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Today in History
Sunday, February 05, 2012
On this day in history …
- 1952 - The Royal University of Malta campus is in shock from the sudden death of Professor Owen Fogarty from the English Department.
- 1958 - Ministry of Industry and Commerce states that the N.A.A.F.I. will no longer deal in rationed commodities as from the 1st of March.
- 1961 - The Liberian liner Olympia, the first tourist ship of 1961, calls at the Grand Harbour with 500 American tourists on board.
- 1962 - The Spanish liner Cobo San Roque calls with 550 Spanish and German tourists on board.
- 1963 - The first delegates to the Migration Conference in Malta arrive for a two-day visit.
- 1964 - A three-day exercise called Maltex 64 involving the three British military services and Civil Defense starts today.
- 1964 - Television House at Gwardamangia is formally opened and the Malta Television Service moves down the hill from Broadcasting House.
- 1965 - H.M.S. Onslaught arrives for a two-month spell of trials and exercises.
- 1967 - A 3-week tourist publicity campaign for Malta starts in the U.K.
- 1967 - The Blata l-Bajda fly-over is officially inaugurated.
- 1969 - The Government Gazzette publishes list of sites where soil may be deposited.
- 1970 - Malta receives its first allocation of special drawing rights of ?700,000 from the International Monitory Fund.
- 1970 - The 5,000th bottle of blood is donated by the Valletta Blood Bank to St. Luke's General Hospital.
- 1971 - The temperature plunges to 9.1? C on the coldest day in February since 1962.
- 1975 - Malta is beaten by Wales 4 - 0 in an away soccer match of the U.E.F.A. Youth Tournament.
- 1976 - The MGM film That's Entertainment is screened for the first time in Malta at the Plaza Cinema in Sliema in aid of the Community Chest Fund.
- 1977 - The Nationalist Party announces that elections for deputy leader will be held on February 20.
- 1978 - Seventy members of Dortmund Police arrive on a two-week holiday in Malta and will be the guests of the Malta Police during several events in the course of their stay.
- 1979 - Ninety-eight police recruits take the oath before the Police Commissioner J.N. Cachia, at the Police G.H.Q. in Floriana.
- 1980 - The Association of General Retailers advises its members not to sell pasteurized milk as distributors refuse to raise the profit margin from one to two mils per bottle; the ban was later lifted.
- 1981 - Professor .J.J. Cremona is appointed to the editorial advisory board of Human Rights Law Journal of the U.S.A.
- 1981 - The Nghinu bl-Arti Society presents sculptor Anton Agius with the Artist of the Year Trophy for 1980.
- 1985 - Founding Director of the Dar tal-Providenza Mgr. Mikiel Azzopardi leaves for the U.S.A. and Canada to collect funds for the Homes for the Handicapped at Siggiewi.
- 1988 - The foundation stone of the building which will house the recompression chamber at St Luke's Hospital is layed today.
- 1989 - Stella Maris College (Gzira) students present Lm400 to Archbishop Mercieca in aid of the Armenia Earthquake Victims Fund.
- 1995 - A Libyan insurance team arrives to inspect the ship involved in the recent Drydocks explosion.
- 1995 - A man is killed in a fireworks factory explosion in Haz Zebbug.
- 1996 - The Malta-EU Joint Parliamentary Committee is stood up in Brussels by European Commissioner Hans Van Der Broek who fails to show up for the first day of a two-day meeting.
Famous birthdays for this day ...
- 1909 - Joseph Delia, National Director of Piccolo Clero
- 1920 - George Bonavia, Broadcaster
- 1922 - Antoine Camilleri, Artist
- 1924 - Maurice de Giorgio, Chairman Foundazzjoni Patrimonu Malti
- 1934 - Patrick Holland, Politician (MLP MP: 1950-1983)
- 1944 - Charles Farrugia, Footballer (Qormi: 1964-1979)
- 1947 - Godfrey Zarb, Footballer (Hibernians: 1965-1973)
- 1953 - Ritchie Aquilina, Footballer (Sliema/St Andrews/Melita/Qormi/Malta: 1973-1993)
- 1956 - Alfred Azzopardi, Footballer (Hamrun Spartans/Hibernians/Malta: 1975-1992)
- 1957 - Tony Spiteri Gonzi, Footballer (Hibernians/Malta: 1977-1990)
- 1974 - Mark Camilleri, Footballer (Floriana: 1985-1993)
Famous deaths for this day …
- 1978 - Hilda Mallia Tabone, Singer, dies at 46
- 1988 - Andrew P. Vella, Historian, dies at 70
- 1992 - Carmelo Caruana, Politician, dies at 76
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