11Jan THE DAY YESTERDAY ... Our website is thedaytoday.net ... or on Twitter https://twitter/thedaytotwit 2000 Madonna sold her Chelsea house for £4 mil - moved to Notting Hill 2001 Half a million evacuated from smouldering Mt Merapi, Indonesia. 2002 Argentinian police in Beenos Aires fired tear gas at protesters. 2002 Astronomers revealed average color of the universe - turquoise. 2002 First wind-up mobile phone shown at Las Vegas Electronics show. 2003 The aircraft carrier Ark Royal left for the Gulf of Arabia. 2003 The Stop the War coalition held a conference in London. 2003 US sent 35000 troops to the Gulf area. 2004 Guangdong, China began eliminating rats to prevent SARS outbreak. 2004 New internet restrictions in Cuba effectively block all citizens. 2005 British retailers had their worst Xmas for 10 years. 2005 Simon Cowell appeared in an anti-fur clothing poster. 2005 Winds of 125mph hit Scotland causing power cuts and floods. 2006 A big push was given to HD TV at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas. 2006 A Nimbus 2000 broomstick as used in Harry Potter films sold for £1250 on eBay. 2007 President Bush went on US TV to take personal responsibility for Iraq failures, and sent 22k extra troops. 2007 The 2325th star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame was given to Hilary Swank. 2008 Johnny Depp was in London for the premiere of Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street. 2008 Liverpool began its year as European Capital of Culture. 2009 Andy Murray beat Andy Roddick 6-4 6-2 to defend his Qatar Open title and became favourite for the Australian Open. 2009 Kate Winslet won Best Supporting Actress and Best Actress (Drama) at the Golden Globe Awards in Los Angeles. 2009 Prince Harry apologised after being caught on camera using the term Paki about a member of his platoon. 2010 Actress Rachel Weisz was voted the woman that men would most like to marry in a poll by Esquire Magazine. 2010 In January 1990, The Simpsons switched from inserts on the Tracy Ullman TV show to a primetime series in its own right, and its still going. 2011 At the Detroit Auto Show 40 global motor firsts were unveiled at the most important auto show in the US, many of them electric cars. 2011 Vice premier Li KeQiang met with PM David Cameron at Downing Street, the Chinese delegation included 100 businessmen and 50 government officials 2012 Price of orange juice hit a record high of £2.12 per pound, up 25% this year, after banned anti-mould Carbendazim was found in Brasils harvest. 2013 The Ministry of Defence paid £9m to replace the Armed Forces Browning 9mm pistol, from the US and in service since 1967, with 25,000 Glock 17 9mm pistols from Austria. 2014 Rolls-Royce enjoyed its fourth year running of record sales with 3,630 cars delivered to customers in 2013. Tesco, Morrisons and Marks & Spencer all reported a fall in sales.
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