Today in History: On this day in 2007 Turkey bans Youtube
Also on this day in 2011, Charlie Sheen Fired From Sitcom.
2007 – Turkey Bans YouTube
Access to the video-sharing website YouTube has been restricted by court order in Turkey. The ban was imposed when prosecutors told the court that clips insulting former Turkish leader Mustafa Kemal Ataturk had appeared there. Reports of a ‘virtual war’ between Greek and Turkish users of the site have emerged, and some of the clips are said to have dubbed Ataturk and Turks as homosexuals. Insulting Ataturk, or Turkishness is an offence in Turkey, and the court has ordered a block on all access to the site.
1876 – Patent For The Telephone
Alexander Graham Bell receives a patent for his revolutionary new invention the telephone.
1965 – Goldie the Eagle
Goldie the Eagle, a golden eagle which escaped from Regent’s Park Zoo is still on the loose after 8 days and is drawing crowds of onlookers to Regents park where he is dining on Muscovy duck, but he has also been spotted in Tottenham Court Road. He was captured after 12 days and taken back to his home in the Zoo and escaped again in December for a short time.
2011 – US Charlie Sheen Fired From Sitcom
American actor Charlie Sheen was fired from the CBS sitcom Two and a Half Men in which he starred after controversy about his personal lifestyle had erupted in the media. Charlie Sheen, son of Martin Sheen and brother of Emilio Estevez who are also famous actors, struggled with drug and alcohol abuse throughout his life and had been going through rehabilitation since January. The highest paid actor in television had been giving strange and outrageous interviews and had been displaying concerning behavior in public prior to his firing.
2012 – Oreo Cookies Celebrate 100th Birthday
People in the United States and several other countries marked the one hundredth birthday of the ever popular Oreo cookie. The cookie is credited as the best-selling cookie in the world and has been sold in over one hundred countries since its created in a Nabisco factory in 1912.
Content sourced from My People History
