Dates to Remember...

[carlo1225]

nice story... so the manila times died, was resurrected, died a second time around and then was again raised up... you just can't put a good thing down for good.... thank you for sharing  sir @carlo1225   

ganun na nga tol naruto, nice summary hehe! 


October 13, 1976: Bolivian plane crashes in Santa Cruz...

A chartered cargo plane has killed at least 100 people after it smashed into a busy street in Santa Cruz, a city in the west of Bolivia.
The Boeing 707 ploughed into buildings in the city's main avenue and crashed into young footballers playing at a ground close to the runway.

The incident is feared to have claimed the lives of the plane's three American crew as well as scores of civilians on the ground.

Reports suggest the Lloyd Aereo Boliviano jet lost power from one of its four engines soon after taking off from Santa Cruz airport at 1330 local time.

Worst disaster

Officials say it was the worst aviation disaster in the history of this South American country.

A Bolivian Air Force officer said: "People at the scene said they heard an explosion before it fell and saw fire in one of the motors on the left wing."

According to observers, the aircraft shaved the tops of trees and demolished a corner off a primary school.

The wreckage then ploughed into a shop killing a queue of people waiting to buy paraffin.

It finally crashed into a practice field outside a municipal football stadium where two teams were playing.

Several spectators were killed and eight boys in the changing room at the time of the impact were suffocated by smoke from the burning wreckage.

An eyewitness said: "All those people were destroyed, burned and mutilated. It was like a scene from Dante."

At least 100 Bolivians are in hospital getting treatment according to a government spokesman.

The plane was owned by Jet Power Inc of Miami Florida and chartered by the national airline Lloyd Aereo Boliviano.

The Boeing 707 had delivered oil well machinery and other cargo from Houston, Texas to Santa Cruz before its last fatal journey.

[Heathcliff]

https://youtu.be/arP6VLkAWqM

The Day Beatlemania Was Born

When the Beatles took the stage on Oct. 13, 1963, to perform on the variety show Sunday Night at the London Palladium, they were four lads armed with the simple tools of their early classics: a bass, two guitars and a drum kit.
The psychedelia, the massive studio productions, the brilliance and adoration, suspicion and disintegration — those were years away. In this moment, cited widely as the birth of Beatlemania, it was simply John, Paul, George and Ringo, setting their homeland on fire.
The Beatles’ first smash single in the U.K., “Please Please Me,” hit No. 1 on the chart in early 1963; a full-length LP of the same name was released in March. “From Me to You” and “She Loves You” came next. When the Fabs appeared on the Palladium telecast, they had already completed three tours of the U.K. that year; a fourth would begin on Nov. 1.
In other words, this was a country primed to explode with mania over these four guys. It was the insanity surrounding this single TV appearance that brought the group fully to the attention of the national media and inspired newspapers to invent the term “Beatlemania” to describe this phenomenon. It was unique at the time, mobs of teenage girls filling the streets and caterwauling on Sunday night television over a pop group. Since then, we’ve seen everyone from Leif Garrett to Justin Bieber inspire similar squeals; it all began in London on this day.
You can find the full performance on YouTube (or at least the audio), and it’s like a strange transmission from another planet. There’s the constant buzz of teenage screams over everything, then what sounds like cavemen beating on rocks to the ear of a modern listener. There’s the brute force of hard-earned experience in their licks and riffs, honed playing multi-hour sets in the rock clubs of Hamburg, Germany.
The Beatles weren’t innovators in 1963, though they soon would be. They were using the same building blocks that birthed Chuck Berry, Elvis Presley and rock ‘n’ roll pioneers who influenced them. It was the blues, soul, gospel, and a sprinkle of pop showmanship for extra added spice. Still, when the Beatles brought those ingredients together, something new emerged, something primal. It’s the sound of modern pop music being forcefully willed into existence.


~credits to the source

[carlo1225]

February 25, 1986: Corazon Aquino is Philippines President...
 

