Dia 1 do Benfica 2005/2006

O Benfica começa a época ainda sem os reforços prometidos e ... sem Miguel

Factos:

1. Miguel em entrevista a uma rádio espanhola, há poucos dias, reconhece que ainda tem três anos de contrato e que o Benfica pretendia vendê-lo por 7 ou 8 milhões.
2. Miguel recusou uma proposta de transferencia em que o clube adquirente oferecia 12 milhões de euros para o Benfica.
3. Miguel (ou os seus representantes - Paulo Barbosa empresário e Dias Ferreira !!! advogado) diz que expirou o contrato com o Benfica e que é livre.
4. Representante da Federação diz que o Benfica tem contrato do Miguel, registado e válido na Federação.

Conclusão : O futebol português é delirante.

Entretanto, José Veiga, em entrevista à Sport TV, reafirma que o Benfica está no mercado a negociar 3 ou 4 jogadores e que o tempo decorre a favor do Benfica. Esta parte não percebo ... mas está bem. Aguardemos ...

Nas próximas duas ou três semanas as novidades aparecerão (ou não?).

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On this day in History - Jul 04

0965 - Pope Benedict V dies
0993 - Saint Ulrich of Augsburg canonized.
1054 - A supernova is observed by the Chinese and Amerindians near the star ζ Tauri. For several months it remains bright enough to be seen during the day. Its remnants form the Crab Nebla.
1187 - Saladin defeats Guy of Lusignan, King of Jerusalem, at the Battle of Hattin.
1187 - Raynald of Chatillon, dies (executed)
1330 - Ashikaga Yoshiakira, was born (d. 1367). Ashikaga shogun.
1336 - A Rainha Isabel de Aragão, viúva de D. Dinis, morre em Estremoz, sendo o seu corpo transladado para o Convento de Santa Clara de Coimbra. Será canonizada em 25 de Maio de 1625 no pontificado de Urbano VIII.

1415 - Angelo Correr became Pope Gregory XII.
1546 - Murat III, was born (d. 1595). Ottoman Emperor
1623 - William Byrd, dies. English composer of sacred music (Ave verum corpus) .
1636 - City of Providence, Rhode Island forms.

1715 - Christian Gellert, was born in Chemnitz, Saxony. German poet and fabulist.

1761 - Samuel Richardson, dies. English novelist.
1776 - American Revolutionary War: The Continental Congress approves a Declaration of Independence from the Kingdom of Great Britain forming the United States of America.

1795 - Francisco Bayeu y Subías dies. Painter.

1799 - Joseph François Oscar Bernadotte, was born (d. 1859). French general and King Oscar I of Sweden and Norway
1802 - At West Point, New York the United States Military Academy opens.
1803 - The Louisiana Purchase is announced to the American people.
1804 - Nathaniel Hawthorne, was born (d. 1864). American writer.
1807 - Giuseppe Garibaldi, was born (d. 1882). Italian patriot.
1817 - At Rome, New York, construction on the Erie Canal begins.
1821 - Richard Cosway, dies (b. 1742). English artist .
1821 - D. João VI regressa a Portugal, chamado pelas Cortes Constituintes, reunidas em virtude da revolução de 1820.
1826 - Thomas Jefferson, dies (b. 1743). 3rd President of the United States
1826 - John Adams dies (b. 1735) just a few hours after Jefferson. 2nd President of the United States
1826 - Fiftieth anniversary of the Declaration of Independence, on which John Adams and Thomas Jefferson, two of America's Founding Fathers, died. (Luther Martin, another Founding Father would die a few days later, on July 8, 1826.)
1826 - Stephen Foster, was born (d. 1864). American songwriter.
1827 - Slavery is abolished in New York.
1831 - James Monroe, dies (b. 1758). 5th President of the United States
1837 - Grand Junction Railway, world's first long-distance railway, opens between Birmingham and Liverpool.
1838 - The Iowa Territory is organized.
1838 - Colonel José Antonio Vidaurre, dies. Chilean revolutionary (shot)
1840 - The Cunard Line's 700 ton wooden paddlewheel steamer RMS Britannia departs from Liverpool bound for Halifax, Nova Scotia on the first transatlantic passenger cruise.
1845 - Near Concord, Massachusetts, Henry David Thoreau embarks on a two-year experiment in simple living at Walden Pond (see Walden).
1845 - Thomas Barnardo, was born (d. 1905). Irish founder of homes for underprivileged children.
1847 - James Anthony Bailey, was born (d. 1906). American circus impresario.
1848 - François-René de Chateaubriand, dies (b. 1768). French writer and diplomat
1850 - William Kirby, dies (b. 1759). English entomologist
1855 - In Brooklyn, New York, the first edition of Walt Whitman's book of poems titled Leaves of Grass is published.
1857 - William L. Marcy, dies (b. 1786). American statesman
1859 - Franco-Piedmontese War: The Battle of Magenta.
1862 - Charles Lutwidge Dodgson (Lewis Carroll) goes on a boating picnic with Alice Liddell, who asks to be entertained with a story. This story would grow into Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and its sequels.
1863 - American Civil War: Battle of Vicksburg - Ulysses S. Grant and the Union Army capture the Confederate city Vicksburg, Mississippi after the town surrendered. The siege lasted 47 days.
1865 - Alice's Adventures in Wonderland is published. Charles Lutwidge Dodgson an English mathematician is best known under the pen name Lewis Carroll is the author.
1872 - Calvin Coolidge, was born (d. 1933). 30th President of the United States.
1878 - George M. Cohan, was born (d. 1942). American singer, dancer, composer, actor, and writer.
1881 - In Alabama, the Tuskegee Institute opens.
1882 - Joseph Brackett, dies (b. 1797). Shaker religious leader and composer
1883 - Rube Goldberg, was born (d. 1970). American cartoonist.

1884 - The Statue of Liberty was presented to the United States in ceremonies at Paris, France. The 225-ton, 152-foot statue was a gift from France in commemoration of 100 years of American independence. Created by the French sculptor Frederic Auguste Bartholdi, the statue was installed on Bedloe Island (now Liberty Island) in New York harbor in 1885. It was dedicated on October 28, 1886.
1891 - Hannibal Hamlin, U.S. Vice President dies (b. 1809).
1894 - The short-lived Republic of Hawaii is proclaimed by Sanford B. Dole.

1901 - Johannes Schmidt, dies (b. 1843). German linguist
1902 - Swami Vivekananda, dies (b. 1863). Indian spiritual
1902 - Meyer Lansky, was born (d.1983). Russian-born mobster.
1902 - George Murphy, was born (d. 1992). American dancer, actor, and Senator from California.
1904 - Angela Baddeley, was born (d. 1976). Actress.
1905 - Irving Johnson, was born (d. 1991). Author, adventurer, sail training pioneer

1906 - Great Britain, France & Italy granted independence to Ethiopia.

1908 - Nasce no Porto, o poeta e ensaísta Adolfo Casais Monteiro (m. 24 Jul 1972 , S.Paulo - Brasil )
1910 - Gloria Stuart, was born. American actress
1910 - African-American boxer Jack Johnson knocks out white boxer Jim Jeffries in a heavyweight boxing match sparking race riots across the United States.
1910 - Giovanni Schiaparelli, dies (b. 1835). Italian astronomer.
1911 - Mitch Miller, was born. American bandleader and television personality
1917 - Manolete, was born (d. 1947). Spanish bullfighter
1918 - Ann Landers, was born (d. 2002). American advice
1918 - Abigail Van Buren, was born. American advice columnist and twin sister to Ann Landers
1918 - Ottoman sultan Mehmed VI ascends to the throne.

1918 - Ingmar Bergman, was born. Swedish film director.
1918 - Bolsheviks kill Tsar Nicholas II of Russia and his family (Julian calendar date).
1921 - Tibor Varga, was born. Violinist and conductor
1923 - Rudolf Friedrich, was born. Member of the Swiss Federal Council
1924 - Eva Marie Saint, was born. American actress
1926 - Pier Giorgio Frassati, dies (b. 1901) . talian mountaineer.
1926 - Alfredo Di Stefano, was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Argentinian/Spanish footballer.

