Friday, 23 June 2006 On This Day : June 23 June 23: Victory Day in Estonia, Jani held in ancient Latvia, Saint Jonas’ Festival in Lithuania. 1713 - After Queen Anne’s War, French residents of Acadia were given one year to declare allegiance to Britain or leave Nova Scotia. 1887- Banff National Park ( pictured ) was created, becoming Canada ‘s first national park. 1894 - The International Olympic Committee was founded at the Sorbonne in Paris. 1941- Lithuanian 1941 independence : Members of Lithuanian Activist Front declared independence from the Soviet Union. 1985 - A bomb destroyed Air India Flight 182 above the Atlantic Ocean , killing all 329 on board. 9:24:05 PM comment [ ] trackback [ ] G! • Geek Socceroos Through to the next round Wonderful result! 2 all draw against Croatia sees the Socceroos advance to the next round of the World Cup. Finally Harry Kewell shows what he can do Group F - Match #44 - Final Croatia Australia (2 Pts) 2 2 (4 Pts) Simunic 93 min Emerton 86 min Simic 84 min Emerton 80 min Pletikosa 69 min Kewell 77 min (Cahill) Simunic 61 min Moore 37 min Kovac N 56 min Tudor 37 min Simic 31 min Srna 01 min Babic, Kovac N, Kranjcar (Leko J 64 min), Olic (Modric 72 min), Pletikosa, Prso, Simic, Simunic, Srna, Tomas (Klasnic 82 min), Tudor Cahill, Chipperfield (Kennedy 73 min), Culina, Emerton, Grella (Aloisi 62 min), Kalac, Kewell, Moore, Neill, Sterjovski (Bresciano 70 min), Viduka 8:34:45 AM comment [ ] trackback [ ] G! • My Interests © Copyright 2006 Frank Arrigo. A Geek Microsoft Blogger Last update: 8/07/2006; 10:43:08 AM.