Corazon Aquino governed the Philippines until 1992

The new Philippines president Corazon Aquino is sworn in today, bringing to an end years of dictatorship under Ferdinand Marcos.
Former leader Mr Marcos, who changed the constitution in 1973 to give himself absolute powers, was threatening to go ahead with his own swearing-in ceremony today at his heavily-guarded palace.

However, the United States, which has supported him in office since he was first elected in 1965 finally withdrew its backing three days ago.

Mrs Aquino, who will spend the day appointing her Cabinet, will make improving the lot of the poor one of her first priorities.

Exile in Hawaii

In her first news conference she announced that she would not be living in the presidential palace, as it was not fitting for the leader of such an impoverished nation.

She also urged the people to be patient, saying the problems inflicted by 20 years of Marcos's corrupt rule could not be remedied overnight.

Mr Marcos has been flown from Clark Air Force base, where he had been given temporary haven, into exile in Hawaii.

He had been accused of cheating during the elections on 7 February to deprive Mrs Aquino's party of victory.

Since then he has attempted to retain control by force. He announced a state of emergency and said he was seizing television and radio stations, newspapers and public utilities.

But two senior members of his government, Defence Minister Juan Ponce Enrile and chief of staff Lieutenant-General Fidel Ramos, announced on Saturday they were switching loyalties and backing Mrs Aquino as the country's president.

Mrs Aquino was persuaded to enter politics after her late husband, Benigno Aquino, was shot dead in 1983 when he returned to the Philippines from exile.

The assassination led to a period of political turmoil, which ended with the election of Mrs Aquino.

Vote rigging

Mr Enrile and General Ramos have come clean about their role in the government's corrupt attempts to rob Mrs Aquino of victory at the polls.

Mr Enrile confessed that his home district had been required to produce a quote of 350,000 spurious votes to window-dress the overall result.

General Ramos gave details of how Marcos had brazenly turned the armed forces into a political machine for his personal gain.

[carlo1225]

March 4, 1975: Comic Genius Chaplin is Knighted...
 

Silent film legend Charlie Chaplin has become Sir Charles after a ceremony at Buckingham Palace.
The star of such films as The Kid and The Great Dictator was knighted in the New Year's Honours List.

The ceremony took place just miles from the south London district where he spent much of his childhood.

Sir Charles was accompanied to Buckingham Palace by his fourth wife, Oona, and the two youngest of his nine children.

The slapstick legend, famed for his acrobatic routines, received his knighthood, from a wheelchair.

It was a reflection of just how late in life - at the age of 85 - his honour had finally come.

'Dumbfounded'

As he was pushed into the hall where the ceremony was taking place the band struck up his signature tune, the theme from his 1951 film, Limelight.

He sat stiffly as the Queen tapped him on each shoulder and stooped to hang the KBE insignia around his neck.

The two then chatted briefly before Sir Charles was wheeled to the front of the hall to watch the rest of the ceremony.

Speaking to reporters afterwards Sir Charles said he had been "dumbfounded" by the occasion.

He said the Queen had thanked him for what he had done and that his films had helped her a great deal.

Sir Charles' knighthood follows years of calls for him to be honoured.

In the 1940s and 1950s he was accused of "communist sympathies" and vilified in his adopted home of the United States.

In 1952 his US visa was cancelled forcing Chaplin to relocate to Switzerland.

Three years ago, in what was seen as an act of contrition, he was awarded a special Oscar by the US' Academy of Motion Pictures.

[naruto789544]

he was the epitome of a true comedian in his days... even the king of comedy here, dolphy emulated some of his facial expressions...

[carlo1225]

he was the epitome of a true comedian in his days... even the king of comedy here, dolphy emulated some of his facial expressions...

sa madaling salita siya ang king of all kings of comedy tol...thanks sa pagdaan 



March 8, 2001: Donald Campbell's Speedboat Recovered...
 

Bluebird was in Coniston Water for 34 years

Divers have raised the wreck of Donald Campbell's boat, Bluebird, from the bottom of Coniston Water in Cumbria.
The boat had lain there since the accident in 1967 which killed Campbell, 46, as he attempted to break the world water speed record.