Considered one of the greatest players of all time (if not the greatest). Played for River Plate (Argentina), Huracán (Argentina), Millonarios (Colombia), Barcelona (Spain), Real Madrid (Spain) and Espanyol (Spain). Was the inspiration behind Real Madrid's five successive European Cups. He scored a goal in each of the first four finals and a hat-trick in the fifth, which resulted in a 7-3 win over Eintracht Frankfurt.
1927 - Gina Lollobrigida, was born. Italian actress
1927 - Initial flight of the Lockheed Vega.
1929 - Bill Tuttle, was born. Baseball player
1930 - George Steinbrenner, was born. American owner of the New York Yankees
1931 - Buddie Petit, dies. American jazz musician
1934 - Maria Skłodowska-Curie, dies (b. 1867). Polish-born scientist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in chemistry and physics.
1934 - Joe Louis wins his first professional boxing match.
1934 - Leo Szilard patents the chain-reaction design for the atomic bomb.
1937 - Falhou um atentado contra Salazar.

1937 - Hugo Carvana, was born. Brasilien actor.
1938 - Bill Withers, was born. American singer and songwriter
1939 - Lou Gehrig, recently diagnosed with Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, tells a crowd at Yankee Stadium that he considered himself "The luckiest man on the face of the earth" as he announces his retirement from major league baseball.
1941 - Mass murder of Polish scientists and writers, committed by Nazi Germans in captured Polish city of Lwów.
1942 - Floyd Little, was born. American football player
1943 - Konrad "Conny" Bauer, was born. German jazz trombonist
1943 - Geraldo Rivera, was born. American reporter and talk show host
1946 - Ed O'Ross, was born. American actor
1946 - Ron Kovic, was born. American peace activist
1946 - After 381 years of colonial rule, the Philippines is granted full independence by the United States

1948 - Morte de Monteiro Lobato. Grande escritor, infanto-juvenil, brasileiro
1950 - First broadcast by Radio Free Europe
1951 - Kathleen Kennedy Townsend, was born. American politician.

1952 - Álvaro Uribe Vélez, was born. President of Colombia (2002-2006).

1952 - Muere en la ciudad de México, el afamado novelista José Rubén Romero, quien naciera en Cotija de la Paz, Michoacán, en 1890.
1959 - With the admission of Alaska as the 49th U.S. state earlier in the year, the 49-star flag of the United States debuts in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
1960 - Due to the post-Independence Day admission of Hawaii as the 50th U.S. state on August 21, 1959, the 50-star flag of the United States debuts in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania almost ten and a half months later (see Flag Act).
1961 - Richard Garriott, was born. English video game designer
1966 - President Lyndon B. Johnson signs the Freedom of Information Act into United States law. The act goes into effect the next year.
1967 - Vinny Castilla, was born. Mexican baseball player
1970 - Barnett Newman, dies (b. 1905). American artist (b. 1905) .

1970 - Muere en la ciudad de México, el notable educador Donaciano Gutiérrez Garduño, quien naciera el 6 de septiembre de 1918, en Tlalchapa, Guerrero.
1971 - August Derleth, dies (b. 1909). American writer and editor.
1973 - Gackt, was born. Japanese singer
1973 - Justin Ring was born. Canadian Football League Linebacker
1974 - La'Roi Glover, was born. American football player
1975 - Georgette Heyer, dies (b. 1902). English author.
1976 - Antoni Słonimski, dies (b. 1895). Polish poet and writer.
1976 - Daijiro Kato, was born. Japanese motorcycle racer
1976 - Israeli commandos raid Entebbe airport in Uganda, rescuing most of the passengers and crew of an Air France jetliner seized by pro-Palestinian hijackers.
1976 - The citizens of the United States celebrate their country's bicentennial.
1986 - Oscar Zariski, dies (b. 1899). Russian mathematician.
1986 - Shane Kippel, was born. Canadian actor.
1987 - In France, former Gestapo chief Klaus Barbie (aka the "Butcher of Lyon") is convicted of crimes against humanity and is sentenced to life imprisonment.
1989 - 14-year-old actress Drew Barrymore attempts suicide.
1990 - On 214th anniversary of the United States Declaration of Independence, Die Hard 2: Die Harder is the second Die Hard movie to open in theaters, starring Bruce Willis.
1991 - En Colombia, Constitución política de Colombia es expedida por la Asamblea Nacional Constituyente. Se le conoce como Constitución del 91.
1991 - Dr. Victor Chang, dies murdered (b. 1936). Australian physician.

1992 - Astor Piazzolla dies (11 Feb 1992). Argentine musician.
1993 - (soccer) The Argentine national football team wins the Copa América 1993 championship game 2-1 against Jorge Campos' Mexico national football team in Guayaquil.

1993 - Pete Sampras won the men's title at Wimbledon, defeating American Jim Courier.

1994 - Roberto Burle-Marx, dies (b. 1909). Brasilien architect and painter.

1995 - British Prime Minister John Major won re-election as Conservative Party leader.
1995 - Eva Gabor, dies (b. 11 Feb 1919). Hungarian-born actress.
1997 - Charles Kuralt, dies (b. 1934). American television reporter.
1997 - NASA's Pathfinder space probe lands on the surface of Mars.
1998 - Lin "Spit" Newborn and Daniel Shersty are murdered by neonazis in the desert just outside Las Vegas, Nevada, USA.

1999 - Pete Sampras and Lindsay Davenport won the singles titles at Wimbledon, defeating Andre Agassi and Steffi Graf.
2002 - Three people are shot at the El Al check-in booth at Los Angeles International Airport. The gunman is shot and killed by a security officer.
2002 - A Prestige Airlines cargo Boeing 707 crashes just short of the runway in Bangui, Central African Republic killing 25
2002 - Benjamin O. Davis Jr., dies (b. 1912). U.S. general
2003 - Barry White, dies (b. 1944). American singer and record producer.
2004 - Jean-Marie Auberson, dies (b. 1920). Swiss conductor.
2004 - The cornerstone of the Freedom Tower is lain on the site of the World Trade Center in New York City. (This was largely a symbolic event; actual construction would not start for several weeks) .

2004 - Afghan President Hamid Karzai issued a decree ordering death penalty for criminals who remove body parts from kidnapped children.

2004 - Final do Euro 2004 de futebol em Lisboa com a Grécia a sagrar-se (inesperadamente) Campeã batendo Portugal por 1-0 , acabando o Campeonato como havia começado (na Abertura 2-1).
2005-The Deep Impact collider will hit the comet, Tempel 1
United States - Independence Day (1776)
Filipino-American Friendship Day

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On this day in History - Jul 03

0323 - Battle of Adrianople Constantine the Great defeats Licinius, who flees to Byzantium Byzantium
0533 - Battle of the Tenth Milestone: Byzantine general Belisarius defeats the Vandals near Carthage.
0987 - Hugh Capet was crowned King of France, the first of the Capetian dynasty which ruled France till the French Revolution in 1792.

1187 - Saladino, Sultão do Egipto e da Síria, comandando 60.000 soldados turcos derrota os cruzados perto do Mar da Galileia. É o começo do fim dos reinos francos na Síria
1250 - Louis IX of France is captured by Baibars' Mamluk army at the Battle of Fariskur while he is in Egypt conducting the Seventh Crusade; he later has to ransom himself.
1423 - King Louis XI of France was born (d. 1483) .

1573 - Fundação da cidade de Córdoba (Argentina) pelo governador Jerónimo Luis de Cabrera.
1608 - Quebec City founded by Samuel de Champlain.

1683 - Edward Young was born. English poet.

1702 - A Áustria declarou guerra à França

1721 - A Dinamarca iniciou a colonização da Groenlândia
1728 - Robert Adam, was born (d. 1792). Scottish architect.
1738 - John Singleton Copley, was born (d. 1815). American painter.
1754 - George Washington surrenders Fort Necessity to French forces during the French and Indian War. He is allowed to retain his colors and march out of the fort with full honors the following day.

1801 - Morte do oboísta Johann Went

1821 - Regressou a Portugal, o rei D. João VI.

1832 - O general Juan Antonio Lavalleja lidera uma revolução no Uruguai contra o governo de Fructuoso Rivera. A revolta fracassou.
1844 - The last pair of Great Auks is killed.
1854 - Leos Janacek, was born (d. 1928). Czech composer.
1863 - The final and bloodiest day of the battle of Gettysburg, and the fall of the besieged Vicksburg to U.S. Grant.
1866 - Austro-Prussian War decided at Battle of Königgratz, resulting in Prussia taking over as the prominent German nation from Austria.
1870 - Richard Bedford Bennett, was born (d. 1947). Eleventh Prime Minister of Canada (d. 1947)

1870 - Morte de José Joaquim Leite Guimarães (n. 18 Jul 1808). Barão de Nova Cintra - Portugal.

1875 - Ferdinand Sauerbruch, was born (d. 1951). German surgeon.

1878 - Nasceu o actor e cantor americano George Cohan
1883 - Franz Kafka, was born (d. 1924). Austrian writer.

