Brave New World by Aldous Huxley was first published on January 30, 1932, making this coming Monday the novel's 80th anniversary.
For those celebrating, January 31 is observed by Mad magazine as National Gorilla Suit Day.
FEBRUARY IS BLACK HISTORY MONTH.
Amongst events in the news around the world this past week...
*Croatian voters have approved the country's proposed accession to the European Union.
*President Barack Obama gave the 2012 State of the Union address to a joint session of Congress on American television Tuesday night. More in depth coverage of this event is elsewhere on The Free Choice E-zine.
*Arizona Congressional Representative Gabrielle Giffords has resigned her House of Representatives position to devote the time to complete medical rehabilitation after surviving an assassination attempt in 2011.
*The European Union imposed more sanctions against Iran's oil and banking industries because of that country's continued nuclear program.
*Civil unrest continues in Syria, Bahraini, and Somalia.
*Twitter has announced altering their system to allow country specific censoring of individual messages.
*The death toll in the Costa Concordia shipping disaster stands at 15 as the investigation continues.
IN SPORTS:
*The 46th Super Bowl will be played between the NFC's New York Giants and the AFC's New England Patriots to determine 2012 National Football (non soccer version) League champion on February 5.
*Former Pennsylvania State University college football coach Joe Patterno passed away from lung cancer complications.
*New York Yankees catcher Jorge Posada has retired from playing Major League Baseball.
IN ENTERTAINMENT NEWS:
*The 2012 Academy Awards nominations were announced Tuesday and can be accessed at www.oscar.go.com/nominees or on Wikipedia. The winners will be announced February 26 with Billy Crystal hosting the ceremony.
For more news at any time, either scroll down to our IN OTHER NEWS feature at the bottom of your screen or visit any other reputable news source.
For those celebrating, January 31 is observed by Mad magazine as National Gorilla Suit Day.
FEBRUARY IS BLACK HISTORY MONTH.
Amongst events in the news around the world this past week...
*Croatian voters have approved the country's proposed accession to the European Union.
*President Barack Obama gave the 2012 State of the Union address to a joint session of Congress on American television Tuesday night. More in depth coverage of this event is elsewhere on The Free Choice E-zine.
*Arizona Congressional Representative Gabrielle Giffords has resigned her House of Representatives position to devote the time to complete medical rehabilitation after surviving an assassination attempt in 2011.
*The European Union imposed more sanctions against Iran's oil and banking industries because of that country's continued nuclear program.
*Civil unrest continues in Syria, Bahraini, and Somalia.
*Twitter has announced altering their system to allow country specific censoring of individual messages.
*The death toll in the Costa Concordia shipping disaster stands at 15 as the investigation continues.
IN SPORTS:
*The 46th Super Bowl will be played between the NFC's New York Giants and the AFC's New England Patriots to determine 2012 National Football (non soccer version) League champion on February 5.
*Former Pennsylvania State University college football coach Joe Patterno passed away from lung cancer complications.
*New York Yankees catcher Jorge Posada has retired from playing Major League Baseball.
IN ENTERTAINMENT NEWS:
*The 2012 Academy Awards nominations were announced Tuesday and can be accessed at www.oscar.go.com/nominees or on Wikipedia. The winners will be announced February 26 with Billy Crystal hosting the ceremony.
For more news at any time, either scroll down to our IN OTHER NEWS feature at the bottom of your screen or visit any other reputable news source.
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