1ST
NOVEMBER
NATIONAL DAY OF ALGERIA
FEAST DAY OF
"ALL SAINTS; ST BENIGNUS OF DIJON;
SAINTS CAESARIUS & JULIAN; ST AUSTREMONIUS OR STREMOINE; ST CADFAN; ST MARY, MARTYR;
ST VIGOR; ST MARCELLUS OF PARIS; & ST MATHURIN OR MATURINUS." |
| 1ST |
79 |
POMPEI IS BURIED BY MT. VESUVIUS. |
| 1ST |
1512 |
MICHAELANGELO, 37, UNVEILS HIS 5,808
SQUARE FOOT PAINTING ON THE CEILING OF VATICAN’S SISTINE CHAPEL. |
| 1ST |
1755 |
TWO-THIRDS OF LISBON IS REDUCED TO RUBBLE BY AN EARTHQUAKE,
& AN ESTIMATED 60,000 PEOPLE DIED. |
| 1ST |
1791 |
A PARTY OF 21 CONVICTS INCLUDING 1
FEMALE ESCAPE FROM PARRAMATTA & ATTEMPT TO WALK TO CHINA. SOME DIED; OTHERS WERE
CAPTURED. |
| 1ST |
1828 |
ROVING PARTIES HUNT ABORIGINES & MARTIAL LAW IS
PROCLAIMED IN TASMANIA BY "Lt-GOV ARTHUR," |
| 1ST |
1834 |
COMMERCIAL BANKING COMPANY OF SYDNEY
OPENS. |
| 1ST |
1834 |
THE FIRST PUBLISHED REFERENCE TO THE CARD GAME,
‘POKER;’ AS A MISSISSIPPI RIVERBOAT GAME. |
| 1ST |
1853 |
TASMANIA ISSUES IT’S FIRST
ADHESIVE POSTAGE STAMPS. |
| 1ST |
1860 |
QUEENSLAND ISSUES IT’S FIRST ADHESIVE POSTAGE STAMPS. |
| 1ST |
1867 |
HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS "DUKE OF
EDINGURGH" ARRIVES IN ADELAIDE ON A VISIT WHICH WAS SOME FIVE WEEKS LATER THAN
EXPECTED. |
| 1ST |
1876 |
HOBART TO LAUNCESTON RAILWAY OPENS. |
| 1ST |
1880 |
SYDNEY’S FIRST TELEPHONE LINE
OPENS, FROM THE ROYAL EXCHANGE TO DARLING HARBOUR. |
| 1ST |
1884 |
LLOYD’S REGISTER OF SHIPPING WAS FIRST PUBLISHED. |
| 1ST |
1899 |
THE FIRST CONTIGNENT OF SOUTH
AUSTRALIAN TROOPS LEAVE FOR THE BOER WAR. |
| 1ST |
1914 |
FIRST CONVOY OF AIF & NZ FORCES LEAVE ALBANY, WESTERN
AUSTRALIA, FOR EUROPE, ESCORTED BY HMAS SYDNEY, HMAS MELBOURNE, HMS MINOTAUR,
& THE JAPANESE CRUISER IBUKI. |
| 1ST |
1914 |
THE GERMANS SINK THE BRITISH SHIPS GOOD
HOPE & MONMOUTH DURING THE BATTLE OF CORONEL. |
| 1ST |
1926 |
GENERAL MOTORS (AUSTRALASIA) LTD BEGINS OPERATIONS IN
AUSTRALIA WITH ASSEMBLY PLANTS IN ADELAIDE, MELBOURNE, PERTH & SYDNEY. THE
BODIES ARE SUPPLIED BY HOLDEN’S IN ADELAIDE. |
| 1ST |
1928 |
THE GRAF ZEPPELIN SETS AN
AIRSHIP RECORD OF 6,384 km. |
| 1ST |
1939 |
THE FIRST RABBIT PRODUCED BY ARTIFICIAL INSEMINATION WAS
EXHIBITED AT THE NEW YORK ACADEMY OF MEDICINE. |