1888 - Ramón Gómez de la Serna was born (d. 13 Jan 1963). Spanish writer.
1890 - Idaho is admitted as the 43rd U.S. state.
1893 - Mississippi John Hurt, was born (d. 1966). American musician.

1898 - Vitória naval da frota dos Estados Unidos sobre a frota espanhola na Baía de Santiago, em Cuba, no começo da Guerra Hispano-Americana.
1904 - Theodor Herzl, dies (b. 1860). Austrian Zionist.
1906 - George Sanders, was born (d. 25 Apr 1972). Russian-born Academy Award-winning actor: All About Eve [1950]; The Quiller Memorandum, Picture of Dorian Gray, Village of the Damned, A Shot in the Dark, Samson and Delilah

1908 - M. F. K. Fisher, was born (d. 1992). American writer.
1909 - Stavros Spiros Niarchos, was born (d. 1996). Ship owner.
1913 - Dorothy Kilgallen, was born (d. 1965). American newspaper columnist, and television personality.
1914- Joseph Chamberlain, dies. British politician.

1916 - Foi assinado um Tratado de Aliança entre a Rússia e o Japão
1918 - Sultan Mehmed V of the Ottoman Empire dies.
1921 - Susan Peters, was born. American actress
1923 - Art Fowler, was born. Former MLB player
1927 - Ken Russell, was born. English director: Women in Love, The Music Lovers, Altered States, Tommy, The Boy Friend, Prisoner of Honor
1928 - Günter Bruno Fuchs, was born (d. 1977). Writer.
1933 - Hipólito Yrigoyen, dies. President of Argentina
1934 - Manfred Bieler, was born. Writer.
1935 - Harrison Schmitt, was born. Astronaut
1935 - André Citroën, dies. French automobile pioneer
1937 - Tom Stoppard, was born. Czech-born playwright.
1938 - World record for a steam railway locomotive is set in England, by the "Mallard", which reaches a speed of 203 km/h (126 mph).

1939 - Nascimento de Helena Vaz da Silva (1939-2002). Jornalista, directora da revista «O Tempo e o Modo», presidente do Centro Nacional de Cultura desde 1979, foi presidente da comissão nacional da UNESCO, de 1989 a 1995 e deputada ao Parlamento Europeu, nas listas do PSD, de 1994 a 1999.
1940 - A aviação britânica ataca a frota francesa ancorada na base argelina de Mers-el-Kébir. A Grã-Bretanha receava que a frota francesa fosse posta à disposição da Alemanha.
1940 - César Tovar, was born (d. 1994). Venezuelan baseball player.

1940 - The legendary comedy team of Bud Abbott and Lou Costello debuted this day in 1940 with their network radio show on NBC (Who’s on First).

1946 - Leszek Miller, was born. Prime Minister of Poland
1947 - Dave Barry, was born. American writer
1947 - Betty Buckley, was born. American actress.
1949 - Jan Smithers, was born. American actress
1951 - Richard Hadlee, was born. New Zealand cricketer
1952 - Alan Autry, was born. Former NFL player,actor,politician
1953 - Linda Greenlese, was born. American nurse
1957 - Laura Branigan, was born (d. 26 Aug 2004). American singer: Gloria, Solitaire, How am I Supposed to Live Without You, Self Control, Theme Song from Octopussy, Hot Night.

1962 - Tom Cruise, was born. American actor: Mission Impossible, A Few Good Men, The Firm, Days of Thunder, Born on the Fourth of July, Cocktail, Top Gun, Rain Man, The Color of Money, Taps, Interview with a Vampire, Jerry Maguire, Eyes Wide Shut, Mission: Impossible II, Collateral, War of the Worlds

1962 - Independencia de Argelia.
1964 - Joanne Harris, was born. English author.
1964 - Yeardley Smith, was born. American actress.
1966 - Moises Alou, was born. Major League Baseball player.
1969 - Kevin Hearn, was born. keyboardist (Barenaked Ladies)
1969 - Brian Jones, dies. Musician (the Rolling Stones)
1970 - Teemu Selänne, was born. Finnish hockey player
1970 - A British chartered jetliner crashes near Barcelona, Spain killing 112
1971- Jim Morrison, dies. Singer (The Doors)
1976 - Andrea Barber, was born. American actress .

1976 - Espanha: Adolfo Suárez é nomeado Presidente do Governo.
1976 - Israeli commandos rescue 105 hostages at Entebbe Airport, Uganda.
1977 - Ludmila Richetevova was born. Tennis player.
1979 - Louis Durey, dies. French composer
1986 - Rudy Vallee, dies. Singer.

1986 - Mikhail Baryshnikov, considered by many to be the world’s greatest ballet dancer, became a U.S. citizen in ceremonies at Ellis Island, New York Harbor.
1988 - United States Navy warship USS Vincennes shoots down Iran Air Flight 655 over the Persian Gulf, killing all 290 people aboard.
1989 - Jim Backus, dies. Actor
1993 - Joe DeRita, dies. American actor and comedian
1995 - Pancho Gonzales, dies. Tennis player
1998 - Danielle Bunten Berry, dies. Software developer
1999 - Mark Sandman dies. Musician (Morphine (band)) (heart attack).
2000 - Kemal Sunal, dies. Turkish actor
2001 - Mordecai Richler, dies. Author
2001 - A Vladivostokavia Tupolev TU-154 jetliner crashes on approach to landing at Irkutsk, Russia killing 145
2003 - Gaetano Alibrandi, dies. Papal diplomat
2004 - Official opening of Bangkok's subway system.
2004 - Andrian Nikolayev, dies, Cosmonaut.

2004 - Exposição do fotógrafo português Fernando Lemos na Pinacoteca do Estado - São Paulo

2004 - A tenista russa Maria Sharapova vence Serena Williams e conquista o Torneio de Wimbledon

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LIVE 8 - NO MORE EXCUSES

The world is watching

Impressionant. Only a cause like this could join Pinkfloyd, at Hyde Park, 24 years later. Extraordinary minutes. I felt comoved. Thanks.

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Liberdade - Sophia de Mello Breyner Andresen

Aqui nesta praia onde

Não há nenhum vestígio de impureza,

Aqui onde há somente

Ondas tombando ininterruptamente,

Puro espaço e lúcida unidade,

Aqui o tempo apaixonadamente

Encontra a própria liberdade.


Sophia de Mello Breyner Andresen (n. 1919, m. 02 Jul 2004)

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Bebido o luar... - Sophia de Mello Breyner Andresen

Bebido o luar, ébrios de horizontes,
Julgamos que viver era abraçar
O rumor dos pinhais, o azul dos montes
E todos os jardins verdes do mar.

Mas solitários somos e passamos,
Não são nossos os frutos nem as flores,
O céu e o mar apagam-se exteriores
E tornam-se os fantasmas que sonhamos.

Por que jardins que nós não colheremos,
Límpidos nas auroras a nascer,
Por que o céu e o mar se não seremos
Nunca os deuses capazes de os viver.


Sophia de Mello Breiner Andresen (n. 1916 m. 02 Julho 2004)

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On this day in History - Jul 02

0419 - Valentinian III, was born (d. 0455). Roman Emperor.
0862 - St. Swithun, dies. Bishop of Winchester
1262 - Arthur II, Duke of Brittany was born (d. 1312)
1298 - Adolf of Nassau-Weilburg dies
1489 - Thomas Cranmer, was born (d. 1556). Archbishop of Canterbury.

1566 - Nostradamus dies (b. 14 Dec 1503). French astrologer, physician and prophet.
1613 - First English expedition from Massachusetts against Acadia - led by Samuel Argall.
1644 - Battle of Marston Moor in the English Civil War.
1644 - Abraham a Santa Clara, was born (d. 1709). Court vicar.
1679 - Europeans first visit Minnesota and see headwaters of Mississippi - led by Daniel Greysolon de Du Luth.

1690 - Battle of the Boyne
1714 - Christoph Willibald Gluck, was born (d. 1787). German composer.
1724 - Friedrich Gottlieb Klopstock, was born (d. 1803). German poet
1776 - The Continental Congress adopts a resolution severing ties with Great Britain, though a formal Declaration of Independence is not adopted until July 4.
1777 - Vermont becomes the first state to abolish slavery.
1778 - Jean-Jacques Rousseau, dies (b. 1712). Swiss philosopher.
1808 - Simon Fraser reaches Pacific near New Westminster.

1814 - Muere en Guatemala, Fray José Antonio de Liendo y Goicoechea, poeta y reformador de los estudios de la Universidad de San Carlos.
1819 - The Factory Act is passed in Britain, creating restrictions on child labor.
1821 - Sir Charles Tupper, was born (d. 1915). Sixth Prime Minister of Canada.

