de Floriano Peixoto (Marechal Floriano). Presidente do Brasil (1891-1894)
1895 - Thomas Henry Huxley, dies (b. 1825). Scientist.
1900 - Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, was born (d. 1944). French pilot and writer.
1901 - Nelson Eddy, was born (d. 1967). American singer and actor.
1906 - Nascimento de Manuel Altolaguirre . Poeta espanhol.
1906 - Albert Sorel dies (b. 13 Ago 1842). French historian.
1908 - Leroy Anderson, was born (d. 1975). American composer.
1910 - Frank Loesser, was born (d. 1969). Composer.

1911 - Morte Eudóxio César Azedo Gneco. Jornalista e gravador, foi fundador do Partido Socialista em 10 de Janeiro de 1875.
1911 - Bernhard Leopold Friedrich Eberhard Julius Kurt Karl Gottfried Peter zu Lippe-Biesterfeld (Prince Bernhard of the Netherlands) was born.
1911 - Bernard Herrmann, was born (d. 1975). Composer.
1913 - Beginning of the 2nd Balkan War. Bulgaria defeated Greek and Serbian troops.

1914 - A Sociedade Nacional de Belas-Artes é reconhecida como instituição de utilidade pública.
1914 - Rafael Kubelik, was born (d. 1996). Czech conductor.
1914 - Jina Guseva attempts to assassinate Grigori Rasputin at his home town in Siberia.
1915 - Ruth Warrick, was born. Actress.
1916 - Boeing aircraft flies for first time .
1917 - The Ukraine proclaimed independence from Russia.

1918 - Nasce Vitorino Magalhães Godinho, professor universitário e historiador.
1919 - Slim Pickens [Louis Bert Lindley Jr.], was born (d. 8 Dec 1983). Actor, cowboy. Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb, The Howling, The Apple Dumpling Gang, In Harm’s Way, One-Eyed Jacks, The Outlaws, Hee Haw; Cowboy Hall of Famer.

1920 - Ray Harryhausen, was born. Film maker.
1920 - O Madrid Foot Ball Club ganha o título de 'Real' do rei Alfonso XIII
1921 - Reinhard Mohn, was born. Publisher.
1922 - Vasko Popa, was born (d. 1991). Yugoslav poet.
1922 - France grants 1 km² at Vimy Ridge "freely, and for all time, to the Government of Canada, the free use of the land exempt from all taxes".
1924 - Flo Sandon's, was born. Italian singer.
1925 - Canada House opens in London.
1927 - First test of Wallace Turnbull's variable-pitch propeller.
1928 - Ian Bannen, was born (d. 1999). Scottish Actor.
1933 - Italian boxer Primo Carnera knocked out American Jack Sharkey to become the heavyweight champion of the world.
1933 - Fatty Arbuckle, dies (b. 1887). Actor.
1936 - Harmon Killebrew, was born. Baseball Hall of Famer .
1936 - Nascia em Lisboa, Henrique Viana. Grande actor, comediante e figura do espectáculo português
1937 - Joseph-Armand Bombardier receives patent for sprocket and track traction system used in snow vehicles.
1938 - Acácio de Almeida was born at Souto, Portugal. Cinematographer. Founder of production company "Inforfilmes"
1940 - Paul Klee, dies (b. 1879). Swiss /German artist.
1941 - Ignacy Jan Paderewski, dies (b. 1860). Polish pianist and composer.
1941 - Kwame Ture, (born "Stokeley Carmichael"), was born. Civil rights activist
1943 - Little Eva, was born. Singer
1944 - Gary Busey, was born. Actor
1945 - Carpathian Ruthenia was annexed by Soviet Union
1951 - Don Rosa, ilustrador del Pato Donald
1952 - Joe Johnson, was born. English snooker player
1956 - Marilyn Monroe married playwright Arthur Miller in a London ceremony.
1956 - Pedro Santana Lopes, was born. Portuguese former prime minister (2004-05).

