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No Way! Omfg!Back onto the Beatles, Ringo Starr born on this day 80 years ago!!! Makes me feel old
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Ringo had some goods songs like will you come see me In the movies and U
Osman
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That song was "Act Naturally"
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July 8th
1904
Being born in the early 70's I can't even begin to fathom life pre electricity. Like, how would I charge my phone or lap top? (Joking). It would have much more difficult times indeed.
Sydney's electricity supply is officially switched on.
The first electric light plants were imported into Sydney in 1882. Although inefficient at first, improvements were gradually made, and the government gradually deployed electric lighting in its buildings, and to the homes of individuals. By 1896, the government sought advice from Edison, Swan and various other experts, and subsequently planned ahead to legislate for the eventual establishment of The Municipal Council of Sydney's Electricity Undertaking.
On 8 July 1904, the Electricity Undertaking's supply system was officially switched on. At 5:00pm on this day, Sydney's Lord Mayor Samuel E Lees started the steam to fire up the engine and generators, while his wife, the Lady Mayoress, switched on the actual electric current with a special gold presentation key.
1904
Being born in the early 70's I can't even begin to fathom life pre electricity. Like, how would I charge my phone or lap top? (Joking). It would have much more difficult times indeed.
Sydney's electricity supply is officially switched on.
The first electric light plants were imported into Sydney in 1882. Although inefficient at first, improvements were gradually made, and the government gradually deployed electric lighting in its buildings, and to the homes of individuals. By 1896, the government sought advice from Edison, Swan and various other experts, and subsequently planned ahead to legislate for the eventual establishment of The Municipal Council of Sydney's Electricity Undertaking.
On 8 July 1904, the Electricity Undertaking's supply system was officially switched on. At 5:00pm on this day, Sydney's Lord Mayor Samuel E Lees started the steam to fire up the engine and generators, while his wife, the Lady Mayoress, switched on the actual electric current with a special gold presentation key.
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July 9th
1986
Yes you read right. It wasn't until 1986 that this happened. Looooooong overdue.
Homosexual Law Reform Bill passed in New Zealand
Wellington Central MP Fran Wilde’s private member’s bill, which removed criminal sanctions against consensual male homosexual practices, was read a third time in Parliament by 49 votes to 44.
The legislation was signed by the governor-general on 11 July 1986 and came into effect on 8 August. It decriminalised sexual relations between men aged 16 and over. No longer would men having consensual sex with each other be liable to prosecution and imprisonment. Though sex between women had never been illegal, many lesbians suffered the same social discrimination as gay men and were staunch supporters of the reform movement.
1986
Yes you read right. It wasn't until 1986 that this happened. Looooooong overdue.
Homosexual Law Reform Bill passed in New Zealand
Wellington Central MP Fran Wilde’s private member’s bill, which removed criminal sanctions against consensual male homosexual practices, was read a third time in Parliament by 49 votes to 44.
The legislation was signed by the governor-general on 11 July 1986 and came into effect on 8 August. It decriminalised sexual relations between men aged 16 and over. No longer would men having consensual sex with each other be liable to prosecution and imprisonment. Though sex between women had never been illegal, many lesbians suffered the same social discrimination as gay men and were staunch supporters of the reform movement.
Osman
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It reminds me of something a mate said at the time. "100 years ago you were put to death for being homosexual, 50 years ago you were placed in prison, today it's legal, I'm leaving before they make it compulsory"
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Overdue !!! ... Tasmania had to wait another eleven years, having failed in 1996, succeeding in 1997 by just one vote in the Upper House.
Here's a portion of the Apple Isle's history of Gay Law Reform, courtesy of the archives of the University of Tasmania :
" In 1997 Tasmania became the last Australian state to decriminalise sex between consenting adult men in private. This fact taken alone suggests that gay law reform in Tasmania was remarkable for no other reason than it arrived so late. In fact there was much more that was remarkable about a social debate that echoed across the country and around the world.
The first calls for the decriminalisation of homosexuality in Tasmania occurred in the mid-1970s with the formation of the Tasmanian Homosexual Law Reform Group in Launceston and the coming out of a Launceston-based doctor and environmentalist, Dr Bob Brown. Hopes of reform were heightened by a favourable report from the state's Victimless Crimes Committee in 1979, but dashed soon after by an indifferent state Labor government.