The craft was winched to the surface after a three-hour operation to tow it to the lakeside from its resting place, 150 feet (45 metres) below the surface of the lake.

The quest to raise the boat was led by diver Bill Smith.

Mr Smith said he was glad they had reached the boat as there was always the risk that less scrupulous souvenir hunters could get there first.

"You can see now she's in a remarkable state of preservation and she'll not rot away to nothing now, she can be kept this way," he said.

Body never found

A crowd of more than 50 people gathered at the shore and saw the tail of Bluebird, emblazoned with a Union Jack, float to the surface aided by four orange air bags.

Campbell's widow Tonia Bern-Campbell flew from her home in America to witness the occasion.

Donald Campbell was trying to break his own water speed record of 276mph (429.87 km/h) on 4 January 1967, when the boat vaulted from the lake's surface.

It somersaulted repeatedly before crashing and sinking.

His body was never found and no remains have been discovered in the wreckage.

The Bluebird was discovered by enthusiasts late last year after a four-year hunt.

There were reportedly divisions among Campbell's family over whether it should be raised from its resting place.

Some family members wanted it left as a memorial to him.

The future of Bluebird is yet to be decided but she could be restored and put on display as a tribute to Donald Campbell.

[naruto789544]

i would think he is sir @carlo1225.. he started the generation of comedians which entertained a lot of people in that generation...

[carlo1225]

March 11, 2004: Many die as bombs destroy Madrid trains...
 

Early reports say two bombs exploded on an intercity train at Atocha station

At least 170 people have died and 500 have been injured as huge explosions tore through three Madrid train stations during the morning rush-hour.
Near simultaneous blasts hit Atocha station in the centre of the Spanish capital and two smaller stations, Santa Eugenia and El Pozo.

Early reports say that two bombs exploded on one intercity train as it pulled into Atocha station at 0730 local time.

Blasts were also believed to have taken place on two suburban trains on the rail line leading into the station. The government said there were four explosions altogether.

       
"I saw people with blood pouring from them, people on the ground"
Juani Fernandez, commuter
 
Juani Fernandez, 50, who was on a platform waiting for a train, said: "People started to scream and run, some bumping into each other. I saw people with blood pouring from them, people on the ground."

Paramedics have set up an emergency field hospital outside Atocha, which is a major railway station used by commuter, intercity and subway trains.

Madrid rescue services official Cesar Gomez said there was "a multitude" of injured at the station.

Emergency services are trying to rescue commuters trapped on the trains. Hospitals in the city have appealed for people to come forward to give blood.

A vast morgue has been set up in an exhibition hall and busloads of relatives are arriving to try to identify remains. Authorities have warned it is almost impossible to match body parts.

All trains in and out of the Spanish capital have been cancelled.

Spain's national telephone operator, Telefonica, has urged people to send text messages instead of making calls to take the pressure off the network, which has collapsed.

Eta suspected

No group has admitted carrying out the attacks but the Spanish government blames Basque separatist group Eta for the bombings, which come three days ahead of Spain's general election.

Campaigning for the election has been suspended for the time being.

"There is no doubt Eta is responsible," said Spain's interior minister Angel Acebes following an emergency cabinet meeting. "Eta had been looking for a massacre in Spain," Mr Acebes added.

Mr Acebes said there was no prior warning of the explosions.

The leader of one outlawed Basque party linked to Eta denied the Madrid bombings were the work of the separatist group. He suggested "Arab resistance" elements could be behind the attacks.

Some experts on Eta said the bombings did not fit the group's usual profile for attacks. Eta have frequently phoned warnings ahead of attacks in the past.

Police are reported to be hunting for two men seen jumping on and off trains further down the line from the sites where the explosions happened.

[naruto789544]

i think until now, no one is claiming responsibility for the bombing... but evidence points out to the left wings of spain's populace...

[tamao]

love to read this kind of threads naalaa ko tuloy itong madrid trains nag work pa ako sa dunkin donut as cashier nung mangyari ito.