1956 - Charles Dumas cleared the high jump, which was set at 7’ 1/2", at the Los Angeles Coliseum. Dumas became the first athlete to break the seven-foot barrier.
1957 - Maria Conchita Alonso was born in Cienfuegos, Cuba. She raised in Venezuela. After she was crowned Miss Teenager of the World, (1971) and Miss Venezuela, (1975), - 6th in Miss World 1975- she became a popular actress and singer (Roosters, Texas, Predator 2, Vampire’s Kiss, Colors, The Running Man, Extreme Prejudice, Blood Ties, Moscow on the Hudson, One of the Boys).
1958 - Rosa Mota was born. Olympics: 1984 bronze Marathon, 1988 Gold Marathon. Worlds: 1987 Gold Marathon. European: 1982, 1986 & 1990 Gold Marathon. Nascimento desta grande atleta portuguesa, uma das maiores figuras do desporto português de todos os tempos.
1958 - O Brasil conquista o seu primeiro Campeonato do Mundo de futebol ao bater na final a Suécia em Estocolmo por 5-2 ( COPA 1958, na Suécia).
1961 - Se inaugura el Estadio San Martín de Porras, propiedad de Sporting Cristal de Lima, Perú.
1963 - Anne-Sophie Mutter, was born. Violinist.
1967 - Jayne Mansfield, dies (b. 1933). Actress.
1967 - Primo Carnera, dies (b. 1906). Boxer.
1968 - Theoren Fleury, was born. Canadian ice hockey player.
1969 - Moise Thsombe, dies. Premier of Congo
1970 - Mike Vallely, was born. Professional Skateboarder.
1970 - Premiere of "A party for Boris". In Hamburg Thomas Bernhard’s first play premiered
1971 - Anthony Hamilton, was born. English snooker player
1971 - Kaitlyn Ashley, was born. Erotic actress
1971 - Matthew Good, was born. Canadian rock musician and activist
1972 - Samantha Smith, was born. U.S. social activist, actress. Emigrantes (1928 ).
1974 - Morreu o escritor português Ferreira de Castro (n. 24 Mai 1898). Emigrantes (1928 ). A Selva (1930), Eternidade (1932),Terra Fria (1934), Tempestade (1940).
1974 - Na Argentina, a vice-presidente Maria Estela Martinez de Perón assume a presidência.
1975 - Nascimento, em Passos - MG, de Danton Mello (Danton Figueiredo Melo). Actor brasileiro.
1975 - Independiente se proclama campeón de Copa Libertadores por cuarta vez consecutiva. Lo hace venciendo a Unión Española de Chile, por 2 a 0, en el estadio Defensores del Chaco en Asunción, Paraguay.
1975 - Dionisio Ridruejo dies (b. 12 Out 1912). Spanish poet.

1976 - Sandhya Chib, was born. Miss Universe-India (1996).

1976 - Seychelles gains independence from Britain
1979 - Lowell George, dies (b. 1945). Musician.

1981 - Mohammed Hussein Beheshti, Iran ayatollah/politician, murdered
1986 - Argentina wins the Football World Cup defeating Germany 3-2. This was the second world title for Argentine.

1987 - Vincent Van Gogh’s Le Pont de Trinquetaille brought in $20.6 million at an auction in London, England.

1990 - Irving Wallace, dies at 74. Author (Book of Lists, Peoples Almanac).

1992 - Mohammed Boudiaf, dies. Algerian president (assassinated)
1993 - Héctor Lavoe, dies (b. 1946). Salsa music singer
1994 - Kurt Eichhorn, dies (b. 1908). Conductor.
1994 - Ray Crane, dies. Trumpeter
1995 - Lana Turner, dies (b. 1921). Actress. ("A successful man is one who make more money than his wife can spend. A successful woman is one who can find such a man").
1995 - The Space Shuttle Atlantis docks with the Russian Mir space station for the first time.
1995 - The Sampoong Department Store collapses in the Seocho-gu district of Seoul, South Korea, killing 501 and injuring 937.

1995 - George Foreman loses IBF boxing title, refused to fight Axel Schulz

1999 - Allan Carr, dies. Film producer, writer
2000 - Vittorio Gassman, dies (b. 1922). Italian actor.
2002 - Rosemary Clooney, dies (b. 1928). Singer, actress who became one of Hollywood's biggest celebrities of the 1950s, died on in her Beverly Hills mansion.
2002 - Ole-Johan Dahl, dies (b. 1931). Computer scientist.
2003 - Katharine Hepburn, dies (B. 1907). Actress
2004 - José Durão Barroso é oficialmente indicado para presidir à Comissão Europeia .
2004 - A UN helicopter crashed in Sierra Leone and all 24 aboard were killed.
Seychelles - Independence Day
Feast of Saints Peter and Paul (also a local holiday in Rome, of which they are patron saints) . O S. Pedro é uma festa popular também festejada em muitas localidades portuguesas. É famosa a festa de S. Pedro da Afurada, pequena povoação piscatória situada na foz e margem esquerda do rio Douro, em frente à cidade do Porto, Portugal.
Dia do Pescador (Recanto do Pescador).