The issue arose again in 1988 with the formation of the Tasmanian Gay and Lesbian Rights Group in Hobart. In the intervening years the Tasmanian Green movement, led by Brown, had reshaped progressive politics in Tasmania by successfully appealing to international tribunals, and to local and national public opinion through high-profile media and civil disobedience campaigns. It was no coincidence that gay and lesbian activists followed a similar route.
Within months of the formation of the TGLRG, a Hobart City Council ban on the Group's stall at Salamanca Market prompted weekly protests and arrests that grew into Australia's largest-ever gay rights civil disobedience leading, in turn, to a Council backdown. When the minority Field government's legislation to decriminalise homosexuality was rejected by the Legislative Council the following year, law reform advocates took their case to the United Nations Human Rights Committee. This case was the first from Australia and the first of its kind from anywhere in the world. The United Nations ruling against Tasmania's laws in early 1994 drew considerable national and international attention, sparking a boycott of Tasmanian produce and a global letter-writing campaign by Amnesty International, and lumbering Tasmania with a reputation for intolerance. The laws were further discredited when authorities refused to prosecute Tasmanian gay men who turned themselves into the police with details of their illegal sexual activity. "
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July 7th
1927
This guy was a legend. He did so much to help so many people.
Ganga Ram, great social reformer and founder of Ganga Ram Hospital in New Delhi, died in England while functioning as an active member of the Royal Commission on Agriculture. He was against dowry and child marriages and advocated widow re-marriage and also established institutions for vocational education and education for adults.
1927
This guy was a legend. He did so much to help so many people.
Ganga Ram, great social reformer and founder of Ganga Ram Hospital in New Delhi, died in England while functioning as an active member of the Royal Commission on Agriculture. He was against dowry and child marriages and advocated widow re-marriage and also established institutions for vocational education and education for adults.
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July 11th
1877
For the times this was a pretty impressive feat. Kate Edger you are legend!
First woman graduates from a New Zealand university
Kate Edger became the first woman in New Zealand to gain a university degree and the first woman in the British Empire to earn a Bachelor of Arts (BA). in 1882 she became the first principal of Nelson College for Girls.
Other pioneering New Zealand woman graduates soon followed. Helen Connon, Canterbury College’s first female student, graduated with a BA in 1880 and became the first woman in the Empire to gain an honours degree in 1881. New Zealand’s first woman lawyer, Ethel Benjamin, graduated from the University of Otago’s law school in 1898.
1877
For the times this was a pretty impressive feat. Kate Edger you are legend!
First woman graduates from a New Zealand university
Kate Edger became the first woman in New Zealand to gain a university degree and the first woman in the British Empire to earn a Bachelor of Arts (BA). in 1882 she became the first principal of Nelson College for Girls.
Other pioneering New Zealand woman graduates soon followed. Helen Connon, Canterbury College’s first female student, graduated with a BA in 1880 and became the first woman in the Empire to gain an honours degree in 1881. New Zealand’s first woman lawyer, Ethel Benjamin, graduated from the University of Otago’s law school in 1898.
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July 12th
1889
Things didn't change over night but it was a massive step forward for working women in NZ.
First women's trade union formed
The first women’s trade union in New Zealand emerged in the late 19th century in response to poor working conditions in the clothing industry. Tailoresses were not the only wage-earning women experiencing hardship in their occupations, but they were by far the largest group. Despite the introduction of the Employment of Females Act 1873, an early attempt to protect women workers, an increasing number of tailoresses, particularly young single women, began to call for fairer treatment and regular inspections of conditions in the clothing trade.
Women workers stand at machines in the Roslyn Woollen Mills, Otago, in 1907 (Te Ara)
1889
Things didn't change over night but it was a massive step forward for working women in NZ.
First women's trade union formed
The first women’s trade union in New Zealand emerged in the late 19th century in response to poor working conditions in the clothing industry. Tailoresses were not the only wage-earning women experiencing hardship in their occupations, but they were by far the largest group. Despite the introduction of the Employment of Females Act 1873, an early attempt to protect women workers, an increasing number of tailoresses, particularly young single women, began to call for fairer treatment and regular inspections of conditions in the clothing trade.
Women workers stand at machines in the Roslyn Woollen Mills, Otago, in 1907 (Te Ara)
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July 13th
1985
I remember this like it was yesterday, it still feels like yesterday. In awesome Fundraising this was the absolute BOMB
Still makes me tear up...
The Live Aid concert raises in excess of $250 million for famine relief in Africa.
