1ST
FEBRUARY
FEAST DAY OF
"ST JOHN OF THE GRATING; ST HENRY MORSE; ST
PIONUS; ST BRIDE OR BRIGID OF KILDARE; ST SEIRIOL; & ST SIGEBERT III OF AUSTRIA." |
| 1ST |
772 |
"ADRIAN I" BEGINS HIS REIGN AS CATHOLIC POPE. |
| 1ST |
1750 |
"JOHN NEWTON" 24, ANGLICAN
CLERGYMAN & HYMNWRITER, WHO WROTE "AMAZING GRACE," MARRIED "MARY
CATLETT." THE MARRIAGE LASTED 40 YEARS UNTIL HER DEATH IN 1790; "JOHN" DIED
IN 1807. |
| 1ST |
1793 |
A PATENT FOR OILED SILK & LINEN IS GRANTED TO "RALPH
HODGSON" OF NEW YORK. |
| 1ST |
1810 |
THE UNITED STATES POPULATION IS
7,239,881. |
| 1ST |
1858 |
ENGLISHMAN "WILLIAM DEAN" MAKES THE FIRST HOT-AIR
BALLON ASCENT IN AUSTRALIA. |
| 1ST |
1884 |
THE FIRST EDITION OF THE OXFORD
DICTIONARY WAS PUBLISHED. |
| 1ST |
1893 |
"EDISON" OPENS FIRST FILM STUDIO IN WEST ORANGE,
NEW JERSEY. |
| 1ST |
1931 |
CYCLONES AND FLOODING DESTROY 1,000
HOUSES FROM INNISFALL TO BRISBANE; 2 DIE. |
| 1ST |
1949 |
RCA RELEASES THE FIRST 45rpm RECORD FOR SALE. |
| 1ST |
1951 |
THE FIRST MOVING X-RAY PICTURE PROCESS
IS DEMONSTRATED. |
| 1ST |
1953 |
HOLLYWOOD ANNOUNCES THAT "20th CENTURY FOX" INTENDS
TO CONVERT IT’S ENTIRE MOVIE MAKING OPERATION TO THE NEW ‘CINEMASCOPE’ WITH
THE FIRST FILM BEING "THE ROBE." |
| 1ST |
1965 |
"MARTIN LUTHER KING jr."
& 700 DEMONSTRATORS ARE ARRESTED IN SELMA ALA. |
| 1ST |
1965 |
"P.J. PROBY" IS BANNED BY ‘ABC THEATRES’
AFTER SPLITTING HIS TROUSERS WHILE PERFORMING IN TWO OF THEIR THEATRES. |
| 1ST |
1966 |
"NICHOLAS PIANTANIDA" SETS A
BALLOON FLIGHT RECORD & DIES IN THE DESCENT. |
| 1ST |
1967 |
SEVERE BUSHFIRES IN TASMANIA CAUSE $11 MILLION DAMAGE &
CLAIM 60 LIVES. |
| 1ST |
1970 |
139 KILLED WHEN A STALLED COMMUTER
TRAIN IS RAMMED BY EXPRESS TRAIN IN ARGENTINA. |
| 1ST |
1974 |
227 PEOPLE PERISHED WHEN THE TOP 11 FLOORS OF THE HIGH RISE,
"JOELMA BUILDING" IN SAO PAULO, ERUPTED IN FLAMES. |
| 1ST |
1981 |
CAPTAIN OF THE AUSTRALIAN CRICKET TEAM
"GREG CHAPPLE," INSTRUCTS HIS BROTHER "GREG CHAPPLE" TO BOWL THE LAST
BALL OF A LIMITED OVERS MATCH AGAINST NEW ZEALAND, UNDERARM. |
| 1ST |
1986 |
SINGER "DIANA ROSS" MARRIES NORWEGIAN SHIPPING
MAGNATE, "ARNE NAESS" IN GENEVA, SWITZERLAND. |
| 1ST |
1995 |
ANIMAL RIGHTS ACTIVIST, "JILL
PHIPPS" DIED WHILE TRYING TO STOP A TRUCK CONTAINING ABOUT 180 CALVES FROM REACHING A
CARGO PLANE AT COVENTRY AIRPORT, IN BRITAIN.
HER FUNERAL DREW INTERNATIONAL ATTENTION AS IT WAS ATTENDED BY ACTRESS "BRIGITTE
BARDOT." |
| 1ST |
1995 |
THE GARIBALDI METTWURST "HUS" EPIDEMIC CLAIMS THE
LIFE OF 3 YEAR OLD NIKKI ROBINSON. |
| 1ST |
1999 |
AUSTRALIAN CRICKET CAPTAIN "MARK
TAYLOR" ANNOUNCES HIS RETIREMENT FROM INTERNATIONAL CRICKET. |
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