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29 de Junho Parabéns Rosa Mota

Rosa Mota triunfa na Maratona dos Jogos Olímpicos de Seul

• Rosa Maria Correia dos Santos Mota
• Local e data de nascimento: Porto, 29 de Junho de 1958
• Clubes: FC Foz (1973 a 1977), FC Porto (1978 a 1980) e CAP (1981 a 1994)
• Jogos Olímpicos - campeã olímpica em Seul 1988; medalha de bronze em Los Angeles 1994.
• Campeonatos do Mundo - Campeã mundial em Roma 1987; 4ª em Helsínquia 1983 .
• Campeonatos da Europa - Campeã europeia em Atenas 1982, Estugarda 1986 e Split 1990.
• Outras Maratonas - Ganhou as maratonas de Roterdão 1983, Chicago 1983 e 1984, Tóquio 1986, Boston 1987, 1988 e 1990, Osaca 1990 e Londres 1991.
• Vice-campeã mundial de 15 km em estrada em 1984 e 1986
• Cinco vezes vencedora da São Silvestre de São Paulo (1981 a 1986) .
• 7 presenças em Mundiais de Corta-Mato .
• Ex-detentora da melhor marca mundial de 20 000m em pista (1.06.55,5 em 1983),
  sendo ainda a melhor marca europeia.
• Ex-recordista de Portugal de 1000m, 1500m, 3000m e 5000m
• 15 vezes campeã de Portugal, incluindo 8 títulos de corta-mato.
• Mario Soares condecorou Rosa Mota com a Grã-Cruz da Ordem do Infante, a mais importante comenda nacional.
• Tem o seu nome atribuido ao Pavilhão de desportos mais representativo da cidade do Porto Pavilhão Rosa Mota - (ex-Pavilhão de Cristal).

Rosa Mota após triunfos nos Campeonatos da Europa de Estugarda (1986) e Split (1990), respectivamente.

Obrigado Rosa por teres nascido e, apesar de seres uma das desportistas mais representativas do país de todos os tempos, continuares a ser a nossa "Rosinha" ou seja manteres a humildade e simpatia duma pessoa do povo.

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Um poema não cabe em si

Nuvens e ventos, luar e ondas do mar
Chuva calma que me apazigua a alma,
Flores ternas que o sonho me agita,
Perturbante caminho não linear,
Filme que inventei e que nunca vi.
Palavras combinadas [quase] aleatoriamente
Bocados de tinta em papel de tantas formas
Um poema não cabe em si !
Matematica de soluções infinitas
Revela os sentimentos de quem não mente
Poeta não é quem escreve - é quem sente.

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On this day in History - Jun 28

