P515 CEEFAX 2 515 Sat 13 Dec 22:34/40
   
     
    
     
 SATURDAY, DECEMBER 13 ON THIS DAY IN...
                                        
 1996 Britain's longest ever libel case 
 ended — fast-food chain McDonald's had 
 taken two environmentalists to court.  
                                        
 1642 New Zealand was discovered bz the 
 explorer Abel Janszoon Tasman.         
                                        
 1577 Sir Francis Drake set sail from   
 Plymouth on his round-the-world voyage.
                                        
 HAPPY BIRTHDAY to: Comedian and host of
 The Generation Game Jim Davidson (43)  
 and US actor and star of Mary Poppins  
 Dick Van Dyke (72).                    
                                        
   Backchat  506   Press Pack Info 517  
   Contacts  516   CBBC Text A-Z   539  
 Contacts    Studio 9    Comp.    Buzz