12TH
JANUARY
FEAST DAY OF
"ST BENEDICT OR BENET BISCOP; ST
TATIANA; ST MARGARET BOURGEOYS; ST ARCADIUS; ST CAESARIA; ST VICTORIAN; & ST
EUTROPIUS." |
| 12TH |
1684 |
FRENCH KING, "LOUIS XIV" MARRIES "MADAME
MAINTENON." |
| 12TH |
1701 |
PARTS OF THE NETHERLANDS ADOPT THE
GREGORIAN CALENDER. |
| 12TH |
1808 |
‘CITY OF EDINBURGH,’ CARRYING 100,000 LITRES
OF WHISKY, ARRIVES AT PORT JACKSON WITH PART-OWNER ALEXANDER BERRY ABOARD. |
| 12TH |
1872 |
TIN DISCOVERED AT TENTERFIELD, NSW. |
| 12TH |
1878 |
TELEPHONE SUCCESSFULLY TESTED BY NSW SUPERINTENDENT OF
TELEGRAPHS BETWEEN SYDNEY AND KURNELL. |
| 12TH |
1879 |
BRITISH/ZULU WAR BEGAN. |
| 12TH |
1896 |
A DAILY AVERAGE TOP TEMPERATURE OF 47 deg C. OVER 13 days
KILLED 47 PEOPLE IN BOURKE, N.S.W. |
| 12TH |
1929 |
BUNNERONG POWER STATION BEGINS
OPERATING IN SYDNEY. |
| 12TH |
1929 |
RIOTS IN ADELAIDE OVER LOADING OF SHIPS BY NON-UNION LABOUR. |
| 12TH |
1937 |
PLOW FOR LAYING SUBMARINE CABLE
PATENTED. |
| 12TH |
1939 |
THE HIGHEST TEMPERATURE EVER RECORDED IN AN AUSTRALIAN
CAPITAL CITY, OCCURED IN ADELAIDE WHEN THE TEMPERATURE REACHED 47.6 deg C. |
| 12TH |
1943 |
FRANKFURTERS ARE REPLACED BY VICTORY
SAUSAGES. |
| 12TH |
1948 |
THE FIRST SUPERMARKET IN THE U.K. OPENS. |
| 12TH |
1950 |
A SWEDISH TANKER RAMS THE BRITISH
SUBMARINE ‘TRUCULENT’ IN THE THAMES, 64 DIE. |
| 12TH |
1954 |
"QUEEN ELIZABETH II" OPENS NEW ZEALAND PARLIAMENT. |
| 12TH |
1963 |
"BOB DYLAN" WAS GIVEN THE
PART OF A FOLK SINGER ON A BBC RADIO PLAY, "THE MADHOUSE ON CASTLE STREET." |
| 12TH |
1965 |
TWO BODIES OF 15 YEAR-OLD GIRLS, "CHRISTINE
SHARROCK" & "MARIANNE SCHMIDT," MURDERED AT WANDA BEACH, SOUTH OF
SYDNEY THE PREVIOUS DAY ARE FOUND. |
| 12TH |
1970 |
THE BOEING 747 AIRCRAFT TOUCHED DOWN AT
HEATHROW AIRPORT AT THE END OF IT’S FIRST TRANSATLANTIC FLIGHT. |
| 12TH |
1982 |
"MARK THATCHER" SON OF "MARGARET
THATCHER" GOES MISSING IN THE SAHARA DURING THE ‘PARIS - DAKAR RALLY.
AFTER A TWO DAY SEARCH HE IS FOUND SAFE; HE HAD LOST HIS WAY. |
| 12TH |
1986 |
SINGER, "LUTHER VANDROSS’ WAS
INJURED WHEN HE CRASHED HIS MERCEDES ON LAUREL CANYON BOULEVARD, LOS ANGELES.
ONE OF HIS PASSENGERS WAS KILLED, & HE WAS CHARGED WITH VEHICULAR MANSLAUGHTER.
PLEADING GUILTY TO A LESSER CHARGE, HE WAS ORDERED TO PERFORM A BENEFIT CONCERT. |
| 12TH |
1995 |
A MAJOR EARTHQUAKE KILLS 5,092 IN KOBE, JAPAN. |
| 12TH |
1995 |
THE MURDER TRIAL AGAINST "O.J.
SIMPSON" BEGINS IN LOS ANGELES. |
| 12TH |
1999 |
ENGLAND’S "PRINCE EDWARD" & "SOPHIE
RHYS JONES" ANNOUNCE THEIR ENGAGEMENT. |
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