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On July 5, several notable moments in the history of News stand out. In 1908, Lyman S. Ayres II, American businessman (died 1996) was born. In 1934, "Bloody Thursday": The police open fire on striking longshoremen in San Francisco. In 1948, National Health Service Acts create the national public health system in the United Kingdom. In 1973, A boiling liquid expanding vapor explosion (BLEVE) in Kingman, Arizona, following a fire that broke out as propane was being transferred from a railroad car to a storage tank, kills eleven firefighters. In 1973, Juvénal Habyarimana seizes power over Rwanda in a coup d'état. In 1987, Sri Lankan Civil War: The LTTE uses suicide attacks on the Sri Lankan Army for the first time. The Black Tigers are born and, in the following years, will continue to kill with the tactic. In 1997, Sri Lankan Civil War: Sri Lankan Tamil MP A. Thangathurai is shot dead at Sri Shanmuga Hindu Ladies College in Trincomalee. In 1997, A. Thangathurai, Sri Lankan Tamil lawyer and politician (born 1936) passed away. In 2003, The World Health Organization announces that the 2002-2004 SARS outbreak has been contained. In 2009, A series of violent riots break out in Ürümqi, the capital city of the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region in China. Together, these milestones provide historical context for today's news news and ongoing narratives.

‘Deadly crisis’: Local IGA owners call on State Government to strengthen WA’s illicit tobacco laws

The West Australian

July 5, 2026

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‘Deadly crisis’: Local IGA owners call on State Government to strengthen WA’s illicit tobacco laws

Local IGA owners are pushing for laws in WA that would give landlords the right to evict dodgy retailers selling illegal cigarettes, saying they don’t want ‘the deadly tobacco crisis’ to creep into the State.

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