Publication: Macau Daily Times

First Reported 4 hours ago - Updated 4 hours ago - 1 Documents

This Day in History - 1975: Journalists leave fallen Saigon

A group of 80 reporters and cameramen - including nine Britons - have been allowed to fly out of Saigon to Vientiane in Laos. They are the first Westerners to leave the capital of South Vietnam since it fell to communist forces on 29 April. That day there ... [ Published 4 hours ago by Macau Daily Times ]

Entities: Vientiane (Laos), Laos, Viet Minh

First Reported May 24 2012 - Updated May 24 2012 - 1 Documents

David Trimble

This Day in History - 1998: Leaders welcome ‘yes’ vote for N Ireland

The Prime Minister, Tony Blair, has welcomed the resounding yes vote in the referendum on the Good Friday Agreement on Northern Ireland, calling it a day for joy. The referendum, held yesterday on both sides of the border, returned a resounding yes vote ... [ Published May 24 2012 by Macau Daily Times ]

Entities: Northern Ireland, Ireland, David Trimble

First Reported May 23 2012 - Updated May 23 2012 - 1 Documents

Jacob Zuma

South Africa: Painting ridiculing leader defaced

The controversial portrait of South African President Jacob Zuma painted by Brett Murray stands defaced at the Goodman Gallery in Johannesburg, South Africa Two men wielding cans of red and black paint entered a Johannesburg gallery yesterday and defaced ... [ Published May 23 2012 by Macau Daily Times ]

Entities: Brett Murray, South Africa, Jacob Zuma, Jacob Zumas

First Reported May 23 2012 - Updated May 23 2012 - 1 Documents

Eugene Cernan

This Day in History - 1969: Apollo 10 gets bird’s eye view of Moon

Two US astronauts aboard Apollo 10 are on their way back to the safety of their mother ship after their lunar module came to within eight nautical miles (14kms) of the Moons surface. Colonel Thomas Stafford and Commander Eugene Cernan were carrying out ... [ Published May 23 2012 by Macau Daily Times ]

Entities: Apollo 10, Eugene Cernan, Apollo 11, Charlie Brown

First Reported May 22 2012 - Updated May 22 2012 - 1 Documents

Offbeat: Baby red crabs invade Cayman Islands

Hundreds of thousands of red baby crabs are invading the Cayman Islands in a seasonal migration that residents say is unusually heavy this year.The crabs are blanketing roads, scurrying across yards and scratching their way up homes and buildings in a ... [ Published May 22 2012 by Macau Daily Times ]

Entities: Cayman Islands, Tim Austin, Species

First Reported May 22 2012 - Updated May 22 2012 - 1 Documents

This Day in History - 1961: Freedom Riders spark Montgomery riots

Martial law has been imposed in the town of Montgomery, Alabama, following more violent clashes between blacks and whites. The trouble at the Negro First Baptist Church erupted this evening when a crowd of white men, women and children began throwing ... [ Published May 22 2012 by Macau Daily Times ]

Entities: Marshal, John Patterson, Martial Law

First Reported May 21 2012 - Updated May 21 2012 - 1 Documents

Graham Steele

Hong Kong International Art Fair 2012: Huge number of visitors, “internati onalism,” and cat toys

A lot of emphasis is put on internationalism at the Hong Kong International Art Fair 2012, also known as ART HK 12. Be it by the galleries that work internationally, or by the artists who produce international art, or by the fair itself highlighting its ... [ Published May 21 2012 by Macau Daily Times ]

Entities: Hong Kong, Wei Wei, Graham Steele

First Reported May 21 2012 - Updated May 21 2012 - 1 Documents

This Day in History - 1978: Charlie Chaplin’s stolen body found

The coffin containing the body of Charlie Chaplin - missing since his grave was robbed 11 weeks ago - has been found. It was dug up from a field about a mile away from the Chaplin home in Corsier near Lausanne, Switzerland. The legendary comedian died ... [ Published May 21 2012 by Macau Daily Times ]

Entities: Charlie Chaplin, Charles Barkley, Lausanne (Switzerland)

First Reported May 18 2012 - Updated May 18 2012 - 1 Documents

Macau-based artist turned away at HK art fair

The Macau-based artist Jos Drummond was turned away from the Hong Kong International Art Fair on the grounds that he was not born in Asia, according to the Portugal-born photographer and illustration master. However, an Australian born artist was included ... [ Published May 18 2012 by Macau Daily Times ]

Entities: Macau, Beijing, Focal Length

First Reported May 17 2012 - Updated May 17 2012 - 1 Documents

THE BUZZ: NY art museum lets visitors climb to cloud nine

New Yorks Metropolitan Museum of Art is big on bubbles. They inspired Argentinian artist Tomas Saraceno to create a work that rises from the roof of the museum. Titled Cloud City, the 16 stainless steel-framed bubbles are reachable via transparent staircases. ... [ Published May 17 2012 by Macau Daily Times ]

Entities: Metropolitan Museum of Art, Architect

First Reported May 17 2012 - Updated May 17 2012 - 1 Documents

This Day in History - 1943: Germans crush Jewish uprising

All resistance in the Jewish ghetto in Warsaw has ended after 28 days of fighting. In his operational report, the local SS commander, Brigadier Juergen Stroop, said the uprising began on 19 April when SS, police and Wehrmacht units using tanks and other ... [ Published May 17 2012 by Macau Daily Times ]

Entities: Germane, Warsaw, Wehrmacht, German Army, Poland

First Reported May 16 2012 - Updated May 16 2012 - 1 Documents

This Day in History - 1957: Britain drops its first H-bomb

Britain has exploded its first hydrogen bomb as part of a series of tests in the Pacific, the Ministry of Supply has announced. Details of the bomb, described only as a nuclear device, are sketchy. The term device indicates that it was an experimental ... [ Published May 16 2012 by Macau Daily Times ]

Entities: Hydrogen Bomb, United Kingdom, Aubrey Jones, Ministry of Supply

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