1823 - Portugal: As Cortes Legislativas suspendem os seus trabalhos, no seguimento do golpe militar dirigido pelo infante D. Miguel, conhecido por «Vila Francada».
1833 - Gervasio Antonio de Posadas, dies. Argentine leader
1839 - Twenty miles off the coast of Cuba, 53 rebelling African slaves led by Joseph Cinque take over the slave ship Amistad.

1843 - Morre o criador da homeopatia, Christian Friedrich Samyuel Hahnemann
1850 - The self-contained gas mask is patented by Benjamin J. Lane.
1853 - The Russian Army invades Turkey, beginning the Crimean War.
1862 - William Henry Bragg, was born (d. 1942). English physicist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in physics.
1863 - Second day of the Battle of Gettysburg.
1865 - Lily Braun, was born (d. 1916). German writer.

1867 - É criada a Polícia Cívica, em todos os distritos de Portugal. Foi a mãe da Polícia sde Segurança Publica, que viria a ser criada em 1922.

1871 - Nasce o pintor Nicolás Raurich Petre (m. 1945).

1876 - Aprovada em Espanha uma nova Constituição de cariz parlamentar. Estará em vigor até 1923.
1877 - Hermann Hesse, was born (d. 1962). German writer, recipient of the Nobel Prize in literature . His work included "Steppenwolf".
1881 - Charles J. Guiteau shoots and fatally wounds U.S. President James Garfield, who eventually dies from infection on September 19.
1884 - Alfons Maria Jakob, was born (d. 1931). German neurologist.
1890 - The U.S. Congress passes the Sherman Anti-Trust Act.

1890 - O Tratado de Bruxelas põe termo à escravatura.
1900 - First zeppelin flight on Lake Constance near Friedrichshafen, Germany.
1900 - Tyrone Guthrie, was born (d. 1971). English actor.
1903 - King Olav V of Norway was born (d. 1991)
1903 - Sir Alec Douglas-Home, was born (d. 1995). Prime Minister of the United Kingdom.

1903 - Cuba arrendou aos Estados Unidos a Baía de Guantanamo para que estes instalassem uma base militar

1904 - Anton P. Chekhov dies (b. 1860). Russian novelist.

1905 - Jean Rene Lacostetennis was born (d. 12 Oct 1996). Founder of Lacoste tennis clothing [the company with the alligator logo];

1906 - Hans Bethe, Nobel Prize-winning German-born nuclear physicist.
1907 - Dorothy West, was born. Writer
1908 - Thurgood Marshall, was born (d. 1993). U. S. Supreme Court justice.

1911 - Inauguración del estadio Gran Parque Central de Montevideo, Uruguay, con un partido de Nacional frente a CURCC, ganando Nacional por 2 a 1
1912 - Tom Richardson, dies (b. 1870). English cricketer.

1912 - Se crea la Universidad Nacional de Tucumán.

1915 - O ex-presidente mexicano Porfirio Díaz morre no exílio na França
1916 - Ken Curtis, was born (d. 1991). American actor and singer.
1917 - 48 die in rioting in East St. Louis, Illinois, as lower-paid black laborers clash with whites.

1918 - Robert Sarnoff was born. He became president of the National Broadcasting Company (NBC) and converted the network to the first all-color television station.

1923 - Wisława Szymborska, was born. Polish poet, recipient of the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1966.
1925 - Patrice Lumumba, was born (d. 1961). Prime Minister of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
1925 - Medgar Evers, was born (d. 1963). American civil rights activist.
1927 - Ruth Berghaus, was born (d. 1996). Choreographer and film director.
1927 - Brock Peters, was born. American actor.

1928 - No Reino Unido, as mulheres passaram a ter direito, sem restrições, a voto
1929 - Imelda Marcos, was born. First Lady of the Philippines. Famous for her collection of hundreds of pairs of shoe.
1930 - Carlos Menem, was born. President of Argentina (1989-1994 ; 1995-2000)
1931 - Robert Ito, was born in Vancouver . Actor and ballet dancer.

1931 - Se funda en Buenos Aires, Argentina, el Club Social y Deportivo Liniers
1932 - Dave Thomas, was born (d. 2002). American fast food entrepreneur.
1932 - King Manuel II of Portugal dies (b. 1889)
1937 - Amelia Earhart (b. 1897), and navigator Fred Noonan left Lae in Papua, New Guinea and disappeared over the Pacific Ocean while attempting to make the first round-the-world flight at the equatordies.

1937 - Polly Holliday, was born. American actress
1937 - Richard Petty, was born. American race car driver
1937 - Amelia Earhart and navigator Fred Noonan disappear over the Pacific Ocean while attempting to make the first round-the-world flight at the equator.
1939 - John H. Sununu, was born. Former U.S. Secretary of State
1942 - Vicente Fox, was born. President of Mexico

1942 - Slovak Academy Sciences is founded
1946 - Richard Axel, was born. Nobel Prize-winning American scientist
1946 - Ron Silver, was born. American actor
1947 - Larry David, was born. American television producer
1947 - An object speculated to be a UFO crashes near Roswell, New Mexico, though the United States Air Force claims it is a weather balloon.
1950 - Henri Queuille becomes Prime Minister of France.
1955 - Andrew Divoff, was born. Venezuelan actor
1956 - Jerry Hall, was born. American actress and model
1957 - Bret "Hitman" Hart, was born. Canadian professional wrestler
1958 - Thomas Bickerton, was born. American Methodist bishop
1959 - Mike Hallett, was born. English snooker player
1961 - Alba Parietti, was born. Actress.
1961 - Ernest Hemingway, dies (suicide) (b. 1899). American author, recipient of the Nobel Prize for Literature (suicide)
1964 - Glenn "Fireball" Roberts, dies (b. 1929). American race car driver.
1964 - Jose Canseco, was born. Cuban-born baseball player
1964 - Andrea Pia Yates, was born. American mother who drowned her five children
1964 - U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson signs the Civil Rights Act into law. It was no longer legal in the United States to discriminate against others because of their race.
1966 - Jan Brzechwa, dies (b. 1900). Polish poet.

1966 - Billie Jean King wins her first of 6 Wimbledon single titles.

1969 - Brian Jones, founder of the Rolling Stones, drowned.
1970 - Yancy Butler, was born. American actress: Hard Target, Law & Order, South Beach, Brooklyn South, The Witness Files
1971 - Evelyn Lau, was born. Canadian author.

1971 - Morre o escritor argentino Conrado Nalé Roxlo (n. 15 de Fev 1898). Humorista (Chamico) e autor de poemas como "El grillo" e "Claro desvelo" e de obras teatrais como "La cola de la sirena" e "Una vida difícil".
1972 - Joseph Fielding Smith, dies (b. 1876). President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
1973 - Betty Grable, dies (b. 1916). American actress.
1973 - James R. Schlesinger is sworn in as the 12th United States Secretary of Defense.
1974 - Matthew Reilly, was born. Australian author
1976 - Tomas Vokoun, was born. Czech hockey player
1976 - North and South Vietnam, divided since 1954, reunite to form the Socialist Republic of Vietnam.

1977 - Vladimir Nabokov, dies (b. 1899). Russian-born writer.
1979 - The first U.S. coin to honor a woman, the Susan B. Anthony dollar, is introduced.
1981 - Alex Koroknay-Palicz, was born. American youth rights activist
1982 - Larry Walters uses 45 helium balloons and a lawnchair to propel himself to 16,000 feet.
1983 - Michelle Branch, was born. American popular musician.

1984 - Fernando Mamede bate o recorde mumdial dos 10.000 metros, em Estocolmo.
1985 - Andrei Gromyko is appointed the chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union.
1986 - Lindsay Lohan, was born. American actress.

1988 - Michael Jackson became the first artist to have five number one singles from one album when Dirty Diana went to the top of the Billboard Hot 100. The other four chart-toppers from Bad were I Just Can’t Stop Loving You, Bad, The Way You Make Me Feel and Man in the Mirror.

1988 - Steffi Graff beats Martina Navratilova for Wimbledon crown
1989 - Andrei Gromyko, dies (b. 1909). Soviet foreign minister.

1990 - Morrem asfixiadas 1.426 pessoas no interior de um túnel próximo da cidade de Meca (Arábia Saudita) quando se dirigiam para celebrar a Festa do Sacrifício.
1991 - Lee Remick, dies (b. 1935). American actress.

1991 - Morte do historiador argentino José María Rosa (n. 20 Ago 1906).

