Thursday, 14 December 2006 On This Day : Dec 14 December 14: 1896- Glasgow Subway , the third oldest metro system in the world, began operations in Glasgow, Scotland. 1911- Norwegian explorer Roald Amundsen (pictured) and his team became the first people to reach the South Pole. 1918- King Frederick Charles of Finland renounced the throne after the defeat of the German Empire in World War I. 1962- Mariner 2 became the world’s first spacecraft to successfully fly by Venus. 1995 - The Dayton Agreement was signed in Paris, France to end the Yugoslav wars. 7:50:27 PM comment [ ] trackback [ ] G! • Geek Free-to-air copping a download Saw this article in The Australian today - Free-to-air copping a download. AUSTRALIA’S $3.5 billion free-to-air commercial television industry is being threatened by the internet more quickly than expected, with a new online study showing 53 per cent of respondents regularly download TV shows from the internet, most of them illegally. TV - these time’s they are a changing!! [listening to: Santa Claus Is Coming to Town/White Christmas - Jimmy McGriff ] 3:10:45 PM comment [ ] trackback [ ] G! • TV © Copyright 2007 Frank Arrigo. A Geek Microsoft Blogger Last update: 1/01/2007; 12:55:25 AM.