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Prince Charles performed in the 2016 National Poetry Day, reading Seamus Heaney's "The Shipping Forecast". [5] In 2015, National Poetry Day poems were included in the Blackpool Illuminations. [6] In 2020, BT commissioned Poet Laureate Simon Armitage to write "Something Clicked", a reflection on lockdown during the COVID-19 pandemic. [7]
It was celebrated in Ukraine on the First Sunday of July annually and from 1993 to 2008. [3] The Day of Sea and River Fleet Workers in Ukraine and the Day of Naval Forces of Ukraine were cancelled with resumption of the Day of Sea and River Fleet Workers and military men of Ukrainian Navy as the Fleet of Ukraine Day by Decree of the President ...
Amazon launches Free Super Saver Shipping, which allows customers to get free shipping for orders above $99. [97] 2002: March: Legal, Competition: Amazon settles its October 1999 patent infringement suit against Barnes & Noble (over its 1-Click checkout system, which it received a patent for in September 1999). It originally charged that Barnes ...
Cloud storage offers a convenient way to back up important files and photos, and even to maximize your hard drive space to store files you really need, rather than those you only access once in a...
Traditionally, Boxing Day had been considered the biggest shopping day of the year in the UK. In the 2010s, several American-owned retailers such as Amazon UK and the Walmart-owned chain Asda , began to hold U.S.-style Black Friday promotions; in 2014, more British retailers began to adopt the concept, including Argos , John Lewis , and Very .
On the fifth day, Syria joined the war by shelling Israeli positions in the north. [40] Egypt and Jordan agreed to a ceasefire on 8 June, and Syria on 9 June, and it was signed with Israel on 11 June. The Six-Day War resulted in more than 15,000 Arab fatalities, while Israel suffered fewer than 1,000.
Earnings from shipping amounted to €35.4 billion in 2014, [12] while between 2000 and 2010 Greek shipping contributed [citation needed] a total of €280 billion [12] (almost the country's public debt in 2014 and 4.5 times the receipts from the European Union in the period 2000–2013). [12]
Milk is a 2008 American biographical drama film based on the life of gay rights activist and politician Harvey Milk, who was the first openly gay man to be elected to public office in California, as a member of the San Francisco Board of Supervisors.