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The 1966 Sarawak constitutional crisis took place in the state of Sarawak, Malaysia from 1965 to 1966. This crisis was started by a group of politicians who were dissatisfied towards Stephen Kalong Ningkan's leadership as chief minister. Ningkan was later removed from the chief minister post by the Governor of Sarawak in June 1966. However ...
Beaches is a 1988 American musical comedy drama film based on the 1985 novel of the same name by Iris Rainer Dart. It was directed by Garry Marshall from a screenplay by Mary Agnes Donoghue , and stars Bette Midler , Barbara Hershey , Mayim Bialik , John Heard , James Read , Spalding Gray , and Lainie Kazan .
On 27 July 1966, Tawi Sli said that there is a need for "an independent country to be administered by its own local officers". During this time, two expatriates were left in the Council Negri (now Sarawak state legislative assembly) namely Tony Shaw and John Pike after a purge by Ningkan from the Supreme Council (today Sarawak cabinet) during the 1965 land bill crisis.
However, the British Privy Council, during the 1966 Sarawak constitutional crisis, judged that the federal parliament has the absolute power to amend the Sarawak constitution when the state of emergency is declared but is only on a temporary basis. [3] The first amendment to the Sarawak Constitution was passed on 25 June 1964.
“My mother named me for Bette Davis, which Bette Davis was not pleased to hear,” Midler, 78, said on the Wednesday, July 24 episode of Hoda Kotb’s “Making Space” podcast.
Midler also opened up in general about the benefits of shedding some tears. She seemed moved when Hoda mentioned a friend who only saw her mother cry a few times in her life, including when ...
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15 September – The governor of Sarawak declared a state of emergency in Sarawak during the 1966 Sarawak constitutional crisis. [2]: 60 21 October – The 150th anniversary of Penang Free School was celebrated. 30-31 October – US President Lyndon Baines Johnson visited Malaysia, being the first American president to do so.