| 1ST |
1950 |
TWO PUERTO RICAN NATIONALS ATTEMPT TO
ASSASSINATE U.S. PRESIDENT, "HARRY S. TRUMAN." |
| 1ST |
1954 |
ACTOR ‘JOHN WAYNE’ THIRD MARRIAGE IS TO PERUVIAN
ACTRESS "PILAR PALLETTE" |
| 1ST |
1959 |
THE FIRST STAGE OF THE ‘M1’
MOTORWAY, LINKING LONDON WITH THE NORTH OF ENGLAND IS OPENED. |
| 1ST |
1966 |
"GALILEE" WON MELBOURNE CUP. |
| 1ST |
1968 |
ANSETT-ANA BECAME ANSETT AIRLINES OF
AUSTRALIA. |
| 1ST |
1970 |
A DISCOTHEQUE IN GRENOBLE, FRANCE, IS DESTROYED BY FIRE; 142
DIE BECAUSE ALL EXITS WERE PADLOCKED. |
| 1ST |
1972 |
ORISSA, INDIA, IS STRUCK BY A TIDAL
WAVE, KILLING 10,000 & LEAVING 5 MILLION HOMELESS. |
| 1ST |
1979 |
TANKER BURMAH AGATE SPILLS 10.7 MILLION GALLONS OF OIL
OFF GALVESTON BAY, TEXAS. |
| 1ST |
1987 |
FIRST SOLAR POWERED CAR RACE BEGINS IN
DARWIN, FINISHING IN ADELAIDE ON 6TH NOVEMBER. |
| 1ST |
1988 |
ACTOR, "JEFF GOLDBLUM" & ACTRESS, "GEENA
DAVIS" MARRY IN LAS VEGAS. |
| 1ST |
1990 |
"SANDRA MILLER" IS AWARDED
$100 COMPENSATION FOR "MIKE TYSON" FONDLING HER BREASTS. |
| 1ST |
1991 |
THE R.S.P.C.A. IN BRITAIN PROTESTED AFTER A MAN ATE 50 LIVE
WORMS FROM HIS COMPOST HEAP TO RAISE MONEY FOR CHARITY. |
| 1ST |
1993 |
THE EUROPEAN UNION COMES INTO
EXISTENCE. |
| 1ST |
1993 |
FORMER WESTERN AUSTRALIAN PREMIER "RAY
O’CONNOR" IS CHARGED WITH STEALING A $25,000 DONATION TO THE LIBERAL PARTY.
HE WAS FOUND GUILTY ON 17TH FEBRUARY 1995 & SENTENCED TO 18 MONTHS
IMPRISONMENT. |
| 1ST |
1993 |
PLASTIC TEN DOLLAR NOTE FEATURING
"BANJO PATTERSON" & "MARY GILMORE" GOES INTO CIRCULATION. |
| 1ST |
1993 |
THE BODY OF BACKPACKER "SIMONE SCHMIDT" IS FOUND IN
BELANGLO FOREST, NSW. |
| 1ST |
1993 |
THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT ANNOUNCES THAT
29,000 CHINESE NATIONALS, GIVEN SANCTUARY FOLLOWING THE JUNE 1988 DEMONSTRATIONS IN
BEJING, ALONG WITH THEIR SPOUSES & CHILDREN, WILL BE GIVEN PERMANENT AUSTRALIAN
RESIDENCY. |
| 1ST |
1997 |
INDONESIA CLOSES 16 BANKS LEFT INSOLVENT BY THE FINANCIAL
TROUBLES OF ASIA. |
| 1ST |
1999 |
THE BODY OF 15 YEAR OLD, "CASSIE
BUGG" IS FOUND IN A VACANT PADDOCK OPPOSITE ST BRIDGIDS SCHOOL, IN PARA ROAD,
EVANSTON, GAWLER, NEAR ADELAIDE, 2 DAYS AFTER SHE DISAPPEARED. |
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