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31st March 2005, Teresa Marie "Terri" Schiavo passed away after her feeding tube was removed on 18th March 2005. Terri Schiavo was diagnosed as being in a persistent vegetative state (PVS) in 1990 with little chance of recovery.

An autopsy after Schaivo's death showed that Schaivo's brain had shrunk to about half normal size, and that Schaivo was blind. "No amount of therapy or treatment would have regenerated the massive loss of neurons," according to the medical examiner, Dr. Jon Thogmartin. However, the autopsy was unable to pinpoint the cause of Schaivo's collapse in 1990... Schiavo's case was considered to have political implications, as Florida governor Jeb Bush and his brother, U.S. president George W. Bush, both had been elected with the vigorous support of pro-life conservatives... Terri and Michael Schiavo were married on 10 November 1984.

For more information: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terri_Schiavo

SillyDog701 has a [sdt=8598]heated debate on this case[/sdt], please be advised the topic was started by a former SillyDog701 member who wrongly accused SillyDog701 and later [sdt=10682]defamed SillyDog701[/sdt].

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9th April 2005: HRH Prince Charles marries Camilla Parker Bowles

The wedding was originally scheduled on the 8th April 2005, it was postponed due to Pope John Paul II's funeral.

The Prince of Wales and Camilla Parker Bowles have finally become husband and wife - more than 30 years after their romance first began.
More than 20,000 people cheered as they arrived at Windsor's Guildhall for their small private civil wedding.

Camilla Parker Bowles was a divorced mother of two, and her preferred new title is now the Duchess of Cornwall. She also owns the title - Princess of Wales - previously used by Charles' first wife Lady Diana Spencer.

Although they both insisted that Camilla Parker Bowles will not be the Queen when Prince Charles succeeds the throne, the title HRH The Princess Consort. However under current British law, Camilla Parker Bowles will become the Queen automatically. That is Queen of Australia, Queen of New Zealand, ... etc as well.

[quote]Officials privately admitted that they had deliberately used the phrase “intended thatâ€

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29th July 1981: Charles and Diana marry



Lady Diana Frances Spencer married Prince Charles (Charles Philip Arthur George Windsor), heir to the throne of Britain, on 29 July 1981. She received title Her Royal Highness The Princess of Wales from marriage. She and Charles had two sons Prince William (William Arthur Philip Louis Windsor) and Prince Harry (Henry Charles Albert David Windsor).

Diana and Charles were divorced on 28 August 1996, less than one year after the airing of Martin Bashir interview. After divorcing, she received a special title, "Diana, Princess of Wales".

She and her boyfriend, Dodi Fayed, were killed in a high-speed car crash in Paris in [sdp=62740]31st August 1997[/sdp].

In [sdp=72494]9th April 2005[/sdp] HRH Prince Charles marries Camilla Parker Bowles, a divorced mother of two. (Prince Charles was divorced and a father of two as well.) Camilla Parker Bowles receives title Princess of Wales previously used by Lady Diana. Camilla prefers to be called Her Royal Highness The Princess Consort.

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On 28th August 1963, Martin Luther King, Jr. delivered a well known speech “I Have a Dreamâ€

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On 29th August 2005, Hurricane Katrina hits New Orleans. According to BBC News, up to 80% of New Orleans was flooded. New Orleans is a city under sea level and a city with high percentage of African Americans.

SillyDog701 has a detailed discussion on [sdt=9704]Hurricane Katrina[/sdt]. During Hurricane Katrina, SillyDog701's good friend Mr Jay Garcia absconded safely to Long View, Texas. He was healthy and safe.

The response from the Government of the United States of America was heavily criticised. Many people believe it was due to the race, class, and other factors that contributed to delays and willingness of government response.

Michael D. Brown (head of FEMA) resigned on 12th September 2005, but still received salary from FEMA (read: US taxpayers' money). He did not take much responsibility initially.

US Government's response to hurricanes in Florida was much faster than to Hurricane Katrina.

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On 5th September 1997, Mother Teresa dies.

Just few days after Princess Diana's death, Mother Teresa of Calcutta, the Nobel Peace Prize winner who devoted her life to helping the sick and the poor, has died at the age of 87.
She died of a heart attack at the headquarters of the Missionaries of Charity in Calcutta shortly.

Mother Teresa was born Agnesë Gonxhe Bojaxhiu in Skopje, Macedonia, an Albanian Roman Catholic nun. She founded the Missionaries of Charity in India. She was awarded Nobel Peace Prize in 1979 for her work as a poverty awareness campaigner.

She was beatified by Pope John Paul II on October 19, 2003 with the title "Blessed Teresa of Calcutta". She needs one more miracle to become a saint (canonised). Her miracle could well be a hoax (more detail).

sources: On This Day (BBC), Mother Teresa (Wikipedia)

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On 19th January 1883 "Let there be light"

Thomas Edison's first village electric lighting system using overhead wires began operation in Roselle, NJ.

1883: Roselle, New Jersey, earns its place in tech history when the first electric lighting system employing overhead wires goes into service.

The system was built by Thomas Edison as part of an experiment to prove that an entire community could be lit by electricity. Edison, one of the most prolific inventors of all time, was known as "the Wizard of Menlo Park." That predates, apparently, the age of visionaries, geniuses and gurus.

Source: Wired News

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20th March
Today is the 4th year anniversary of US-led invasion in Iraq.

US forces captured former Iraqi president Saddam Hussein on 13th December 2003. On 5th November 2006, He was found guilty of crimes against humanity and sentenced to death by hanging. [sdt=12735]Saddam Hussein was hanged[/sdt] on 30th December 2006.

The main reason (or excuse if you don't side with US) US force invaded Iraq was "to disarm Iraq of weapons of mass destruction". Up until today, no weapons of mass destruction (WMD) have been found.

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May 25th
Today is the 30th anniversary of the cult-film Star Wars.

(more on [sdt=13416]30 years of Star Wars[/sdt])

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1st July 1997 Hong Kong returns to China from Britain.

Pictures of the HK handover anniversary: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/in_pictures/6258156.stm

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Elvis Presley left the building 30 years ago today. (16 August 1977)

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60 years ago (20 November 1947), Princess Elizabeth (the Queen) married Prince Philip (Duke of Edinburgh).



Prince Philip was born Prince Philippos of Greece and Denmark in Greece. When he joined Royal Navy, he chose a surname, Mountbatten, he was known as Lieutenant Philip Mountbatten. He abandoned "Price of Greece and Denmark" titles shortly before his marriage. On the day before his marriage, King George VI granted him the style of His Royal Highness, and on the morning of the marriage, the King granted him Duke of Edinburgh, Earl of Merioneth and Baron Greenwich.


BBC has a Sixty facts about a royal marriage

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This is a photo taken during Prince Philip and the Queen's honeymoon in 1947.


60 years later, they re-visited Broadlands.


The technology has improved over the last six decades, the Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh have aged over the last six decades.

(source: the Daily Mail)

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