1992 - Morre José Monge Cruz ("Camarón de la Isla"), cantor espanhol, um dos artistas mais admirados da música flamenga.

1994 - Conchita Martinez won the women's title at Wimbledon, defeating Martina Navratilova 6-4, 3-6, 6-3.

1994 - Colombian soccer player Andres Escobar was shot to death in Medellin, ten days after accidentally scoring a goal against his own team in World Cup competition.
1997 - James Stewart, dies (b. 1908). American actor.

1998 - Abertura do novo aeroporto de Hong Kong
1999 - Mario Puzo, dies (b. 1920). American author ( "The Godfather").
2000 - Vicente Fox Quesada is elected the first President of México from an opposition party, the Partido Acción Nacional (PAN) after more than 70 years of continious rule from the Partido

2000 - A Corte Suprema da Argentina, em uma sentença sem precedentes, condena o Estado a indenizar com 200 mil pesos uma mulher por seu exílio forçado durante a ditadura militar (1976-1983).

2002 - East Timor President Xanana Gusmao and his Indonesian counterpart Megawati Sukarnoputri opened a new chapter in ties between the world's newest nation and its former foe, establishing formal diplomatic links and pledging to work together.
2002 - Steve Fossett becomes the first person to fly solo around the world nonstop in a balloon.

2003 - O Boca Juniors vence por 3-1 o Santos e conquista a Taça Libertadores da América.

2003 - Vancouver, Canada, was awarded the 2010 Winter Olympics.
2004 - Sophia de Mello Breyner Andresen, dies (b. 1919). Portuguese writer and poet.

2005 - (11º) Dia Internacional das Cooperativas das Nações Unidas. Este dia comemora-se anualmente no 1º. sábado do mês de Julho
Originally, in the Roman Catholic Church, the Feast of the Visitation was celebrated on this day, although it has since been transfered to May 31
Palio di Provenzano in Siena

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A matemática anda pelas ruas da amargura (II)... A propósito do déficit orçamental

O Público lança a "confusão" sobre o déficit do Relatório Constancio que afinal seria de 6,72% e não de 6,83% em resultado de um erro algébrico numa soma. Ai, ai, ai, a matemática anda pelas ruas da amargura... até mesmo o Banco de Portugal se engana numa conta de somar?!

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A matemática anda pelas ruas da amargura (I)... A Bola e a chegada de Kariaka

"A Bola", na edição de hoje, a propósito da chegada a Lisboa de Kariaka, nova contratação do Benfica, escreve a pags 3 "Very nice e happy - Duas palavras em inglês foi tudo o que o russo disse em Lisboa para dizer que está feliz e que gosta do Benfica".

Sem dúvida que a matemática anda pelas ruas da amargura... ou será o português (isto é, neste caso, o inglês)?

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SONNET - Carlos de Oliveira

I’m accused of being bitter, inclined
to despair, as if my poetry’s pain
weren’t your flesh, O scattered men,
and my sorrow your sorrow, O mind.

Beauty? One day I will sing of it,
when the light I don’t disbelieve in falls
on the dark that hems us in like a wall
and you reach, O joy, your kingdom.

In the meantime let me speak:
let sadness be the revenge I drink
until the wall cracks and the night bursts.

My voice of death is the voice of struggle:
those who, trusting, delve into their suffering,
have a hope whose glory is of higher worth

Translated by Richard Zenith 1997 do
original:


Acusam-me de mágoa e desalento,
como se toda a pena dos meus versos
não fosse carne vossa, homens dispersos,
e a minha dor a tua, pensamento.

Hei-de cantar-vos a beleza um dia,
quando a luz que não nego abrir o escuro
da noite que nos cerca como um muro,
e chegares a teus reinos, alegria.

Entretanto, deixai que me não cale:
até que o muro fenda, a treva estale,
seja a tristeza o vinho da vingança.

A minha voz de morte é a voz da luta:
se quem confia a própria dor perscruta,
maior glória tem em ter esperança.

Carlos de Oliveira

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SONETO CASTELHANO DE CAMÕES - Carlos de Oliveira

Onde estão esses olhos que arrastada
A alma me levavam e prendiam?
Onde estão essas faces que venciam
As pétalas da rosa mais rosada?

Onde está essa boca constelada
De dentes que só neve pareciam?
Os cabelos que o oiro escureciam
Onde estão? E a mão tão delicada?

Ó toda linda, onde estarás agora
Que te não posso ver e o meu desejo
De ver-te me dá morte a cada hora?

Que devaneio o meu, bem entrevejo
Que é na minh'alma que tu estás, senhora,
E pergunto: onde estás que não te vejo?

Carlos (Alberto Serra) de Oliveira (n. 10 Ago 1921 em Belém do Pará, Brasil; m. 01 Jul 1981 em Lisboa)

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July 01 - Happy birthday beauties

Claire Forlani

Liv Tyler

Pamela Anderson

Carmella Decesare

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On this day in History - Jul 01

0868 - Ali al-Hadi, dies (b. 0828). Shia Imam.
1097 - Battle of Dorylaeum: Crusaders under Bohemond of Taranto defeat a Turkish army under Qilich Arslan I.
1109 - Alfonso VI of Castile dies.
1277 - Baibars, dies. Mameluk sultan of Egypt
1566 - Nostradamus, dies (b. 1503). French astrologer.
1646 - Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz, was born (d. 1716). German mathematician and philosopher.
1690 - Battle of the Boyne as reckoned under Julian calendar.

1705 - Morte do compositor italiano Giovanni Andrea Bontempi
1708 - Emperor Tekle Haymanot I of Ethiopia dies (stabbed to death)
1782 - Charles Watson-Wentworth, 2nd Marquess of Rockingham, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom dies (b. 1730)
1782 - American privateers attack Lunenburg, Nova Scotia.
1784 - Wilhelm Friedemann Bach, dies (b. 1710). German composer.
1804 - George Sand (Amantine Aurore Lucile Dupin), was born (d. 1876). Writer.
1819 - Jemima Wilkinson, dies. Preacher
1836 - No Chile, Joaquín Prieto é reeleito presidente.

1854 - Uma centena de importantes comerciantes de Buenos Aires fundam a atual Bolsa da capital argentina.
1858 - The joint reading of Charles Darwin and Alfred Russel Wallace's papers on evolution to the Linnean Society.
1862 - Russian State Library is founded
1863 - American Civil War: the Battle of Gettysburg begins.
1863 - William Stairs, was born (d. 1892). lorer.
1867 - The British North America Act takes effect as the constitution of Canada, creating the Canadian Confederation; John A. Macdonald sworn as first Prime Minister.
1867 - Abolição da pena de morte em Portugal para todos os crimes civis.
1870 - The United States Department of Justice formally comes into existence.
1872 - Nasceu o aviador francês Louis Blériot.
1872 - Louis Blériot, was born (d. 1936). French aviation pioneer
1873 - Prince Edward Island joins the Canadian Confederation.
1876 - O Colorado tornou-se o oitavo Estado da união dos Estados Unidos da América.

1876 - Morre Mijail A. Bakunin, anarquista russo.
1878 - Canada joins the Universal Postal Union.
1879 - William Strunk Jr., was born (d. 1946). Grammarian
1881 - General Order 70, the culmination of the Cardwell-Childers reforms of the British Army's organisation, came into effect.
1881 - World's first international telephone call, between St. Stephen, New Brunswick, Canada, and Calais, Maine, USA.
1885 - United States terminates reciprocity and fishery agreement with Canada.

1888 - Pedro José Cevallos assume a presidência do Equador
1890 - Canada and Bermuda linked by telegraph cable.
1894 - Allan Pinkerton, dies. American private detective
1896 - Harriet Beecher Stowe, dies. American author
1899 - Charles Laughton, was born (d. 15 Dec.1962 ). Award-winning actor: The Private Life of Henry VIII [1933]; Mutiny on the Bounty, Witness for the Prosecution, Advise and Consent, Les Misérables, The Hunchback of Notre Dame, Captain Kidd, The Man on the Eiffel Tower, Spartacus; husband of actress Elsa Lanchester.

1899 - Thomas A. Dorsey, was born (d. 23 Jan 1993). ‘Father of Gospel Music’: musician: pianist; blues composer; gospel music composer: composed over 1,000 gospel songs;
1902 - William Wyler, was born (d. 27 Jul 1981). three-time Academy Award-winning director: Funny Girl, Ben Hur, The Big Country, Friendly Persuasion, Roman Holiday, Carrie, Wuthering Heights;

1903 - Amy Johnson, was born (d. 1941) . Aviator.
1904 - Games of the III Olympiad open in Saint Louis, Missouri.
1906 - Estée Lauder, was born (d. 2004). Cosmetics pioneer.

