Monday, June 1, 2009

This Day - Last Nine Years

It has been a while since I posted the last one, So here goes again!

Events on this day the last 9 years (June 1 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008.)

2000 – The Patent Law Treaty (PLT) is signed.

2001Dipendra of Nepal slaughters his family during dinner.

2001 – Dolphinarium massacre: an Hamas suicide bomber kills 21 at a disco in Tel Aviv.

2003 – The People's Republic of China begins filling the reservoir behind the Three Gorges Dam.

2005 – The Dutch referendum on the European Constitution results in its rejection.

2005 – The longest oil/natural gas explosion in the Houston, Texas area occurs in Crosby, Texas. The drill was owned by the Louisiana Oil and Gas Company.

2007Jack Kevorkian is released from prison after serving eight years of his 10-25 year prison term for second-degree murder in the 1998 death of Thomas Youk, 52, of Oakland County, Michigan.

2007Smoking is banned from England's public places.

2008 – A fire at the backlot of Universal Studios Hollywood destroys several icons from movies, such as Courthouse Square, the clock tower from Back to the Future, and the King Kong exhibit on the studio tour.

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