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 Nehru dies by The Ovi Team
27 May 2020
May 27th 1964; Jawaharlal Nehru, founder of modern India and its current prime minister, has died suddenly at the age of 74. He was taken ill in the early hours of this morning at his house in New Delhi. (Add a comment) |  Dashiell Hammett by The Ovi Team
27 May 2020
May 27th; Dashiell Hammett, author of The Maltese Falcon, is born in Maryland on this day in 1894. (Add a comment) |  Reinventing Asia's Tourism Sector - Coronavirus response calls for new tactics by Murray Hunter
26 May 2020
Long after the Covid-19 emergency restrictions and lockdowns have been lifted, one of the last industries that will recover is international tourism, which has been decimated by border closures, leaving air transport and airports to... (Add a comment) |  The Mouse Roars: Australia, China and a Coronavirus Independent Inquiry by Dr. Binoy Kampmark
26 May 2020
Australia matters little when it comes to international muscle. It is the retainer and pretender of power, a middle-distance runner who runs out of puff on the final stride. (Add a comment) |  Memories of school life by Joseph Gatt
26 May 2020
The French school system does not encourage students to do the talking in class. Student apathy usually reigns, and teachers often complain about that student apathy. (Add a comment) |  Walk & talk 2014 by Thanos Kalamidas
26 May 2020
Contemporary talk, walk and talk! (Add a comment) |  House Committee on Un-American Activities by The Ovi Team
26 May 2020
May 26th 1938; the House Committee on Un-American Activities began its work of searching for subversives in the United States. The House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC) was created... (Add a comment) |  Last day of Model T by The Ovi Team
26 May 2020
May 26th 1927; Henry Ford and his son Edsel drive the 15 millionth Model T Ford out of their factory, marking the famous automobile's official last day of production. After production officially ended the following day... (Add a comment) |  Ralph Waldo Emerson: A bridge to the Spirit of the World by Rene Wadlow
25 May 2020
Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803-1882) whose birth anniversary we mark on 25 May, stressed the need for thinking and writing in an American style, separate from that of England which dominated American culture at that time - an early voice for "America First". (Add a comment) |  Saturnalia by George Cassidy Payne
25 May 2020
I did not believe them.
You are so much more
than a giant, spinning ball
of hydrogen and helium. (Add a comment) |  A column and advice on restaurants by Joseph Gatt
25 May 2020
Every now and then, like yesterday, I do consulting work with restaurants to help them drive sales up. After a long day of observations and advice, here are thoughts I came up with. Two and a half reasons McDonald's sales rarely dip. (Add a comment) |  Berserk Alert! #080 by Tony Zuvela
25 May 2020
Tony Zuvela and his view of the world around us in a constant berserk alert! (Add a comment) |  Kennedy pledges man on Moon by The Ovi Team
25 May 2020
May 25th 1961; President John F Kennedy has called for millions of dollars to fund a space programme to get the first man on the Moon by 1970. In a speech to a joint session of Congress broadcast on TV... (Add a comment) |  Star Wars by The Ovi Team
25 May 2020
May 25th; on this day in 1977, Memorial Day weekend opens with an intergalactic bang as the first of George Lucas' blockbuster Star Wars movies hits American theatres. (1 comment) | | newer 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 older |
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