1906 - Fundación del Club Talleres de Remedios de Escalada de Argentina
1908 - Peg Entwistle, was born (d. 1932). Actress.
1909 - Bill Stern, was born. Sportscaster
1911 - No Perú, o americano Hiram Bingham descobriu as ruinas da cidade sagrada dos incas Machu Picchu

1911 - Fundação do Club Atlético Nueva Chicago - Argentina
1912 - David R. Brower, was born (d. 2000). Environmentalist
1914 - Em Londres, o cientista Archibald Low apresentou um aparelho para emissão de imagens à distância, a que deu o nome de "televisão"

1914 - Fundação do Americano Futebol Clube de Rio de Janeiro, Brasil.
1915 - Fundação do Olaria Atlético Clube do estado de Rio de Janeiro, Brasil

1916 - First day on the Somme: On the first day of the Battle of the Somme 20,000 soldiers of the British Army are killed, and 40,000 wounded.

1916 -Lei Seca nos Estados Unidos: 24 estados americanos proibiram as bebidas alcóolicas, em um prenúncio da Lei Seca. A 18° emenda entrou em vigor em 1920 e durou quase 14 anos, proibindo a fabricação, transporte, venda ou porte de qualquer bebida alcóolica. A clandestinidade fez proliferar os gangsters e a corrupção policial
1916 - Olivia de Havilland, was born. Academy Award-winning actress: To Each His Own [1946], The Heiress [1949]; Gone with the Wind; sister of actress, Joan Fontaine
1917 - Rolf Rodenstock, was born (d. 1977). Industrialist.
Hans Werner Henze, was born. German composer
1921 - Fundado o Partido Comunista Chinês
1923 - Canadian Parliament suspends all Chinese immigration.
1925 - Erik Satie, dies. French composer .

1925 - António Maria da Silva assume o cargo de primeiro-ministro de Portugal

1927 - Inauguración del estadio de Cerro Porteño de Paraguay, en donde hoy se ubica el Santuario Nacional del Perpetuo Socorro.

1928 - O general Alvaro Obregón é eleito presidente do México.

1930 - Bobby Day, was born (d. 27 Jul 1990). Singer.
1931 - Leslie Caron, was born. Actress: Lili, The L-Shaped Room, Gigi, An American in Paris, Father Goose, Daddy Long Legs
1931 - Official opening of Milan Central Station.
1934 - Jean Marsh, was born. Actress : Upstairs, Downstairs, The Jewel in the Crown, Fatherland, Frenzy, The Changeling
1934 - Sydney Pollack, was born. Film director: The Firm, Out of Africa, Tootsie, Absence of Malice, They Shoot Horses Don’t They, Three Days of the Condor, The Way We Were
1934 - Jamie Farr, was born. Actor: M*A*S*H, The Blackboard Jungle, Scrooged, Cannonball Run, With Six You Get Egg Roll
1935 - Regina, Saskatchewan police and Royal Canadian Mounted Police ambush strikers participating in On-to-Ottawa-Trek.
1941 - Twyla Tharp,was born. Choreographer
1941 - Alfred G. Gilman, was born. Scientist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
1942 - Andraé Crouch was born. Singer, conductor, actor
1942 - Geneviève Bujold, was born. Actress.
1944 - Tanya Savicheva, dies. Russian diarist
1945 - Deborah Harry, was born. Musician, (Blondie)
1946 - June Montiero, was born. Singer formerly of the group the Toys

1946 - Nascimento de Mireya Elisa Moscoso de Arias . Presidente do Panamá.
1947 - The Australian real estate franchise L. J. Hooker lists on the Australian Stock Exchange
1948 - Official opening of New York International Airport (now known as John F. Kennedy International Airport) at Idlewild.
1950 - Eliel Saarinen, dies (b. 1873). Finnish architect, father of Eero Saarinen.
1951 - Fred Schneider, was born. Keyboardist, The B-52's
1952 - Dan Aykroyd, was born. Actor
1957 - The International Geophysical Year begins (until December 31, 1958).
1958 - The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation links television broadcasting across Canada via microwave.
1958 - Flooding of the St. Lawrence Seaway begins.

1959 - Morte de Tomás Monje. Presidente da Bolívia (1946-1947)
1960 - Independence of Somalia.
1960 - Evelyn King was born in Bronx, New York. American soul/dance singer.
1961 - Diana, Princess of Wales, was born (d. 31 Ago 1997)
1961 - Carl Lewis, was born. American athletics legend, nine-time Olympic Olympic Gold Medalist: long jump [1996], long jump and 4x100 relay [1992], 100 meter in 9.93 seconds, a world record, long jump, 4x100 meter relay [1988], 100 meter & 200 meter sprints, long jump & 4x100 meter relay [1984]; Olympic Hall of Famer; AP Male Athlete of the Year [1983, 1984]
1961 - Michelle Wright, was born. Singer/guitarist, songwriter, drummer
1961- Louis-Ferdinand Céline, dies (b. 1894). French writer.
1962 - Independence of Rwanda.
1962 - Independence of Burundi.

1962 - Julio Adalberto Rivera assume a presidência de El Salvador
1963 - ZIP Code introduced for United States mail.
1963 - The British Government admits that former diplomat Kim Philby had worked as a Soviet agent.
1963 - U.S President John F. Kennedy arrives in Rome
1964 - Pierre Monteux, dies (b. 1875). French conductor.
1965 - Wally Hammond, dies.English cricketer.
1965 - Harald Zwart, was born. Norwegian film director .
1966 - First colour television transmission in Canada, from Toronto.
1967 - Pamela Anderson, was born. Actress: Baywatch, Raw Justice, Playboy’s Babes of Baywatch, Pam & Tommy Lee: Stolen Honeymoon, Cribs
1967 - The European Community is formally created out of a merger with the Common Market, the European Coal and Steel Community, and the European Atomic Energy Commission.

1967 - Fidel Sánchez Hernández assume a presidência de El Salvador
1968 - The CIA's Phoenix Program is officially established.
1968 - Nuclear non-proliferation treaty signed by about sixty countries in Geneva, Switzerland.
1968 - Formal separation of the United Auto Workers with the AFL-CIO.
1969 - Rock group The Band release their influential debut Music From Big Pink.
1969 - O príncipe Carlos de Inglaterra é investido como Príncipe de Gales, no Castelo de Caernarvon.
1971 - Missy "Misdemeanor" Elliott, hip hop artist .
1972 - Claire Forlani, was born. Actress : J.F.K.: Reckless Youth, Police Academy: Mission to Moscow, The Rock, The Last Time I Committed Suicide, Meet Joe Black, AntiTrust
1972 - Andreas Baader, Jan-Carl Raspe and Holger Meins of the Red Army Faction are captured in Frankfurt after a shootout with the police.
1973 - Jesus Christ Superstar closed in New York City after 720 performances on Broadway. The cast album quickly became a million-seller.
1974 - Juan Domingo Perón, dies (b. 1895). President of Argentina. Maria Estela Martinez de Perón succeeds him into the Presidency.

1974 - Portugal restabece relações diplomáticas com a Hungria

1976 - Início dos XXI Jogos Olímpicos, em Montreal (Canadá).
1976 - Patrick Kluivert, was born. Dutch football player.
1976 - Ruud van Nistelrooy, was born. Dutch football player.
1977 - Jarome Iginla, was born. NHL hockey player.
1977 - Liv Tyler, was born. Model, actress: Silent Fall, Heavy, That Thing You Do!, Armageddon, Cookie’s Fortune, Lord of the Rings series
1979 - Sony introduces the Walkman.
1980 - O Canada officially becomes the national anthem of Canada.
1981 - Carlos de Oliveira, dies (b. 1921). Portuguese writer.
1982 - Carmella DeCesare, was born in Avon Lake, Ohio. American model who was Playboy's Playmate of the Year for 2004.
1983 - A North Korean Ilyushin Il-62M jet en route to Conakry Airport in Guinea crashed into the Fouta Djall Mountains in Guinea-Bissau, killing all 23 people on board.
1983 - R. Buckminster Fuller ,dies. American architect and philosopher
1984 - Moshe Feldenkrais, dies. Ukrainian-born educator
1986 - In an interview with Playboy magazine, science fiction writer Arthur C. Clarke comes out as a bisexual.
1987 - Excavation begins on the Channel Tunnel.
1988 - Bologna, Italy: Quartetto Cetra's last concert after over forty years' musical career.
1990 - East Germany accepts the Deutsche Mark as its currency, thus uniting the economies of East and West Germany.