0548 - Theodora, dancer/empress of Byzantine (Nika-oproer), dies
0572 or 0573 Alboin, king of Longobarden, dies probably poisoned by his wife Rosamunda
0767 - Pope Paul I dies
1098 - Fighters of the First Crusade defeat Kerbogha of Mosul.
1243 - Sinibaldo Fieschi is nominated Pope Innocent IV .
1389 - Ottoman forces crush the armies of Christian Europe in Kosovo, opening the way for the Ottoman conquest of Southeastern Europe (see Vidovdan).
1461 - Edward IV ( Duke of York) is crowned king of England, after deposing of Henry VI of England.
1476 - Pope Paul IV was born (d. 1559)
1490 - Albert of Mainz, was born (d. 1545). Bishop and elector of Mainz.
1491 - Henry VIII, was born (d. 1547). King of England.
1519 - Charles V elected emperor of the Holy Roman Empire.
1577 - Peter Paul Rubens, was born (d. 1640). Flemish painter “Helene Fourment” and “The Abduction of the Daughters of Leucippus.”
1598 - Abraham Ortelius, dies (b. 1527). Dutch cartographer.
1630 - Carta régia que reafirma o impedimento de desempenho de cargos públicos aos judeus.
1635 - Guadeloupe becomes a French colony.
1650 - Toma posesión del gobierno de la Nueva España el 21º virrey, Don Luis Enríquez de Guzmán, conde de Alba de Liste. Ha de prolongar su mandato hasta el 15 de agosto en que pasará al Perú.
1651 - Battle of Beresteczko between Poles and Ukrainians, the biggest battle in the 17th century, starts.
1703 - John Wesley, was born (d. 1791).English founder of Methodism.
1706 - O exército aliado, composto sobretudo de tropas portuguesas, comandado pelo marquês das Minas entra em Madrid, e faz aclamar o arquiduque Carlos de Áustria como Carlos III de Espanha
1712 - Jean-Jacques Rousseau, was born (d. 1778). Swiss philosopher."The Social Contract."
1766 - Maurice, Due de Noailles, dies. French commander.
1776 - Charles Mathews, was born in London (d. 1835). Comedian.
1801 - Francis Wheatley dies (b. 1747). English painter ( Lord Aldeburgh Reviewing Troops (1782) )A Family Group in a Landscape (1775
1806 - Napoleon Coste, was born (d. 1883). French guitarist and composer.
1807 - Anton Philipp Reclam, was born (d. 1895). German publisher.
1814 - Nace en el puerto de Veracruz, José Manuel de Emparan, quien habrá de distinguirse como abogado de ideas liberales. Será ministro del presidente Juárez en los ramos de Fomento y de Gobernación, además de gobernador de Veracruz.
1831 - Joseph Joachim, was born (d. 1907). Austrian violinist (Hungarian Concerto)
1835 - Charles Mathews, dies (b. 28 Jun 1776). Comedian
1836 - James Madison, dies (b. 1751). President of the US.
1855 - James Henry Fitzroy, Lord Raglan, dies. British commander.
1859 - First dog show is held in Newcastle-on-Tyne, England.
1867 - Luigi Pirandello, was born († 1936). Italian dramatist and narrator (Six Characters in Search of an Author), recipient of the Nobel Prize in literature.
1873 - Alexis Carrel, was born (d. 1912). French biologist, physicist and writer. 1912 Nobel Prize in Medicine laureated for the development of blood vessel suture technique.
1875 - Henri Léon Lebesgue, was born. French mathematicien.
1876 - August Wilhelm Ambros, dies (b. 1816). Austrian composer and musicologist.
1880 - Ned Kelly the Australian bushranger captured at Glenrowan.
1882 - Nace en Atlacomulco, Estado de México, Isidro Fabela Alfaro (d. 1964), quien habrá de destacar como jurisconsulto, escritor, orador, diplomático, político e ideólogo revolucionario. Embajador deMéxico ante la Sociedad de las Naciones
1887 - Minot, North Dakota incorporated as a city.
1891 - Carl Panzram, was born. Serial killer
1894 - Labor Day becomes an official US holiday.
1895 - El Salvador, Honduras and Nicaragua form the Central American Union.
1902 - Richard Rodgers, was born (d. 1979). Composer.
1906 - Maria Goeppert-Mayer, was born (d. 1972). Physicist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in physics.
1906 - Paul-Emile Victor was born.
1907 - Muere en Guanajuato, don Hermenegildo Bustos, extraordinario pintor autodidacta, quien naciera el 13 de abril de 1832 en Purísima del Rincón, Guanajuato
1913 - Franz Antel, was born. Austrian filmmaker
1914 - Lester Flatt,was born (d. 1979). Bluegrass musician.
1914 - Franz Ferdinand, Archduke of Austria (b. 1863) and his wife Sophia are killed by a Serbian nationalist (Gavrilo Princip), the casus belli of World War I. Austria.- Asesinado en Sarajevo Francisco Fernando de Habsburgo. Inicio de la I Guerra Mundial.
1914 - Franz Ferdinand, dies assassinated (b. 1863)
1914 - Archduchess Sophie Chotek, dies (assassinated). Wife of Franz Ferdinand, Archduke of Austria.
1914 - World War I (WW I) began in 1914 and ended on this date in 1919. In 1999 Niall Ferguson published "The Pity of War," in which he blames the British government for having turned a European war into a world war.
1919 - The Treaty of Versailles is signed, ending World War I with Germany. See “The Economic Consequences of the Peace” by John Maynard Keynes. Assinatura do Tratado de Paz de Versalhes. A Alsácia e a Lorena são devolvidas à França. Afonso Costa assina por Portugal, vendo o país reconhecido o direito ao pagamento de indemnizações referentes aos prejuízos sofridos nas colónias, entre 1914 e 1916.
1921 - P. V. Narasimha Rao, was born. Prime Minister of India 1991 - 1996
1926 - Mel Brooks, was born. comedian, actor, and director ( "The Producers" , "Blazing Saddles", "Spaceballs")
1927 - Realizada a primeira angiografia cerebral, pelo médico português Egas Moniz
1930 - Itamar (Augusto Cautiero) Franco, was born in Juiz de Fora - MG. 46th President of Brasil (1992-1995).
1932 - Pat Morita, was born. Actor
1936 - Chuck Howley, was born. American football player
1936 - The Japanese puppet state of Mengjiang is formed in northern China.
1938 - A 450 metric ton meteorite struck the earth in a empty field near Chicora, Pennsylvania
1938 - Moy Yat, was born. Martial artist
1940 - Romania cedes Bessarabia (current-day Moldova) to the Soviet Union.
1942 - World War II: North AfricaField Marshal Rommel and his Panzerarmee Afrika capture Fuqa.
1943 - Klaus von Klitzing, was born. Physicist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in physics.
1945 - Nascimento na cidade de Salvador - BA de Raul (dos Santos) Seixas. Cantor e compositor da MPB.
1946 - Gilda Radner, was born (d. 1989). Actress.
1947 - Mark Helprin, was born. American writer
1948 - Kathy Bates, was born in Memphis, Tennessee. American Academy Award-winning actress ( Misery [1990]; Fried Green Tomatoes, Home of Our Own, Prelude to a Kiss)
1948 - Clarence Thomas, was born. U.S. Supreme Court justice
1950 - Seoul is captured by troops from North Korea.
1952 - Pietro Mennea, was born. Italian athlete
1954 - Alice Krige, was born. Actress.
1954 - Nascimento no Rio de Janeiro de Daniel (Tunes) Dantas. Actor brasileiro.
1958 - Alfred Noyes dies at 77 . British poet, essayist (Robin Hood, The Highwayman).

