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The Holden VE Commodore is the fourteenth and current model of the Holden Commodore, a full-size car produced by Holden, the Australian subsidiary of General Motors. Full-scale production commenced on July 13, 2006, with the official unveiling being held at a media launch in Melbourne on July 16, 2006. The VE is the first Commodore model designed entirely in Australia, with previous generations based on Opel-sourced platforms that had been adapted both mechanically and in size for the local market. To date the annualised sales of the VE have failed to match those of the record-breaking VT Commodore. Prior to the release of the VE model, Holden confirmed that they would manufacture two parallel generations of Commodores, until the launch of station wagon and utility body styles. This announcement came not long before Holden announced that engines and transmissions would largely be carried over from the previous VZ model. (more...)Recently featured: Johannes Kepler – Climate of India – The Wire Archive – By email – More featured articles... | Did you know... |
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- IAEA inspectors confirm the shutdown of North Korea's Yongbyon nuclear reactor, in accordance with the latest six-party talks agreement.
- Shimon Peres (pictured) is sworn in as the ninth President of Israel.
- Russia announces its intended suspension of observance of the Treaty on Conventional Armed Forces in Europe.
- The Fifteenth Pan American Games begin in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
- Pakistani forces storm the Lal Masjid in Islamabad, bringing a seven-day siege to an end.
- Pope Benedict XVI removes restrictions on celebrating the old Latin Mass.
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July 16: Marine Day in Japan (2007). 
- 622 – The epoch of the Islamic calendar occurred, marking the year that Muhammad began his Hijra from Mecca to Medina.
- 1769 – Spanish friar Junípero Serra founded Mission San Diego de Alcalá, the first Franciscan mission in the Alta California region of New Spain.
- 1945 – Manhattan Project: "Trinity", the first nuclear test explosion, was detonated near Alamogordo, New Mexico, United States. (pictured)
- 1979 – Saddam Hussein replaced the resigning Ahmed Hassan al-Bakr as President of Iraq, after having gradually usurped power from his cousin.
- 1994 – The planet Jupiter was hit by fragments of the Shoemaker-Levy 9 comet, causing a fireball which reached a peak temperature of about 24,000 K
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