Silhouettes

Woke to a cloud inversion (extra 1), cleared to reveal our lovely snow covered mountains in the afternoon. (extra 2).  I walked around town in the morning, clocking up 4,000 steps, then walked to the lake in the afternoon to complete my 8,000 steps for the day.  The main blip is of a group of people having fun down at the waters edge.

Blip No. 1989

NZ news 1989

David Lange resigns as Prime Minister, and is replaced by Geoffrey Palmer.
TV 3 begins broadcasting.
Sunday trading begins.
Paul Homes makes his first broadcast.

Famous NZers born in 1989

Aaron Cruden, rugby union player  :  Emma Crum, road cyclist  :  Zac Guildford, rugby union player  :  Andrew Pohl, cross country skier  :  Hamish Rutherford, cricketer  :  Shane Van Gisbergen, motor racing driver  :  Lisa Carrington, flatwater canoer ( has won a few Olympic gold medals)  :Lizzie Marvelly, singer, songwriter  :  Trent Boult, cricketer  :  Blair Tuke, sailor (Olympic gold medalist)  :  Eddie Dawkins, track cyclist (won 3 gold at world champs and gold at 2014 team sprint at Glasgow)  :  Kendall Brown, snowboarder  :  Alistair Bond, rower  :  Jake Robertson, athlete  :  Zane Robertson, athlete  :  Josh Junior, sailor  :  

World news 1989

Diana, Princess of Wales visits NYC.
UK physicist Stephen Hawking calls Star Wars a deliberate fraud.
Mary Martin in 'Peter Pan' 1st seen on TV since 1973.
First free elections in USSR 190 million votes cast;  Boris Yeltsin wins.
Donald Trump purchases Eastern's Northeast Shuttle.
Nelson Mandela receives a BA from University of South Africa.
Mikhail Gorbachev elected Executive President in the Soviet Union.
Dead Poets Society starring Robin Williams premieres.
Michael Chang's French Open tennis win makes him the youngest male to go to the finals.
Ronald Reagan is knighted by Queen Elizabeth II (honorary knighthood).
Baywatch, starring David Hasselhoff and Pamela Anderson debuts on NBC.
Billy Graham is given 1,900th star on Hollywood Blvd.Law banning smoking on most domestic flights signed by US President George H.W. Bush
Driving Miss Daisy, starring Morgan Freeman and Jessica Tandy is released (Best picture in 1990).
The Simpsons, debuts - America's longest running sitcom.
The Berlin Wall came down.

Famous people born in 1989

Taylor Swift (27), Pop singer  :  Daniel Radcliffe, (28), Movie Actor  :  

That's it for today, see you tomorrow.