BORN TODAY: in Christchurch, New Zealand – Gaven John Donne, Knight of the British Empire, Kiwi barrister; Chief Justice to the Supreme Court of Samoa; Chief Justice of the Cook Islands and Niue; Queen’s representative to the Cook Islands; Chief Justice of Nauru and Tuvalu. “One of the longest serving judges in the Southern Hempisphere” [Wikipedia].
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaven_Donne
Society and culture: the US Congress passes legislation setting the second Sunday in May as “Mother’s Day” in the USA.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mother’s_Day_(United_States)
Science and technology: The “Wine and Spirit Trade Record” journal publishes an article “The evolution of a cork”, which includes photographs of english cork-cutters practising the dying art of hand-cut corks, increasingly replaced since the mid nineteenth century by more efficient mechanised solutions.
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