September 13, 2006 — Pluto is demoted from planetary status
Originally discovered in 1930, Pluto was at that time classed as a planet, and named for the Roman god of...
May 14, 2013
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November 29, 2007 — Julie Bishop becomes the Deputy Leader of the Liberal Party
In the wake of the crushing defeat of the Liberal Party in the 2007 Australian federal election, the incumbent leader...
May 9, 2013
January 22, 2008 — Heath Ledger dies
Heath Ledger was riding high as 2007 ended. The gossip about his performance as the Joker in Christopher Nolan’s “The...
May 29, 2012
August 29, 2008 — Sarah Palin announced as Republican Vice-Presidential candidate
Sarah Palin was almost unknown outside of her home state of Alaska prior to August 2008. She’d been Governor there...
May 24, 2012
September 10, 2008 — The Large Hadron Collider begins operations
The Large Hadron Collider or LHC is the world’s largest and highest-energy particle accelerator. Built by the European Organization for...
May 19, 2012
September 15, 2008 — Malcolm Turnbull displaces Brendan Nelson as Liberal Party leader
Brendan Nelson failed terribly as the Leader of the Opposition, and even moreso as the Leader of the Liberal Party....
May 14, 2012
June 17, 2009 – Cartoon Network starts showing non-cartoon programming
I wouldn’t ordinarily include advertising here, but some things are just too cool to miss. And Andrew W.K. is definitely...
May 9, 2012
July 25, 2009 — Harry Patch, the last veteran of the Trenches of World War One, dies
At the time of Harry Patch’s death, he was aged 111 years and 38 days. The last surviving World War...
May 4, 2012
August 30, 2009 — “The Human Centipede” premieres
A body horror film from the Netherlands, “The Human Centipede” is a minor cultural phenomenon, spawning two (increasingly gross) sequels....
April 29, 2012
December 1, 2009 — Tony Abbott elected leader of the Liberal Party
Tony Abbott wasn’t supposed to be in the running. While it was obvious that Malcolm Turnbull wasn’t going to last...
April 4, 2012
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