| It
was on this day... | 1954
Woman Hit By Meteorite As She Sleeps On Her Couch | It
happened in Alabama, USA. The woman, Mrs. Elizabeth Hodges, was sleeping on her
couch when a meteorite came through her roof, into her living room... She was
hit on the hip by an object weighing 8.5 pounds. She
wasn't permanently injured, but she got a nasty bruise on her hip and leg. |
| It
was on this day... | 1993
Gun Control, USA, Brady Bill Signed | The
Brady Bill was named after James S Brady. It established a procedure whereby anyone
buying a handgun in the USA, had to wait 5 business days after buying the weapon
before getting it. During this time the authorities would check out the purchaser
against a stipulated list of criteria. Brady
himself had been shot in the head when John Hinckley Jr shot at President Ronald
Reagan in 1981. Brady made an impressive recovery from nearly fatal injuries. Those
who opposed the bill said that the Second Amendment of the US Constitution forbade
the regulation of gun ownership. |
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Production starts on Alfred Hitchcock's chiller, Psycho. 1995
US President Bill Clinton becomes the first serving US president to visit Northern
Ireland and helps to give valuable credibility to the peace talks. |
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