| TODAY IN MALTESE HISTORY |
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| On this day in history ... |
- 1961 - The Colonial Secretary announces in the British Parliament that he hoped elections would take place in Malta before the end of 1961.
- 1968 - De La Salle Order in Malta appoints Brother Robert as first Vice-Provincial.
- 1969 - Buses resume service after recent strikes. Proposal to regroup buses.
- 1972 - The Embassy of the People's Republic of China is established in Naxxar.
- 1975 - Filming on "Sinbad - Eye of the Tiger" commences at the Malta Film Facilities in Rinella.
- 1975 - High frequency radio link with France inaugurated by Telemalta Corporation.
- 1976 - A man falls from the bastion at City Gate, a height of 70 feet, and lives.
- 1977 - Nearly 1,000 bank employees, members of the Malta Union of Bank Employees (MUBE), suspended from work after refusing to sign a circular requiring them to declare they would not obey their union's instructions for limited industrial action since these ran counter to their conditions of employment.
- 1992 - Melita Cable Television, Malta’s first cable tv service, inaugurated at Madliena by Prime Minster Fenech Adami.
| Famous birthdays for this day ... |
- 1926 - Joseph G. Huntingford, Architect and Civil Engineer
- 1942 - William Axiaq, Educational Psychologist
- 1947 - Inez Farrugia, Actress
- 1964 - Carlos Cluett, Footballer (Sliema Wanderers/Naxxar Lions)
| Famous deaths for this day ... |
- 1979 - Wistin Camilleri, Statuary, dies at 94