The July 8-15 edition of the New Yorker had an amusing letter to the editor about the first surveillance of electronic communications in the United States. Here’s an extract:
Today in NZ history- 10/06/1886 - Eruption of Mt Tarawera
- 10/06/1889 - First kindergartens
- 10/06/1906 - Death of Richard Seddon
- 11/06/1901 - Cornwall Park gifted to Auckland
- 12/06/1902 - New Zealand flag confirmed
- 12/06/1942 - First US troops arrive in Auckland
- 13/06/1866 - Murder on the Maungatapu track
- 14/06/1984 - Muldoon calls snap election
- 15/06/1935 - Lovelock wins ‘Mile of the Century’
- 15/06/1959 - Chinese gooseberry becomes kiwifruit
Martinborough Musings 