1985
I remember this like it was yesterday, it still feels like yesterday. In awesome Fundraising this was the absolute BOMB
Still makes me tear up...The Live Aid concert raises in excess of $250 million for famine relief in Africa.
sircurious
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And Queen performed what many still rate as the best 20 minutes of live music ever!!!
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July 14th
1814
Thank goodness he didn't name us as 'Straya mate
The book in which Matthew Flinders proposes the name of Terra Australis for the southern continent, is published.
Matthew Flinders was an English sea explorer known for his exploration around Australia. He added significantly to the knowledge of the coastline, and his meticulous observations and calculations enabled him to produce accurate maps. As well as being the first to circumnavigate Australia, Flinders, together with Bass, was the first to prove that Van Diemen's Land, or Tasmania, was an island and not connected to the mainland.
1814
Thank goodness he didn't name us as 'Straya mate
The book in which Matthew Flinders proposes the name of Terra Australis for the southern continent, is published.
Matthew Flinders was an English sea explorer known for his exploration around Australia. He added significantly to the knowledge of the coastline, and his meticulous observations and calculations enabled him to produce accurate maps. As well as being the first to circumnavigate Australia, Flinders, together with Bass, was the first to prove that Van Diemen's Land, or Tasmania, was an island and not connected to the mainland.
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July 15th
2006
And wow what a game changer it was!!!
Twitter Is Launched!!!
On July 15, 2006, the San Francisco-based podcasting company Odeo officially releases Twttr—later changed to Twitter—its short messaging service (SMS) for groups, to the public.
Born as a side project apart from Odeo’s main podcasting platform, the free application allowed users to share short status updates with groups of friends by sending one text message to a single number (“40404”). Over the next few years, as Twttr became Twitter, the simple “microblogging” service would explode in popularity, becoming one of the world’s leading social networking platforms.
Twitter co-founder Evan Williams first made his name in the Silicon Valley tech world by founding the Web diary-publishing service Blogger, which he sold to Google in 2003 for several million dollars. In 2005, William co-founded Odeo with another entrepreneur, Noah Glass; that fall, however, Odeo’s main service was made obsolete when Apple launched iTunes (including a built-in podcasting platform).
2006
And wow what a game changer it was!!!
Twitter Is Launched!!!
On July 15, 2006, the San Francisco-based podcasting company Odeo officially releases Twttr—later changed to Twitter—its short messaging service (SMS) for groups, to the public.
Born as a side project apart from Odeo’s main podcasting platform, the free application allowed users to share short status updates with groups of friends by sending one text message to a single number (“40404”). Over the next few years, as Twttr became Twitter, the simple “microblogging” service would explode in popularity, becoming one of the world’s leading social networking platforms.
Twitter co-founder Evan Williams first made his name in the Silicon Valley tech world by founding the Web diary-publishing service Blogger, which he sold to Google in 2003 for several million dollars. In 2005, William co-founded Odeo with another entrepreneur, Noah Glass; that fall, however, Odeo’s main service was made obsolete when Apple launched iTunes (including a built-in podcasting platform).
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July 16th
1945
And how much damage these awful weapons do
5:29:45 a.m., the Manhattan Project comes to an explosive end as the first atom bomb is successfully tested in Alamogordo, New Mexico.
Plans for the creation of a uranium bomb by the Allies were established as early as 1939, when Italian emigre physicist Enrico Fermi met with U.S. Navy department officials at Columbia University to discuss the use of fissionable materials for military purposes. That same year, Albert Einstein wrote to President Franklin Roosevelt supporting the theory that an uncontrolled nuclear chain reaction had great potential as a basis for a weapon of mass destruction.
1945
And how much damage these awful weapons do
5:29:45 a.m., the Manhattan Project comes to an explosive end as the first atom bomb is successfully tested in Alamogordo, New Mexico.
Plans for the creation of a uranium bomb by the Allies were established as early as 1939, when Italian emigre physicist Enrico Fermi met with U.S. Navy department officials at Columbia University to discuss the use of fissionable materials for military purposes. That same year, Albert Einstein wrote to President Franklin Roosevelt supporting the theory that an uncontrolled nuclear chain reaction had great potential as a basis for a weapon of mass destruction.
Jimmy long
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Yes, but didn't it shorten an otherwise horrible war?
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Depends who you talk to. Japan had already lost. It was more a revenge bombing in mine and a lot of others opinions.
