07Nov THE DAY YESTERDAY ... Our website is thedaytoday.net ... or on Twitter https://twitter/thedaytotwit 2000 A new £10 note entered circulation, replacing Dickens with Darwin 2000 Election day for George W Bush (rep) or Al gore (dem) as president. 2000 Smash and grab attempted at Millenium Dome of £350m in diamonds, Bulldozer used to smash through to the Millenium Jewels. 2001 BAs Concord made its first flight to NY after last years crash 2001 Italy sends 2700 troops to Afghanistan. 2002 Chrysler recalled 500k minivans due to air bag fault. 2002 Winona Ryder found guilty of shoplifting in Beverley Hills store. 2003 Bank of England raised primary interest rate first time in 4 yrs. 2003 The 10th annual MTV Europe Awards took place in Edinburgh, seen by about 1 billion people in 28 countries, hosted by Christina Aguiliera. 2004 Joe Thomas 0f Delaware became World Champion Pumpkin Hurler. 2004 NY Marathon won by Hendrik Ramaala (SA) and Paula Radcliffe (GB). 2004 Over 400 vintage cars (pre 1905) ran the 71st London-Brighton Rally. 2004 SpaceShipOnes Burt Rutan accepted the Ansari X $10 mil Prize. 2005 Australian police arrested 17 terrorists including a radical cleric 2005 Over 5k N Ireland police officers began a compensation action for trauma over the past decades. 2005 The Corrs were given an honorary MBE at the British Embassy in Dublin. 2006 Former 1st Lady of the Philippines Imelda Marcos launched her own range of jewellery - The Imelda Collection. 2006 Haiti, Burma and Iraq were the most corrupt countries in the world; Finland, Iceland and New Zealand were the cleanest. 2006 There were 8.6 billion $1 notes in circulation, and 3.26 billion $1 coins. 2007 King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia met with Pope Benedict XVI in Vatican City - the first-ever meeting of its kind. 2007 Pekka-Eric Auvinen (18) walked into Jokela High School in Finland and shot dead 5 boys, 2 girls and the headmistress. 2007 PetroChina became the first company valued over $1 trillion when Chinese investors bought shares on their Shanghai launch. 2008 Americas new president Barack Obama went online at change.gov asking for advice on how to run the country. 2008 The Bank of England cut the base rate to its lowest for 54 years, down 1.5% to 3%. 2009 Apples 16 gigabyte iPhone went on sale in China at $860, which was half the average yearly income. 2009 Katrina Hodge became the new Miss England when Rachel Christie resigned after assaulting Miss Manchester, Sara Beverley Jones at a nightclub. 2009 Two British tickets shared the 100m euros (£90m) EuroMillions lottery jackpot. 2010 In Sao Paulo, Brasil, a bulletproof car containing reigning F1 world champion Jenson Button was attacked by one of the many armed gangs roaming the city. 2010 NYC annual marathon that courses through the five boroughs of New York City was won by Gebre Gebrmariam from Ethiopia. 2011 A criminal investigation into Britain’s worst motorway pile-up for almost 20 years blamed a nearby rugby club’s firework display, 7 dead, 51 injured in 27 cars. 2011 Miss World was Venezuela, watched by more than a billion people in 168 countries, but not on major UK TV channel for over 10 years, held its 60th contest in Earls Court, London. 2012 The first banknotes featuring the face of Nelson Mandela went into circulation in South Africa, the first to bear the image of a black person, and ex-prison inmate. 2013 Twitter shares launched on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) at $26, valuing it at $18 billion, and that is before it made a profit in any year.
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