David A Broad
A personal story
More than 40 years, told day by day
Matthew Harding, vice-chairman of Chelsea FC, makes a £1,000,000 donation to the Labour Party – the largest donation made to the party by any individual.The hurricane caused extensive destruction in North Carolina, resulting in over $3 billion in damages
This as Hurricane Fran made a catastrophic landfall near Cape Fear, North Carolina as a powerful Category 3 storm with sustained winds of 115 mph (185 km/h)
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The United States conducted a second consecutive day of military operations against Iraq, launching cruise missiles from naval vessels in the Persian Gulf.
I also write to my Old Post Office Cottage/Back Flat tenancy about responsibilities for Garden areas and rubbish
This action drew limited international support, with Australia backing the strike while France and Spain declined involvement, reflecting the complex geopolitical tensions of the mid-1990s.
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Hugh Torney, believed to be the former Chief of Staff of the Irish National Liberation Army (INLA), was shot dead in Lurgan.
This killing was part of feud that had begun on 30 January 1996 with the killing of Gino Gallagher. (Hugh Torney's faction later disbanded on 9 September 1996.)
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A Peace agreement was signed between the Government of the Philippines and the Moro National Liberation Front in Malacañang Palace.
After nearly four decades of deadly conflict the Philippines largest Muslim rebel group, the Moro Islamic Liberation Front, has signed a peace treaty with the government.
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Billy Wright, a leading Loyalist who had been ordered to leave Northern Ireland by the Combined Loyalist Military Command (CLMC) addressed a group of supporters at midnight; the time of the deadline set by the CLMC.
A bomb was thrown through the window of the home of Alex Kerr's parents (Alex Kerr was also under threat from the CLMC but was in police custody at the time of the attack).
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As the 1996 As the Summer Olympics held in in Atlanta, Georgia, United States continued to its closing ceremony on August 4, 1996, back home in the UK unemployment has fallen to 2,126,200 – its lowest level since the summer of 1991.
Sir Frank Whittle, inventor of the turbojet engine passed away but this month would always be remembered because of the divorce of The Prince and Princess of Wales (Charles and Diana) after fifteen years of marriage.
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