1991 - Morte do escritor brasileiro Paulo Mendes Campos
1991 - The Warsaw Pact is officially dissolved.
1991 - Michael Landon, dies (b. 1936). American actor, director, and producer.
1995 - Wolfman Jack, dies (b. 1939). Radio personality.
1996 - William T. Cahill, dies. Governor of New Jersey .

1996 - Morte da modelo americana Margaux Hemingway
1997 - Robert Mitchum, dies. American actor
1997 - The United Kingdom hands sovereignty over Hong Kong to the People's Republic of China.
1999 - At the first meeting of the Scottish Parliament in nearly three centuries, Winnie Ewing opened with the famous words, "The Scottish Parliament, adjourned on the 25th day of March in the year 1707, is hereby reconvened."

1999 - Morte de Viktor Chebrikov, comandante da KGB (serviço secreto russo) 1982-1988.
1999 - Edward Dmytryk, dies. Director

1999 - Morre Joshua Nkomo, um dos líderes da independência do Zimbabue.
1999 - Forrest Mars Sr., dies. American candy magnate
1999 - Sylvia Sidney, dies (b. 1910). Actress.
2000 - Walter Matthau, dies. American actor
2000 - Vermont's civil unions law goes into effect.

2000 - Mais de 300 mil pessoas celebram na localidade cubana de Manzanillo o regresso do menino Elián González, que naufragou em frente a costa da Flórida, vindo de Cuba e cuja custódia foi, durante sete meses, uma batalha legal entre Cuba e EUA.

2001 - Morre Nikolai Básov, físico russo, um dos inventores do laser e prêmio Nobel de física em 1964.

2001 - A Selecção brasileira perde para o Uruguai (1 -0) na estreia do técnico Luiz Felipe Scolari
2002 - A Bashkirian Airlines Tupolev TU-154 and a DHL (German cargo) Boeing 757 collide in mid-air over southern Germany, killing 71.
2003 - 500,000 people take part in a march in Hong Kong to protest, amongst other things, the government's handling of the plans to implement a new anti-subversion law required under Article 23 of Hong Kong's Basic Law. )
2003 - Herbie Mann, dies. American jazz flutist
2003 - Wesley Mouzon, dies. boxer
2003 - N!xau, dies. Namibian bushman who appeared in The Gods Must Be Crazy
2004 - Marlon Brando, dies. American actor
2004 - 530,000 people take part in a march in Hong Kong to urge for faster pace of democratisation and universal suffrage, according to Article 45 and Article 68 of Hong Kong's Basic Law.

2003 - O jogador inglês David Beckham assina contrato com o Real Madrid
2004 - Saturn Orbit Insertion of Cassini-Huygens begins at 01:12 UT and ends at 02:48 UT.
2005 - Microsoft plans to end official support of Windows 2000
2005 - Make Poverty HistoryDay and Live8 Concert. ).
2005 - United Kingdom takes over the Presidency of the Council of the European Union.
Canada Day (formerly Dominion Day) - national holiday of Canada
Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Establishment Day
World Architecture Day

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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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On this day in History - Jun 26

0363 - Julian, dies killed in battle. Roman Emperor.
0684 - Benedict II becomes Pope.
1291 - Eleanor of Provence, dies. Queen of Henry III of England
1409 - Western Schism: The Catholic church is led into a double schism as Petros Philargos is crowned Pope Alexander V after the Council of Pisa, joining Pope Gregory XII in Rome and Pope Benedict XII in Avignon.
1483 - Richard III becomes king of England.
1541 - Francisco Pizarro, dies murdered. Spanish conqueror of Peru.
1653 - Cardinal André-Hercule de Fleury, was born. Bishop of Fréjus, chief minister of France under Louis XV
1662 - Portugal - Golpe de Estado palaciano que põe termo à regência da rainha D. Luísa de Gusmão. O governo é entregue a D. Afonso VI, tendo D. Luís de Vasconcelos e Sousa, 3.º conde de Castelo Melhor, como principal apoiante.
1819 - The bicycle was patented by W.K. Clarkson, Jr. of New York City.
1824 - Lord Kelvin, was born (d. 1907). Physicist.
1821 - Bartolomé Mitre, was born. President of Argentine
1854 - Robert Laird Borden, was born. Eighth Prime Minister of Canada
1856 - Max Stirner, dies. German philosopher.
1865 - Bernard Berenson, was born (d. 1959). Art connoisseur.
1871 - As Conferências do Casino são suspensas pelo ministro do reino, marquês de Ávila e de Bolama.

1889 - Morte de Tobias Barreto, consagrado poeta e filósofo brasileiro

1892 - Pearl S. Buck, was born (d. 1973). American writer, recipient of the Nobel Prize in literature
1898 - Willy Messerschmitt, was born (d. 1978). Aircraft designer-
1899 - Maria Nikolaevna Romanova, was born. Daughter of Tsar Nicholas II of Russia and Alexandra of Hesse .
1904 - Peter Lorre, was born (d. 1964). Actor.
1906 - Alberto Rabagliati, was born. Italian singer and actor.
1908 - Nasce Salvador Allende. Presidente do Chile.
1909 - Colonel Tom Parker, was born (d. 1997). Elvis Presley's manager.

1910 - António Teixeira de Sousa assume o cargo de primeiro-ministro de Portugal
1911 - Babe Didrikson Zaharias, was born (d. 1956). American athlete and golfer.
1912 - Jay Silverheels, was born (d. 1980). Actor.
1919 - Richard Neustadt, was born. Political historian.
1922 - Albert I, Prince of Monaco dies.
1924 - American occupying forces leave the Dominican Republic.
1925 - Pavel Belyayev, was born (d. 1970). Cosmonaut.
1933 - Claudio Abbado, was born. Italian conductor
1934 - Jeremy Wolfenden, was born (d. 1965). British journalist.
1934 - President Franklin D. Roosevelt signs the Federal Credit Union Act, which establishes credit unions.
1934 - Initial flight of the Focke-Wulf Fw 61, the first practical helicopter.
1936 - Robert Maclennan, was born. British politician.

1938 - Nasce Francisco Nicholson. Actor, escritor e figura da televisão portuguesa (Tentação (1997) "Olhar da Serpente, O" (2002) TV Series Writer: "Vila Faia" (1982) TV Series (writer) ).
1939 - Ford Maddox Ford,dies (b. 1873). English writer.
1940 - World War II: Under the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact, the Soviet Union presents an ultimatum to Romania requiring it to cede Bessarabia and northern part of Bukovina.
1942 - Gilberto Gil, was born. First Minister of Culture of Brazil, singer, songwriter, musician
1945 - Dwight York, was born. Musician, fashion consultant, cult leader, child molester
1945 - The United Nations Charter is signed. Surgimento da ONU : representantes de 50 países assinaram a Carta de São Francisco. Apoiada na tradição idealista norte-americana e com a tese de manter a segurança coletiva e a paz mundial, a Carta propunha a criação da Organização das Nações Unidas. Em 24 de outubro de 1945, a ONU passou a existir oficialmente.
1947 - Richard Bedford Bennett, dies. Eleventh Prime Minister of Canada
1947 - Conferência em Paris entre a URSS, Grã-Bretanha e França sobre o Plano Marshall de ajuda norte-americana para a reconstrução da Europa.
1948 - The Western allies start an airlift to Berlin after the Soviet Union has blockaded West Berlin.

