David A Broad
A personal story
More than 40 years, told day by day
The Israeli military operation in Lebanon, known as Operation Grapes of Wrath, concluded after 16 days of intense military engagement, marking a significant moment in the ongoing conflict between Israel and Lebanese forces.
Operation Grapes of Wrath known in Lebanon as the April Aggression was a seventeen-day campaign of the Israeli Defence Forces (IDF) against Hezbollah in 1996 which attempted to end the Iran-backed group's rocket attacks on northern Israeli civilian centres by forcing the group north of the Litani River, out of easy range of these civilian centres.
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Sotherby ends a 4 day auction of Jackie Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis's estate takes in $34.5 million
In New York on this day, the glitzy garage sale of Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis's estate ended with Sotheby's cash registers totalling $34.5 million in sales. Second highest price was $1.3 million paid for the antique French desk where President Kennedy signed the 1963 Nuclear Test Ban Treaty.
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NASA Astronomy published this picture of this day which featured an image of the centre of the Whirlpool Galaxy (M51) and Imran Khan launched his political front
The Astronomy Picture of the Day (APOD) featured a Hubble Space Telescope image of the centre of the Whirlpool Galaxy (M51), showing a dense region of young stars and a bright central region.
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In a significant diplomatic breakthrough, Yasser Arafat leads the Palestine Liberation Organization to drop its clause calling for Israel's removal.
Also The UN and Iraq end a third round of negotiations over Iraq's possible sale of $1 billion of oil for 90 days for a 180-day trial period.
In response, the Israeli government reciprocates by removing a similar clause regarding Palestine's existence, signalling potential progress towards peace.
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The Irish comedy writers, Arthur, Mathews and Graham Linehan, won a British Academy award for their Channel 4 series, Father Ted.
The series, starring Dermot Morgan, won the best comedy on television prize at the BAFTA ceremony in London. It beat three other nominees in this category, Absolutely Fabulous, Men Behaving Badly and One Foot in the Grave.
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A tragic solo climbing incident occurred on El Capitan involving M.B., a 26-year-old Yosemite Institute employee.
During a solo climb, the victim experienced a fatal fall of 300 feet after his climbing rope became unexpectedly jammed behind a rock flake.