19TH
FEBRUARY
FEAST DAY OF
"ST BONIFACE OF LAUSANNE; ST
BARBATUS; ST CONRAD OF PIACENZA; & ST MESROP." |
| 19TH |
607 |
"BONIFACE III" BEGINS HIS REIGN AS CATHOLIC POPE. |
| 19TH |
1825 |
LADY NELSON SAILS FROM FORT DUNDAS,
& IS LATER CAPTURED BY MALAY PIRATES & HER CREW MURDERED. |
| 19TH |
1850 |
THE SOUTH AUSTRALIAN LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL AUTHORISES THE
RAILWAY LINE BETWEEN PORT ADELAIDE & ADELAIDE. |
| 19TH |
1852 |
GOLD IS DISCOVERED AT BEECHWORTH,
VICTORIA. |
| 19TH |
1878 |
U.S. INVENTOR "THOMAS ALVA EDISON" PATENTED THE
PHONOGRAPH. |
| 19TH |
1894 |
STEAM TRAMS BEGAN OPERATING IN SYDNEY
TO BONDI. ABLE TO REACH 65kph THE QUOTE "SHOOT THROUGH LIKE A BONDI TRAM" WAS
BORN. |
| 19TH |
1902 |
THE FIRST BATTALION OF COMMONWEALTH TROOPS WEARING THE FORE
RUNNER TO THE RISING SUN BADGE, LEAVE FOR SOUTH AFRICA. |
| 19TH |
1906 |
‘WILLIAM KELLOG" ESTABLISHES
THE "BATTLE CREEK TOASTED CORNFLAKE COMPANY," SELLING BREAKFAST CEREALS
ORIGINALLY DEVELOPED AS A HEALTH FOOD FOR PSYCHIATRIC PATIENTS. |
| 19TH |
1934 |
"BOB & DOLORES HOPE" MARRY. |
| 19TH |
1937 |
A STINSON AIRLINER CRASHED IN LAMINGTON
NATIONAL PARK, NEAR THE QUEENSLAND-NSW BORDER.
A WEEK LATER, BUSHMAN, "BERNARD O’REILLY" FOUND THE PLANE & 2
SURVIVORS; 5 HAD BEEN KILLED. |
| 19TH |
1942 |
MORE THAN 70 JAPANESE PLANES LAUNCHED AN AIR RAID ON DARWIN,
KILLING 243, SINKING 21 SHIPS, AND DESTROYING 23 AIRCRAFT. |
| 19TH |
1943 |
AN ALERT & ANTI-AIRCRAFT FIRE AT A
JAPANESE AIRCRAFT AS IT FLEW OVER SYDNEY. |
| 19TH |
1945 |
IT IS REPORTED 900 JAPANESE SOLDIERS HAVE BEEN TAKEN BY
CROCODILES IN THE PAST 2 DAYS. |
| 19TH |
1951 |
31 YEAR OLD "JEAN LEE" &
HER 2 PIMPS WERE HANGED IN MELBOURNE FOR THEIR PART IN THE MURDER OF A 75 YEAR OLD SP
BOOKMAKER. |
| 19TH |
1959 |
U.S. AIR FORCE ROCKET POWERED RAIL SLED ATTAINS MACH 4.1
(4970kph) |
| 19TH |
1964 |
BRITISH COMEDIAN "PETER
SELLARS" MARRIES ACTRESS "BRIT EKLAND." |
| 19TH |
1964 |
U.K. FLIES A TON OF BEATLE WIGS TO THE U.S. |
| 19TH |
1984 |
FIRST TIME EVER, BROTHERS WIN THE GOLD & SILVER MEDALS AT
THE OLYMPIC GAMES.
"PHIL & STEVE MAHRE" OF THE U.S. IN THE SLALOM. |
| 19TH |
1986 |
USSR LAUNCHES ‘MIR’ SPACE
STATION INTO EARTH ORBIT. |
| 19TH |
1989 |
BROADWAY’S BIGGEST FLOP, "LEGS DIAMOND" WHICH
LOST $5.3 MILLION, CLOSED. |
| 19TH |
1995 |
ACTRESS, "PAMELA ANDERSON"
MARRIES ROCKER, "TOMMY LEE." |
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