1960 - John Elway, was born. American football player.
1960 - US-owned oil refineries in Cuba confiscated and nationalised.
1960 - Desaparece el historiador Jaume Vicens Vives.
1960 - Jake Swirbul, dies. Co-founder of Grumman Aircraft Engineering Corporation
1962 - Mickey Cochrane, dies (b. 1903). Baseball Hall of Famer.
1964 - Mark Grace, was born. Major League Baseball player.
1964 - Malcolm X founded the Organization for Afro American Unity to seek independence for blacks in the Western Hemisphere.
1965 - Red Nichols, dies (b. 1905). Jazz musician.
1966 - John Cusack, was born in Evanston, Illinois. American actor ( Stand By Me, Sure Thing, Better Off Dead )

1966 - Mary Stuart Masterson was born in New York. American actress.
1967 - Israel annexes East Jerusalem.
1968 - Adam Woodyatt, was born. Actor
1969 - Stonewall riots in New York city mark the beginning of the modern gay rights era.
1972 - Jon Heidenreich, was born. Professional wrestler.
1973 - Alessandro Nivola was born in Boston, Massachussets. American actor.
1973 - Adrian Annus, was born. Athlet: hammer thrower.
1973 - Alberto Berastegui, born in Spain, tennis star
1974 - Frank Sutton, dies. Actor.
1975 - Rod Serling, dies (b. 1924). Scriptwriter, host of The Twilight Zone.
1976 - As Ilhas Seychelles tornaram-se independentes do domínio britânico
1978 - Simon Larose, was born. Tennis player
1978 - The United States Supreme Court, in Regents of the University of California v. Bakke 438 US 265 1978, bars quota systems in college admissions but affirms constitutionality of programs giving advantage to minorities.
1979 - Randy McMichael, was born. American football player.
1979 - Muere el poeta Blas de Otero.
1980 - José Iturbi, dies (b. 1895). Musician, conductor.
1981 - Ayatollah Mohammad Beheshti, dies bombed. Iran Islamic Rep Party founder
1981 - Terry Fox, dies (b. 1958). Cancer activist.
1984 - Em Portugal, Barreiro foi elevado a Cidade
1988 - Four workers are asphyxiated at a metal-plating plant in Auburn, Indiana, in the worst confined-space industrial accident in U.S. history. A fifth victim dies two days later.
1989 - Joris Ivens, dies (b. 1898). Filmmaker.
1990 - Paperback Software, a company founded by Adam Osborne, found guilty by a U.S. court of copyright violation for copying the appearance and menu system of Lotus 1-2-3 in its competing spreadsheet program.
1992 - Mikhail Tal, dies (b. 1936). Chess player.
1993 - Boris Christoff dies at 70. Bulgaria-Italian bass (Don Carlos, Boris, Mefistofele).
1995 -Nelson Mandela sets up the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of South Africa to investigate human rights abuses of the Apartheid era.
1997 - Mrs. Miller, dies (b. 1907). Singer.
1997 - Boxer Mike Tyson is disqualified from WBA title re-match, for biting off part of the ear of his opponent Evander Holyfield.
1998 - The 12th World AIDS Conference opened in Geneva.
1998 - É realizado o primeiro referendo em Portugal (sobre a interrupção voluntária da gravidez).

