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08/12/2016

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08/01/2016

Congradulations To All The Matrics For Their Greatest Victory

Aim High
Touch The Sky
Spread Your Wings
And Catch Your Dreams

20/12/2015

"If you have good thoughts they will shine out of your face like sunbeams and you will always look lovely."

Roald Dahl

06/12/2015

On This Day Of October 1968
Mexico

Two black athletes make the Black Power Salute " when they bow and raise a black gloved hand as the American National Anthem played during the victory ceremony for the 200m final in Mexico" as a silent protest against racial discrimination in the United during the Mexico Olympics Ceremony. On the 17th they were both sent home by the U.S.A. national team and many were upset that politics had been bought into the Olympics.

06/12/2015

"If you can’t believe in miracles, then believe in yourself. When you want something bad enough, let that drive push you to make it happen. Sometimes you’ll run into brick walls that are put there to test you. Find a way around them and stay focused on your dream. Where there’s a will, there’s a way."

Isabel Lopez

06/12/2015

On This Day Of October 2011
Canada

Fauja Singh, a one-hundred year old British man, became the oldest marathon runner after completing a race in Toronto, Canada. Singh ran for over eight hours and finished the race before five other competitors.

06/12/2015

On This Day Of October 1935
Ethiopia

Emperor Haile Selassie has called for the greatest army ever assembled in Ethiopia to wage a holy war and recapture the sacred city of Aksum back from the Italians. He has now based his headquarters in Addis Ababa. The Italians are armed with machine guns, field guns and artillery while the tribesman of Ethiopia are fighting with guns and the advantage of numbers. Casualties have been high and have already reached 20,000 with many Ethiopian fighters killed by bombardments from Italian aircraft. But 100's of thousands are coming from all over Ethiopia after the call from their Emperor.

On This Day Of October 1993
South Africa

Nelson Mandela and F.W. de Klerk win the Nobel Peace Prize for their efforts to end apartheid in South Africa.

06/12/2015

On This Day Of October 1964
USA

Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., is awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for his nonviolent resistance to racial prejudice in America.

06/12/2015

On This Day Of October 1966
South Africa

New laws passed in white controlled South Africa allow for detention without trial or warrant by a Police Lieutenant Colonel or other high ranking Police Officer
anywhere, any person he suspects of security offences without trial or charge for
28 days.

06/12/2015

On This Day Of October 1991
Iraq

The United Nations Security Council has banned Iraq's Atomic Program altogether to prevent it being used as a cover for secret weapons laboratories.

06/12/2015

On This Day Of October 1939
USA

Albert Einstein wrote his famous letter to FDR about the potential of the atomic bomb. In the letter, he argued the scientific feasibility of atomic weapons, and urged the need for development of a US atomic program.