1949 - Nasce em Lisboa Ana Zanatti. Actriz portuguesa ("Vila Faia" (1982) TV Series Lugar do Morto, O (1984) ..."Saber Amar" (2002) TV Series . Milagre segundo Salomé, O (2004) ...) . Apresentadora de televisão e recentemente escritora ( "Os Sinais do Medo", "Agradece o Beijo").
1954 - Steve Barton, was born. Actor, singer, dancer
1955 - Mick Jones, was born. British musician, guitarist with The Clash, Big Audio Dynamite
1956 - Chris Isaak, was born. Ppop singer
1956 - Fidel Castro é detido no México com outros 20 membros do Movimento 26 de Julho.
1957 - Alfred Döblin, dies (b. 1878). German writer.
1958 - Andrija Štampar, dies (b. 1888). Physician and United Nations diplomat.
1958 - George Orton, dies. Canadian athlete.
1959 - The Saint Lawrence Seaway opens, opening North America's Great Lakes to ocean-going ships.
1959 - Cuba rompe relações diplomáticas com a República Dominicana.
1960 - Madagascar alcanza la independencia de Francia.
1960 - Former British Protectorate of Somaliland British Somaliland gains its independence
1961 - Greg Lemond, was born. Cyclist
1963 - Mikhail B. Khodorkovsky, was born. Russian CEO of YUKOS Oil Company
1963 - John F. Kennedy speaks the famous words "Ich bin ein Berliner".
1964 - The Beatles release the album A Hard Day's Night.
1964 - Gerrit Rietveld, dies. Architect.
1968 - Tony Hancock, dies. Comedian.
1968 - Rich Eisen, was born. ESPN SportsCenter anchor
1968 - Shannon Sharpe, was born. American football player, commentator
1968 - Paolo Maldini, was born. Italian footballer
1969 - Colin Greenwood, was born. Musician, Radiohead
1970 - Chris O'Donnell, was born in Winnetka, Illinois. American actor
1973 - Gretchen Wilson, was born. Country music singer
1973 - On Plesetsk Cosmodrome 9 persons were killed at an explosion of a Cosmos 3-M rocket.
1974 - The first retail product (a pack of chewing gum) was sold using a barcode reader.
1974 - Derek Jeter, was born. Baseball player
1975 - Indira Gandhi establishes authoritarian rule in India.
1975 - St. Josemaría Escrivá, dies. Spanish Roman Catholic priest. Opus Dei founder.

1976 - CN Tower (Toronto, Canada) opened on this day in 1976.
1977 - Kubo Tite, was born. Cartoonist
1977 - Last concert of Elvis Presley.
1979 - Muhammad Ali retires.
1980 - Jason Schwartzman, was born. Actor
1980 - Michael Vick, was born. American football player.

1982 - Morte do cantor português Alfredo Marceneiro (n. 25 Fev 1891). Grande figura do fado.
1984 - Michel Foucault, dies (b. 1926). French literary theorist.
1985 - Urgyen Trinley Dorje, was born. Tibetan spiritual leader.

1989 - Melanie Griffith & Don Johnson marry for the 2nd time
1993 - William H. Riker, dies. Political scientist.
1997 - Israel Kamakawiwo'ole, dies. Singer.
1997 - The U.S. Supreme Court rules that the Communications Decency Act violates the First Amendment.
1997 - Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone in the U.S.), the first book in J.K. Rowling's hugely popular Harry Potter series, is published.
1999 - O líder da resistência do Timor Leste e Prêmio Nobel da Paz 1996, José Ramos Horta, regressa a Jacarta pela primeira vez desde que, em 1975, a Indonésia ocupou a ex-colônia portuguesa.
2000 - O Vaticano revela que o terceiro segredo de Fátima se referia ao atentado ao Papa, à luta do comunismo contra a Igreja e ao sofrimento dos cristãos no século XX.
2002 - Jay Berwanger, dies. American football player
2003 - The U.S. Supreme Court rules that sodomy laws are unconstitutional in Lawrence v. Texas
2003 - Sir Denis Thatcher Bt., dies. Husband of Margaret Thatcher
2003 - Strom Thurmond, dies. U.S. Senator
2003 - Marc-Vivien Foé, dies. Cameroonian footballer
2004 - Yash Johar, dies. Indian film producer
The United Nations' Day in Support of Victims of Torture.
Flag Day in Romania

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Sporting é campeão de Juniores

BENFICA 1 - 4 SPORTING

O Sporting bateu claramente o Benfica e sagrou-se campeão nacional de juniores pela 11ª. vez, "vingando-se" da derrota na Superliga e do Futsal. Pois é o Benfica tinha a vantagem de poder empatar, mas nem sempre essa vantagem resulta, como os sportinguistas sabem por experiencia própria. Foi a única derrota dos encarnados na fase final da prova mas valeu o campeonato. Parabéns aos jovens "leões".

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On this day in History - Jun 25

0841 - Battle of Fontenay
1218 - Simon de Montfort, 5th Earl of Leicester, dies (b. 1160). Norman crusader.

1535 - Sebastián Belalcázar funda Guayaquil, a segunda cidade mais importante de Equador atualmente.
1579 - Hatano Hideharu dies (b. 1541) Japanese daimyo and samurai.
1634 - John Marston, dies (b. 1576). English playwright.
1665 - Archduke Sigismund Francis of Austria, dies. Regent of Tyrol and Further Austria
1767- Georg Philipp Telemann, dies. German composer.
1788 - Virginia ratifies the United States Constitution and is admitted as the 10th state of the United States.
1822 - E.T.A. Hoffmann, dies (b. 1776). German writer, composer, and painte.
1861 - Abd-ul-Mejid, dies. Ottoman Sultan
1852 - Antoni Gaudi, was born (d. 1926). Architect.
1858 - Georges Courteline, was born (d. 1929). Dramatist.
1864 - Walther Nernst, was born (d. 1941). German physicist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in chemistry
1865 - Robert Henri, was born (d. 1929). Painter.
1876 - Battle of the Little Big Horn and the death of Colonel George Armstrong Custer.

1882 - François Jouffroy, dies (b. 18906)French sculptor.
1884 - Hans Rott, dies. Composer
1884 - Henry Kahnweiler, was born (d. 1979). Art promoter.

1887 - Um comboio descarrila entre o caminho Bilbao-Zaragoza. Morrem 40 pessoas e inúmeras ficam feridas.
1887 - George Abbott, was born (d. 1995). Playwright, screenwriter, producer, director, actor
1894 - Hermann Oberth, was born (d. 1989). Physicist.
1900 - Louis Mountbatten, was born (d. 1979). 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma
1903 - George Orwell, was born (d. 1950). Writer.

1906 - Pedro Montt vence as eleições presidenciais no Chile.

1909 - Nasce no Cairo Eva Nil (Eva Comello), actriz do cinema brasileiro.

1911 - Nasce William Howard Stein, bioquímico norte-americano.

1912 - William T. Cahill, was born. Governor of New Jersey
1913 - Cyril Fletcher, was born (d. 2005). British comedia.
1915 - Peter Lind Hayes, was born (d. 1998). Actor.
1916 - Thomas Eakins, dies. Artist .

1925 - Nasce John Briley, novelista norte-americano.

1925 - Golpe Militar na Grécia encabeçado pelo general Pangalos.

1936 - Nasce Yusuf Habibie Bachadurin, presidente de Indonésia.
1937 - Colin Clive, dies (b. 1900). British actor.
1923 - Nicholas Mosley, was born. British writer
1924 - Sidney Lumet, was born. Actor, director
1925 - June Lockhart, was born. American actress
1926 - Ingeborg Bachmann, was born (d. 1973). Writer.

1927 - Em Portugal, foi fundada a Associação de Cegos Luis Braille
1929 - Eric Carle, was born. Children's author
1930 - Mary Beth Peil, was born. American opera singer and actress
1932 - Peter Blake, was born. Artist
1933 - James Meredith, was born. American civil rights activist
1938 - Dr. Douglas Hyde is elected the first President of Ireland.

1941 - Nascimento em Deschambault, Quebec- Canadá de Denys Arcand. Actor.

1945 - Seán T. O'Kelly is elected the second President of Ireland.
1945 - Carly Simon, was born. Singer
1948 - William C. Lee, dies (b. 1895). U.S. general.

1948 - Morre o professor, escritor e político português Bento de Jesus Caraça, fundador da Biblioteca Cosmos.
1950 - The beginning of the Korean War.

1954 - Nascimento, em Umbuzeiro - PB, de Luiz Carlos Vasconcelos . Actor brasileiro.

1955 - Terry Chimes, was born. Musician
1956 - Boris Trajkovski, was born (d. 2004). President of the Republic of Macedonia
1959 - Eamon de Valera is elected the third President of Ireland.
1960 - Tommy Corcoran, dies (b, 1869). Baseball player
1963 - George Michael, was born. Singer
1963 - Yann Martel, was born. Author
1966 - Dikembe Mutombo,was born. Bbasketball player
1967 - First global satellite television programme - "Our World"
1970 - Lucy Benjamin, was born. British actress
1972 - Carlos Delgado, was born. Baseball player
1973 - Erskine Hamilton Childers is elected the fourth President of Ireland.
1974 - Karisma Kapoor, was born. Indian actress
1975 - Linda Cardellini, was born. American actress
1975 - Albert Costa, was born. Spanish tennis player
1975 - Vladimir Kramnik, was born. Russian chess player.

1975 - Proclamada a independência de Moçambique
1976 - Johnny Mercer, dies. American songwriter
1982 - Greece abolishes headshaving of the recruits in the military.
1982 - Mikhail Youzhny, was born. Russian tennis player
1983 - Nargis Farahmand, was born. Afghani poet.
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