2001 - Boca Juniors da Argentina ganha a Taça dos Libertadores da América ao derrotar a Cruz Azul de México no desempate por penalties

2001 - Mortimer Adler, dies (b. 28 Dez 1902). Philosopher. ( A Second Look in the Rearview Mirror: Further Autobiographical Reflections of a Philosopher at Large).
2001 - Jim Ellis, dies. Co-creator of Usenet
2001 - Joan Sims, dies (b. 1930). Actress.
2002 - Xerox Corporation announced it had improperly reported $1.9 billion in revenue over the previous five years and would restate those financial results.
2003 - Wim Slijkhuis, dies. Dutch athlete.
2004 - Estonia, Lithuania and Slovenia join the ERM II
2004 - Sovereign power is handed to the interim government of Iraq by the CoalitionProvisional Authority, ending the U.S.-led rule of that nation.
2004 - Anthony Buckeridge, dies (b. 1912). Author.
2004 - The European Union denied China's request to be officially recognized as a market economy, saying that an assessment of the Chinese economy showed too much state interference and poor corporate governance.
Feast of St Irenaeus of Lyons
Vidovdan
The only date with only perfect numbers (6 and 28).

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Pedro Proença o árbitro melhor classificado da época ! (???)

Este país não para de me surpreender! Já há alguns dias que foi conhecida a classificação dos árbitros mas só agora me proponho fazer alguns comentários, naturalmente subjectivos, porque pessoais. Se me perguntassem quem mereceria ser o primeiro classificado dos árbitros, sinceramente, não saberia responder. Mas se alguém me dissesse que poderia ser Pedro Proença, não deixaria de libertar uma sonora gargalhada.

Pois é, afinal não sei se devo rir se devo chorar! Foi mesmo Pedro Proença o melhor classificado, ou seja o primeiro na classificação - sim porque recuso terminantemente alguma vez chamar-lhe o melhor árbitro.

Depois dos disparates que esse senhor árbitro fez em dois jogos em jornadas consecutivas em altura de decisões cruciais do campeonato merecedores de só por si baixar de divisão, não percebo como é possível tal classificação.

Os jogos a que me refiro e com desenvolvimento oportuno neste blog foram o Penafiel-Benfica (quantos penalties é preciso haver para se marcar um a favor do Benfica? Três? Quatro? Pelo que se viu nesse jogo é preciso mais ...) e o Guimarães-Boavista (outra exibição paupérrima com uma simulação de falta dum vimaranense a ser convertida numa expulsão deveras injusta do guarda-redes do Boavista, entre o muito mais que houve).

Gostava sem dúvida de perceber esta classificação. Foi primeiro porque em todos os outros jogos esteve impecável ou seja cinco estrelas e jogos maus todos tiveram?

Não... já sei ... foi primeiro porque é adepto do Benfica!

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On this day in History - Jun 27

0678 - Saint Agatho begins his reign as a Catholic Pope.
1149 - Raymond of Poitiers, dies (b. 1099). Prince of Antioch.
1162 - Eudes II, Duke of Burgundy dies (b. 1118)
1194 - Sancho VI of Navarre was born.
1458 - Alfonso V of Aragon dies (b. 1396)
1462 - King Louis XII of France was born (d. 1515).
1542 - Juan Rodriguez Cabrillo claims California for Spain.
1550 - King Charles IX of France was born (d. 1574).
1574 - Giorgio Vasari, dies (b. 30 Jul 1511). Italian Mannerist writer and painter. ( The Prophet Elisha — The Holy Family with the Infant, St. John the Baptist — The Annonciation — Toeletta Venere)
1655 - Eleonore Gonzaga, dies (b. 1598). Wife of Ferdinand II, Holy Roman Emperor.

1660 - O poeta e escritor inglês John Milton, autor de "O Paraíso Perdido", é condenado à prisão pelo Parlamento britânico.
1682 - King Charles XII of Sweden was born (d. 1718) (June 17 in Swedish calendar)
1709 - Peter the Great defeats Charles XII of Sweden at the Battle of Poltava.
1759 - General James Wolfe starts siege of Quebec.
1801 - O Cairo, capital do Egipto mameluco, rende-se às tropas britânicas que a cercam
1806 - The British capture Buenos Aires.
1829 - James Smithson, dies. Founder of the Smithsonian Institute
1831 - Sophie Germain, dies (b. 1776). Mathematician.
1838 - Paul von Mauser, was born (d. 1914). Weapon designer.
1844 - Hyrum Smith, dies (b. 1800). American religious leader.
1844 - Joseph Smith, Jr. dies murdered with brother Hyrum in Carthage Jail, Carthage, Illinois(b. 1805). Founder of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
1850 - Lafcadio Hearn, was born (d. 1904). Author.
1850 - Ivan Vazov, was born (d. 22 Sep 1921). Bulgarian poet/novelist/playwright (Under the Yoke)
1864 - Battle of Kennesaw Mountain in the American Civil War.
1867 - The Bank of California opens its doors.
1869 - Hans Spemann, was born (d. 1941). Zoologist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in medicine 1935.
1869 - Emma Goldman, was born (d. 1940). Anarchist, feminist, free love advocate.
1870 - Frank Rattray Lillie, was born (d. 1947). Zoologist, embryologist.
1880 - Helen Keller, was born (d. 1968). Spokeswoman for the deaf and blind.
1882 - Eduard Spranger, was born (d. 1963). Philosopher, psychologist and educator.
1888 - Antoniette Perry was born. American actress.
1888 - Nascimento de Guilhermina Suggia. Violoncelista portuguesa.
1893 - Crash of the New York Stock Exchange.
1898 - First solo circumnavigation of the globe completed by Joshua Slocum from Briar Island Nova Scotia.
1905 - Mutiny on the battleship Potemkin.
1906 - Catherine Cookson, was born (d. 1998). Author.
1908 - João Guimarães Rosa, was born (d. 1967). Brasilien writer.