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I would say the bombing of japan was not a revenge bombing.
It is true by the late stages of WW2 the Japanese where losing the war, but, we in the West only remember the American and Anzac view point, we have all forgotten that Russia has now turned away from Europe and was heading for Manchuria once Manchuria was defeated Russian was heading for Japan, so the bombing occurred due to many political factors, one was to reduce the volume of death, not only from the Allies but as well Japan civilians and another major reason was to Halt the advancing Russian army, and finally the American Military where showing the World the power they now have access to.
July 16th,1945
Quote;- "The Genie is now out of the Bottle"
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Very good points. But do still believe there was definitely a sprinkle of revenge included.
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July 17th
1881
As with a lot of things it should have happened years before but in saying that I am proud an Australian University was one of the ones leading the way with women's education.
The University of Sydney becomes the first Australian university to accept women as students.
The University of Sydney is Australia’s oldest university. Founded in October 1850, it first opened its doors to students in 1852. Originally located in Sydney’s inner city, it has expanded to establish a number of campuses around Sydney, as well as the One Tree Island Research Station on the Great Barrier Reef.
On its website, the University of Sydney's open-minded approach to education can be seen in the statement: "Education for all, leadership for good. Share Progressive thinking, breaking with convention, challenging the status quo and improving the world around us are in our DNA." It was the first Australian university - and one of the first universities in the world - to accept women as students, doing so on 17 July 1881.
1881
As with a lot of things it should have happened years before but in saying that I am proud an Australian University was one of the ones leading the way with women's education.
The University of Sydney becomes the first Australian university to accept women as students.
The University of Sydney is Australia’s oldest university. Founded in October 1850, it first opened its doors to students in 1852. Originally located in Sydney’s inner city, it has expanded to establish a number of campuses around Sydney, as well as the One Tree Island Research Station on the Great Barrier Reef.
On its website, the University of Sydney's open-minded approach to education can be seen in the statement: "Education for all, leadership for good. Share Progressive thinking, breaking with convention, challenging the status quo and improving the world around us are in our DNA." It was the first Australian university - and one of the first universities in the world - to accept women as students, doing so on 17 July 1881.
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July 18th
1873
Can you imagine how harsh it would have been for these travelers? It's not a kind environment for the ill prepared. If you haven't been to the majestic "Ayers Rock" Uluru or Kata Tjuta National Park, definitely, put it on your bucket list. It's absolutely amazing.
Explorer William Gosse sights and names Ayers Rock in an accidental discovery after being forced to take a more southerly route due to lack of water.
Uluru/Ayers Rock, in central Australia, is the second largest monolith in the world, second only to Mt Augustus which is also in Australia. Located in Kata Tjuta National Park 450 km southwest of Alice Springs, Ayers Rock was given its European name to commemorate the former Premier of South Australia, Sir Henry Ayers. With a circumference of just over 9km, and rising 349 metres above the surrounding plain, Uluru/Ayers Rock is a striking landform.
1873
Can you imagine how harsh it would have been for these travelers? It's not a kind environment for the ill prepared. If you haven't been to the majestic "Ayers Rock" Uluru or Kata Tjuta National Park, definitely, put it on your bucket list. It's absolutely amazing.
Explorer William Gosse sights and names Ayers Rock in an accidental discovery after being forced to take a more southerly route due to lack of water.
Uluru/Ayers Rock, in central Australia, is the second largest monolith in the world, second only to Mt Augustus which is also in Australia. Located in Kata Tjuta National Park 450 km southwest of Alice Springs, Ayers Rock was given its European name to commemorate the former Premier of South Australia, Sir Henry Ayers. With a circumference of just over 9km, and rising 349 metres above the surrounding plain, Uluru/Ayers Rock is a striking landform.
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Nice pics .
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The famous Azealia Chamberland disappearance happened in 1980
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Azaria.
I was selling newspapers after school when it happened. And when the courtcase was on we worked later and sold so many more.
I still believe a dingo did it.
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Only the climb is closed.
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Do you go to Langtrees to look at the ladies? Hmmmm
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Sorry a Dingo did not take the Chamberlain baby my teachers told me to watch this case carefully who was to know it would drag on for years what people don't know is that Lindy Chamberlain had some sort of association with the Anne Hamilton byrne family cult Peter falconio is another NT mistery???
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There are many other natural wonders in central Australia Alice Springs with the dry Todd river Hall gap and the miners Haven kalgoories super pit.