A Couple of Things that Happened One Year Ago Today

I'm always looking for information about technology, events, processes, food, what ever. Some times it's neat to see what was going on one year to the day...

Nobel laureate and Holocaust survivor Elie Wiesel dead at 87

Elie Wiesel, the Auschwitz survivor whose writing and activism uniquely forced the world to confront the horrors of the Holocaust, died Saturday at his New York home. He was 87 years old. "Elie Wiesel was one of the great moral voices of our time, and in many ways, the conscience of the world," President Obama said in a statement. Wiesel was a teenager when he was sent to Auschwitz and Buchenwald, where he watched his father die just a few months before the camps were liberated. He chronicled his recollections of the experience in Night, a memoir read by millions. [The Washington Post, Haaretz]
https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/elie-wiesel-nobel-laureate-and-memory-keeper-of-the-holocaust-dies-at-87/2016/07/02/4a2d2472-50b5-11e5-8c19-0b6825aa4a3a_story.html

Clinton: I was 'eager' to be interviewed for the FBI’s email investigation

Following a three-hour interview with investigators Saturday morning, Hillary Clinton said that evening she was happy to participate in the FBI's inquiry into the private email server she used while secretary of state. "It was something I had offered to do since last August," Clinton commented in an MSNBC interview. "I’ve been eager to do it, and I was pleased to have the opportunity to assist the department in bringing its review to a conclusion." Clinton said she had no knowledge of the investigation's timeline, but the Justice Department has indicated it would like to release a conclusion before the major parties' conventions at the end of July.
http://www.politico.com/story/2016/07/hillary-clinton-fbi-interview-225064

China completes the world's largest radio telescope

China has completed the Five Hundred Meter Aperture Spherical Telescope, the world's largest radio telescope, clocking in at the size of 30 soccer fields. With the final piece of the structure in place, the telescope will be used to search for extraterrestrial life and further China's space exploration ambitions. Construction on the telescope began in 2011, and more than 9,000 nearby residents were uprooted from the area to facilitate the project. They were compensated about $1,800 each for the loss of their homes. [The Guardian, The Guardian]
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/jul/03/china-puts-finishing-touches-to-worlds-biggest-radio-telescope

And other things too...
http://theweek.com/10things/630417/10-things-need-know-today-july-3-2016