13TH
JANUARY
FEAST DAY OF
"ST HILARY OF POITIERS; ST AGRECIUS;
& ST BERNO." |
| 13TH |
1794 |
AMERICAN CONGRESS CHANGES THE U.S. FLAG TO 15 STARS & 15
STRIPES. |
| 13TH |
1834 |
CONVICTS EVACUATING MacQUARIE HARBOUR
SEIZE THE BRIG FREDERICK & SAILED IT TO CHILE. |
| 13TH |
1854 |
THE ACCORDIAN IS PATENTED BY "ANTHONY FOSS." |
| 13TH |
1854 |
FIRE DESTROYS 3 STORES & 5 HOMES IN
ELIZABETH STREET, MELBOURNE. |
| 13TH |
1859 |
GEELONG TO WILLIAMSTOWN RAILWAY LINE IS EXTENDED TO SPENCER
STREET, MELBOURNE. |
| 13TH |
1859 |
THE PADDLE STEAMER ‘ALBURY’
IS TAKEN UP THE DARLING RIVER BY "FRANCIS CADELL" TO MOUNT MURCHISON, NEAR
WILCANNIA. |
| 13TH |
1863 |
"THOMAS CRAPPER" PATENTED THE TOILET SEAT. |
| 13TH |
1883 |
FIRE KILLS 430 IN CIRCUS
FERRONI’ IN BERDITSCHOFT, POLAND. |
| 13TH |
1910 |
OPERA WAS BROADCAST ON RADIO FOR THE FIRST TIME; "ENRICO
CARUSO" SINGING FROM THE STAGE OF NEW YORK’S METROPOLITAN OPERA HOUSE. |
| 13TH |
1915 |
AN EARTHQUAKE IN AVEZZANO, ITALY, KILLS
30,000. |
| 13TH |
1930 |
"MICKEY MOUSE" COMIC STRIP FIRST APPEARS. |
| 13TH |
1939 |
"BLACK FRIDAY" 71 PEOPLE DIE
WHEN BUSHFIRES DESTROY MORE THAN A MILLION HECTARES IN VICTORIA AND MELBOURNE RECORDS
IT’S HOTTEST DAY, 45.6 deg C. |
| 13TH |
1942 |
"HENRY FORD" PATENTS A METHOD OF CONSTRUCTING
PLASTIC MOTOR BODIES. |
| 13TH |
1943 |
"HITLER" DECLARES TOTAL WAR. |
| 13TH |
1962 |
AUSTRALIAN BANKS WITH THE EXCEPTION OF VICTORIA, OPEN FOR THE
LAST TIME ON A SATURDAY MORNING. |
| 13TH |
1962 |
BUSHFIRES WITHIN 20km OF MELBOURNE
DESTRY 300 HOMES & CAUSE 8 DEATHS. |
| 13TH |
1963 |
THE CANNONS FROM CAPTAIN COOKS SHIP ENDEAVOUR ARE
RECOVERED FROM ENDEAVOUR REEF, QUEENSLAND. |
| 13TH |
1964 |
THE BEATLES FIRST SINGLE IN THE USA,
"I WANNA HOLD YOUR HAND" WAS RELEASED, SELLING 1 MILLION COPIES IN THREE WEEKS. |
| 13TH |
1973 |
10 PEOPLE ARE BURNED TO DEATH & 70 OTHERS INJURED WHEN A
LIGHTED CIGARETTE IS DROPPED INTO LEAKING FUEL AFTER A GASOLINE TRUCK OVERTURNED IN
KAMPALA, UGANDA. |
| 13TH |
1978 |
NASA SELECTED IT’S FIRST WOMEN
ASTRONAUTS. |
| 13TH |
1981 |
NSW POLICE TRAP "GREGORY McHARDY" ATTEMPTING TO
COLLECT THE WOOLWORTHS RANSOM IN THE WATER AT TARONGA PARK WHARF. |
| 13TH |
1982 |
79 PEOPLE DIED WHEN "AIR
FLORIDA’S FLIGHT 90," CRASHED INTO THE ICEY WATERS OF THE POTOMAC RIVER ON TAKE
OFF. 5 OF THE VICTIMS WERE MOTORISTS WHO WERE UNFORTUNATE ENOUGH TO BE IN THE PATH OF THE
PLANE AS IT SKIDDED ACROSS THE BRIDGE. |
| 13TH |
1985 |
AN EXPRESS TRAIN DERAILS IN ETHIOPIA, KILLING AT LEAST 428. |
| 13TH |
1988 |
FIRE DESTROYS THE LYNDHURST HOTEL ON
THE STRZELECKI TRACK 500 km NORTH OF ADELAIDE. |
| 13TH |
1989 |
HUNDREDS OF IBM COMPUTERS IN BRITAIN ARE HIT BY ‘FRIDAY
THE 13TH’ VIRUS. |
| 13TH |
1989 |
THE RUINS OF MASHKAN-SHAPIR, WHICH WAS
OCCUPIED BETWEEN 2050 bc & 1720 bc IS FOUND IN IRAQ. |
| 13TH |
1994 |
"TONYA HARDING’S" BODYGUARD, "SHAWN ERIC
ECKHARDT" & "DERRICK BRIAN SMITH" ARE ARRESTED & CHARGED WITH
CONSPIRING TO ATTACK ICE SKATER, "NANCY KERRIGAN." |
| 13TH |
1995 |
‘AMERICA 3’ BECOMES
THE FIRST ALL FEMALE CREW TO WIN AN AMERICA’S CUP RACE. |
| 13TH |
2001 |
EARTHQUAKE LEAVES ABOUT 3,000 DEAD IN THE CENTRAL AMERICAN
CITY OF EL SALVADOR. |
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