David A Broad
A personal story
More than 40 years, told day by day
A horrific mass shooting occurred at West Nickel Mines Amish School in Pennsylvania, where Charles Carl Roberts IV murdered five young schoolgirls.
This, before taking his own life, shocking the local Amish community and the nation.
The West Nickel Mines School, is an Amish one-room schoolhouse in the Old Order Amish community of Nickel Mines, a village in Bart Township, Pennsylvania.
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Ten individuals were convicted for their involvement in the 1993 World Trade Centre bombing, a significant terrorist event that marked an early instance of large-scale terrorist activity on U.S. soil.
in the aftermath of the 1993 World Trade Center bombing, ten individuals were convicted for their involvement in the attack, including Ramzi Yousef, Mahmud Abouhalima, Mohammed A. Salameh, Nidal Ayyad, Ahmad Ajaj, Eyad Ismoil, Omar Abdel Rahman, and others.
September 1995 - A mild and damp month, wet and muddy for walking my dog Sam but one where he was second fiddle to me living in my new relationship with my passionate Wiggly.
With her, we had received the ‘All Clear’ from Dr Edgar at our important clinic appointments.
She had a doubly emotional automobile month having her own old Astra car damaged with hooliganism and breakdowns and then crashing my own Discovery.
Wiggly combined her new role as St Neots Town Councillor with helping me at Redgrave and still enjoying her amateur dramatics, winning her preferred role as Fatima in Sinbad.
Lots of film, theatre and meal outings followed as well as river trips in my boat.
We drove to Glasgow for the Liberal Democrat Party Conference heard Michael Grade, the Channel 4 Director, Jim Wallace MP, the leader of the Liberal Democrats in Scotland and met Paddy Ashdown again.
I was still missing the girls but meeting up with them and Daniel whilst attending the pond filters at The Hayling View.
Debbie from her Kimbolton School 6th form party and Della starting the main school.
This month was all about Redgrave too, where we greeted Sarah Francis on her first day as the shop manager.
We completed the Spar forms together and made our decision to go with them as our wholesaler and meetings followed thick and fast.
I briefed local councillors in a private briefing and then addressing a meeting of Redgrave Parish council with some 50 or so local residents present enlisting their support for the revamped shop, ordering £13,500 worth of equipment for a revamp and starting newspaper deliveries.
I met representatives from Post Office Counters who had come to interview me successfully for the job of sub-postmaster.
This month, there was a strong NATO air attack on the Bosnian Serb artillery positions with planes from the US, UK and France taking part with one French plane shot down
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Albert Jojuan Belle (born August 25, 1966), formerly known as Joey Belle was an American former Major League Baseball outfielder who played from 1989 to 2000, most notably for the Cleveland Indians
As a Cleveland Indians outfielder ,Albert Belle achieved a remarkable milestone by hitting his 50th home run of the season, solidifying his status as one of the most powerful hitters of the mid-1990s.
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Sony released its revolutionary PlayStation gaming console in Europe, following its earlier US launch on September 9.
This release marked a significant moment in video game history, introducing a powerful new platform that would transform the gaming industry.
It had been released in Japan on 3 December 1994, followed by North America on 9 September 1995, and then Europe on 29 September 1995, and other regions following thereafter. As a fifth-generation console, the PlayStation primarily competed with the Nintendo 64 and the Sega Saturn.
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Israel and the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) signed the Oslo II Accords, also known as the Interim Agreement on the West Bank and the Gaza Strip or the Taba Agreement.
This historic diplomatic agreement divided Gaza and West Bank into three administrative areas, granting limited Palestinian self-governance and calling for the first Palestinian elections.
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