1910 - Porfirio Díaz é eleito pela sétima e última vez presidente do México.
1913 - Willie Mosconi, was born (d. 1993). Professional billiards player.

1914 - Morre Bertha Suttner, escritora austríaca, Prémio Nobel da Paz de 1905
1925 - Jerome Felder, AKA Doc Pomus, was born (d. 1991). Musician, composer.
1928 - Rudy Perpich, was born (d. 1995). American politician.
1927 - Otto Herbert Hajek, was born. Sculptor.

1927 - Bob Keeshan was born (d. 23 Jan 2004). Children’s TV host: Captain Kangaroo children’s TV host ; Clarabelle on the "Howdy Doody Show". Clown Hall of Famer.
1930 - Ross Perot, was born. American billionaire and politician
1931 - Charles Bronfman, was born. Industrialist
1932 - Anna Moffo, was born. American soprano.

1933 - José Fonseca e Costa was born in Caala, Angola. Portuguese film director [Some films: O Recado (1971), Kilas, o Mau da Fita (1981), Balada da Praia dos Cães (1987) A Mulher do Próximo (1988) Os Cornos de Cronos (1991), Cinco Dias, Cinco Noites (1996) Fascínio, O (2003) ]
1941 - Krzysztof Kieslowski, was born in Warsaw (d. 13 Mar 1996). Film director.

1944 - Bruce Johnston was born. Grammy Award-winning song writer: I Write the Songs [1976]; musician: group: The Beach Boys
1945 - Under Secretary of the Navy Ralph Bard sends memo to Secretary of War Henry L. Stimson urging that the United States give "preliminary warning" to Japan before using the atomic bomb on a Japanese target.
1949 - Vera Wang, was born. Fashion designer
1950 - The United States decides to send troops to fight in the Korean War.
1952 - Elmo Lincoln, dies. Actor.
1953 - Joseph Laniel becomes Prime Minister of France.
1953 - Nascimento de Angelo Gonzalez . Escultor argentino.
1954 - World's first nuclear power station opens in Obninsk, near Moscow.
1955 - Isabelle Adjani, was born. French actress. Famous for films such as “Quartet” (1982) and “Camille Claudel” (1989), Adjani began her career at the age of 14 and achieved much success as a Molière actress. She was nominated “Best Actress of the 80s” and won four Cesars for her performances.
1957 - Hurricane Audrey kills 500 people in Louisiana and Texas.
1957 - Malcolm Lowry, dies (b. 1909). Novelist.
1959 - Clint Boon, was born. Musician, keyboards in Inspiral Carpets
1960 - Lottie Dod, dies. English athlete
1962 - Tony Leung Chiu Wai, was born. Hong Kong actor
1963 - Meera Syal, was born. Comedian, writer, playwright, singer, journalist and actress
1966 - J. J. Abrams, was born. Television writer and producer
1967 - World's first ATM installed in Enfield, London.
1970 - Daniel Kinsey, dies (b. 1902). American hurdler.
1970 - Jim Edmonds, was born. Baseball player
1970 - Vitamin C, was born. Pop singer .

