Joshua Wong Chi-fung ((Hanzi: 黃之鋒), Brits Hongkong, 13 oktober 1996) is een Hongkongse student-activist. Als een van de oprichters van de pro-democratische, activistische studentengroep Scholarism en door zijn belangrijke rol in de Hongkongse 'paraplu-beweging', werd hij internationaal bekend bij de protesten in Hongkong in 2014.
Wong behoorde ook tot de oprichters, in 2016, van de opvolger van Scholarism, Demosistō. In 2017 en 2018 werd hij veroordeeld tot gevangenisstraffen. Bij de protesten in Hongkong in 2019 speelde hij opnieuw een prominente rol.
Lees meer...13 oktober 1996 was een zondag onder het sterrenbeeld ♎. Het was de 286e dag van het jaar. President van de Verenigde Staten was William J. (Bill) Clinton.
Als je op deze dag bent geboren, ben je 28 jaar oud. Je laatste verjaardag was op zondag 13 oktober 2024, 359 dagen geleden. Je volgende verjaardag is op maandag 13 oktober 2025, in 5 dagen. Je hebt 10.586 dagen geleefd, of ongeveer 254.087 uur, of ongeveer 15.245.233 minuten, of ongeveer 914.713.980 seconden.
Date: 14 October 1996
By Mark Landler
Mark Landler
Analysis of Giuliani administration's battle to force Time Warner to carry Rupert Murdoch's Fox News Channel on New York City cable television system; discusses entry into fray of other cable networks (M)
Date: 13 October 1996
By Clifford J. Levy
Clifford Levy
Time Warner has refused to carry Rupert Murdoch's Fox News Channel on its cable systems in New York City; Murdoch, at Oct 1 party celebrating debut of news channel, asked Mayor Rudolph W Giuliani, Gov George E Pataki and State Atty Gen Dennis C Vacco for help; three officials responded next day by pressing strenuous campaign on behalf of Murdoch, one that has injected government into fierce clash between two corporate leviathans and that has raised questions about whether politicians are playing favorites with media companies (M)
Date: 13 October 1996
By Sarah Kershaw
Sarah Kershaw
Residents and school officials in Far Rockaway, Queens, are dismayed about national media attention given to case of 7-year-old boy, De'Andre Dearinge, who was suspended for sexual harassment after kissing schoolmate; photo (S)
Date: 14 October 1996
By James Bennet
James Bennet
Advertising war between two Presidential campaigns seems to overwhelm generally perfunctory reports on Presidential race on local television news; although political advertisements account for tiny proportion of total commercial traffic, their nasty edge makes them stick out among commercials; Clinton and Dole campaigns are buying about equal amounts of television time in Philadelphia, Pa; each has bought enough time to insure that every television viewer will see one of their commercials at least 10 times this week; critics say messages of political advertisements contradict each other, and may even cancel each other out in some viewers' minds (M)
Date: 14 October 1996
By Steve Lohr
Steve Lohr
Dow Jones & Co is hurt by troubles at its Telerate unit; Telerate faces increasing competition in its core business of supplying government bond prices to traders and lags behind both Reuters Holdings PLC and Bloomberg LP in making investments in new computer software that enables dealers to quickly convert market data into analytic programs used to spot trading opportunities; Telerate's troubles loom large at Dow Jones because it has become far more important to the company's performance than its flagship newspaper, The Wall Street Journal, whose earnings are rising now along with those of other newspapers (M)
Date: 13 October 1996
By Robert Lipsyte
Robert Lipsyte
Robert Lipsyte column recalls working for Rupert Murdoch's New York Post and Ted Turner's cable television network, experiences that make him fear for New York, where these two media titans are fighting over access to Time Warner's cable system; says Turner and Murdoch might well reach a deal that would suit them but not serve the city; says Mayor Rudolph W Giuliani should be looking out for the city, not taking sides; cartoon (M)
Date: 14 October 1996
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Japanese stocks traded lower here early today. At midday, the Nikkei index of 225 issues was down 56.40 points -- a ittle more than one-quarter of 1 percent -- at 20,911.76. On Friday, the Nikkei gained 97.33 points.
Date: 13 October 1996
Jim Roberts letter on Max Frankel's Sept 22 column An Olympian Injustice, deploring media's 'feeding frenzy' over case of Richard Jewell, security guard who first spotted bag containing bomb at Atlanta's Centennial Olympic Park
Date: 14 October 1996
Letter from Sterling Smith scores political witch-hunts and media scandalmongering about Clintons (S)
Date: 14 October 1996
Letter from Stephen Ruderman on news coverage of Vice-Presidential debate (S)