11TH
JANUARY
FEAST DAY OF
"ST SALVIUS OR SAUVE OF AMIENS; &
ST THEODOSIUS THE CENOBIARCH." |
| 11TH |
314 |
"ST MILITIADES" ENDS HIS REIGN AS CATHOLIC POPE. |
| 11TH |
705 |
"JOHN VI" ENDS HIS REIGN AS
CATHOLIC POPE. |
| 11TH |
1569 |
ENGLANDS FIRST LOTTERY DRAWN AT ST. PAULS CATHEDRAL. |
| 11TH |
1693 |
MT. ETNA, SICILY, ERUPTS. |
| 11TH |
1800 |
188 CONVICTS ARRIVE AT PORT JACKSON FROM BENGAL, ABOARD THE ‘MINERVA’
WITH A LARGE QUANTITY OF SPIRITS. |
| 11TH |
1813 |
FIRST PINEAPPLES ARE PLANTED IN HAWAII. |
| 11TH |
1837 |
"COL. WILLIAM LIGHT" BEGINS SURVEYING ADELAIDE.
(COMPLETED 10TH MARCH) |
| 11TH |
1841 |
AMERICAN ESCAPOLOGIST, "SAMUEL
SCOTT," ACCIDENTLY HANGED HIMSELF WHILE PERFORMING A ROPE TRICK ON WATERLOO BRIDGE,
LONDON. |
| 11TH |
1866 |
SS ‘LONDON’ EN ROUTE TO MELBOURNE, FOUNDERS
IN THE BAY OF BISCAY, RESULTING IN 244 PASSENGERS & CREW DROWNING, INCLUDING ACTOR,
"G.V. BROOKE." |
| 11TH |
1866 |
MELBOURNE’S WESLEY COLLEGE OPENS. |
| 11TH |
1875 |
"HENRI GRIN," LATER TO BECOME NOTORIOUS AS THE
HOAXER "LOUIS DE ROUGEMENT," ARRIVES WITH "SIR WILLIAM ROBINSON" WHO
LATER BECOMES GOVERNOR OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA. |
| 11TH |
1892 |
ARTIST, "PAUL GAUGUIN"
MARRIES A 13 YEAR OLD TAHITIAN GIRL. |
| 11TH |
1900 |
THE AUSTRALIAN STEAMER, ‘MOANA’ IS
QUARANTINED ON ARRIVAL IN HONOLULU FOLLOWING 18 DEATHS FROM THE PLAGUE. |
| 11TH |
1913 |
THE FIRST SEDAN-TYPE CAR, A HUDSON,
GOES ON DISPLAY IN NEW YORK. |
| 11TH |
1920 |
553 DIE WHEN THE FRENCH PASSENGER SHIP ‘AFRIQUE’
SINKS NEAR La ROCHELLE. |
| 11TH |
1922 |
"LEONARD THOMPSON" IS THE
FIRST PERSON SUCCESSFULLY TREATED WITH INSULIN, AT TORONTO GENERAL HOSPITAL. |
| 11TH |
1952 |
"FREDERICK MCDERMOTT," IS RELEASED AFTER A ROYAL
COMMISSION FINDS HIM INNOCENT AFTER HE IS IMPRISONED FOR LIFE IN 1946, FOR THE MURDER OF A
GRENFELL, NSW, STOREKEEPER. |
| 11TH |
1955 |
HARBOUR AT COCKBURN SOUND, WESTERN
AUSTRALIA, OPENED TO PROVIDE SHIPPING FACILITIES FOR KWINANA. |
| 11TH |
1963 |
"CLIFF RICHARD’S" FOURTH FILM, ‘SUMMER
HOLIDAY’ PREMIERS IN LONDON & SOUTH AFRICA. |
| 11TH |
1963 |
THE FIRST DISCO, THE
"WHISKEY-A-GO-GO" OPENED IN LOS ANGELES, USA. |
| 11TH |
1965 |
TWO 15 YEAR OLD GIRLS, "CHRISTINE SHARROCK" AND
"MARIANNE SCHMIDT" WERE MURDERED AT WANDA BEACH SYDNEY. |
| 11TH |
1968 |
"JOHN GORTON" IS SWORN IN AS
19th PRIME MINISTER OF AUSTRALIA. |
| 11TH |
1974 |
THE WORLD’S FIRST SEXTUPLETS TO SURVIVE ARE BORN IN
SOUTH AFRICA; 3 GIRLS & 3 BOYS. |
| 11TH |
1977 |
"ROLLING STONE" "KEITH
RICHARD" WAS TRIED & CONVICTED IN LONDON FOR COCAINE POSSESSION.
THE DRUGS WERE FOUND IN HIS CAR FOLLOWING AN ACCIDENT & HE WAS FINED 750 POUNDS. |
| 11TH |
1988 |
THE AUSTRALIAN OPEN IS PLAYED AT THE NEW TENNIS CENTRE AT
FLINDERS PARK, MELBOURNE FOR THE FIRST TIME. |
| 11TH |
1991 |
"BEN JOHNSON" FINISHES SECOND
IN HIS FIRST RACE BACK, AFTER BEING STRIPPED OF HIS 1988 OLYMPIC GOLD MEDAL FOR STEROID
USE. |
| 11TH |
1991 |
SILVER & PAINTINGS ACQUIRED BY "IMELDA &
FERDINAND MARCOS" BROUGHT $20.29 MILLION AT A ‘CHRISTIES’ AUCTION IN NEW
YORK. |
| 11TH |
1994 |
A FLORIDA MAN CUT OFF HIS PENIS WITH AN
ELECTRIC SAW BECAUSE HE WANTED TO BE A WOMAN. |
| 11TH |
1995 |
A ‘DC-9’ CRASHES NEAR MARIA La BAYA,
COLOMBIA; 51 DIE, 9YR OLD GIRL LIVES. |
| 11TH |
1998 |
A 25 YEAR OLD MAN STOLE A HEARSE AFTER
BREAKING INTO A FUNERAL PARLOUR IN COBURG, MELBOURNE. |
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