1972 - ATARI is established by Nolan Bushnell.
1973 - Heath Irwin, was born. NFL guard

1973 - O presidente do Uruguai, Juan María Bordaberry, dá um golpe de Estado que acaba com 40 anos de governo constitucional. Ele dissolve o Congresso, declara ilegais os partidos e os sindicatos e implanta uma ditadura militar, que foi derrubada três anos depois.
1974 - U.S president Richard Nixon visits the U.S.S.R.
1975 - Tobey Maguire, was born. Actor.
1976 - An Air France jet carrying 256 passengers from Tel Aviv, Israel, to Paris, France, is hijacked by four Palestinian terrorists. Just minutes after taking off from Athens, Greece, where the plane had stopped to re-fuel, an armed gunman stormed the cockpit and forced the plane to fly to Entebbe Airport in Uganda.
1976 - António Ramalho Eanes é eleito presidente da República (Portugal)
1977 - Raúl, was born. Spanish football star
1977 - France grants independence to Djibouti.
1979 - Muhammad Ali announces his retirement from boxing.
1980 - A commercial DC-9 (Itavia Flight 870) was apparently shot down.
1980 - Kevin Pietersen, was born. English cricketer.
1982 - Em Madrid, realizou-se uma manifestação de cegos contra a proliferação de formas de jogo
1983 - Alsou, was born. Russian singer.
1984 - Pierre Elliott Trudeau is awarded with the Albert Einstein Peace Prize.

1984 - France wins soccer's European Cup.
1985 - Route 66 ceases to be an official highway.
1985 - Svetlana Kuznetsova was born in St. Petersburg. Russian tennis player

1985 - Elias Sarkis dies (b. 20 Jun 1924). Polician and President of Lebanon.
1985 - Em Portugal, a Assembleia da República foi dissolvida pelo Presidente da República Ramalho Eanes.
1986 - International Court of Justice finds against the United States in its judgement in the Nicaragua v. United States.

1988 - Mike Tyson quickly retained his undisputed world heavyweight title by knocking out Michael Spinks in the first round.

1988 - Fifty-seven people were killed in a train collision in Paris.

1989 - Alfred Julius Ayer dies (b. 29 Oct 1910). British philosopher.
1991 - Slovenia, which declared independent two days previously, is invaded by Yugoslavia troops, tanks, and aircraft.
1991 - Madylin Sweeten, was born. Actress.

1993 - Actress Julia Roberts and singer Lyle Lovett were wed in Marion, Ind. The marriage ended in divorce.
1995 - Jodi Huisentruit, an anchorwoman in Mason City, Iowa disappears, presumably abducted.
1998 - Kerim Tekin, dies. Turkish singer .
1999 - George Papadopoulos, dies at 80. Greece's 1967-74 military dictator.
2000 - President Robert Mugabe's ruling party is assured a majority in Zimbabwe's new parliament despite historic gains by the opposition.
2001 - Jack Lemmon, dies (b. 1925). Actor and film director.
2001 - Tove Jansson, dies (b. 1914). Author of the Moomin books.
2001 - International Court of Justice finds against the United States in its judgement in the LaGrand Case.
2002 - John Entwistle, dies (b. 1944). Bass player for The Who.
2004 - Darrell Russell, dies (b. 1968). NHRA drag racer .

2004 - Serbia held elections. Pro-Western Boris Tadic led early polls over the ultranationalist candidate, Tomislav Nikolic. Boris Tadic, won 53.5 percent of votes.
Feast of St Cyril of Alexandria
National HIV Testing Day in United States
Stonewall Day (date of many gay pride celebrations, including those in New York City, San Francisco, Toronto, and Madrid)

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Vamos ter Argentina - Brasil na final da Taça das Confederações

Mexico 1-1 (0-0) Argentina
(após prolongamento)
5-6 em penalties

A Argentina qualificou-se para a final da Taça das Confederações ao vencer o México no desempate por "penalties" depois de 0-0 ao fim dos 90' e de 1-1 no prolongamento.

México e Argentina demonstraram ser duas grandes equipas mundiais da actualidade e proporcionaram um bom jogo mas em que os golos só estiveram presentes no prolongamento e em resultado de jogadas de muita felicidade. Aos 104' uma arrancada galopante de Carlos Salcido pela esquerda desbaratou a defesa argentina e flectindo para o centro viu o seu remate ser desviado num defesa da Argentina para seguir o caminho da baliza.

Esta vantagem durou muito pouco tempo. Logo no início da 2ª. parte Figueroa perdeu incrivelmente o empate, mas aos 110' teve toda a felicidade do mundo na concretização do empate com a bola a entrar devagar pelo meio das pernas do guarda-redes mexicano. Até ao final foi a Argentina que esteve mais pero do triunfo mas a decisão foi para as penalidades.

Luiz Perez, Pardo, Brogetti, Salcido e Pineda marcaram para o México.

Riquelme, Maxi Rodriguez, Aimar, Galetti e Sorin marcaram para a Argentina.

Na 6ª. penalidade Osorio permitiu a defesa de Lux enquanto Cambiasso concretizou e pôs a Argentina na final para um jogo com o Brasil (que batera por 3-2 a Alemanha na outra meia-final) e que se aguarda já com enorme expectativa.

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