12TH
NOVEMBER
FEAST DAY OF
"ST BENEDICT OF BENEVENTO; ST MACHAR OR
MOCHUMMA; ST STRIK OR ANASTASIUS; ST NILUS THE ELDER; ST CADWALADER; ST LEBUIN OR
LIAFWINE; ST CUNIBERT; ST EMILIAN CUCULLATUS; ST CUMIAN THE TALL; ST JOSEPHAT OF POLOTSK;
& ST LIVINUS." |
| 12TH |
607 |
"BONIFACE III" ENDS HIS REIGN AS CATHOLIC POPE. |
| 12TH |
1660 |
ENGLISH AUTHOR "JOHN BUNYAN"
WAS ARRESTED FOR PREACHING WITHOUT A LICENCE, REFUSING TO GIVE UP PREACHING, HE WAS JAILED
FOR 12 YEARS. |
| 12TH |
1847 |
THE FIRST PUBLIC DEMONSTRATION OF CHLOROFORM AS AN
ANAESTHETIC WAS GIVEN BY "JAMES SIMPSON" AT THE UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH. |
| 12TH |
1852 |
THE LARGEST IRON PASSENGER STEAMER IN
THE WORLD, OF IT’S TIME, THE SS GREAT BRITAIN ARRIVES IN MELBOURNE WITH 615
PASSENGERS & 137 CREW. |
| 12TH |
1859 |
CIRCUS PERFORMER, "JULES LEOTARD" THE DARING YOUNG
MAN ON THE FLYING TRAPEZE, MADE HIS DEBUT AT THE CIRQUE NAPOLEON, PARIS. |
| 12TH |
1894 |
"FLORENCE TAYLOR," IN A
GLIDER, BECAME THE FIRST WOMAN IN AUSTRALIA TO FLY. |
| 12TH |
1910 |
FIRST MOVIE STUNT; MAN JUMPS INTO THE HUDSON RIVER FROM A
BURNING BALLOON. |
| 12TH |
1912 |
THE REMAINS OF ENGLISH EXPLORER,
"ROBERT SCOTT" & HIS COMPANIONS WERE FOUND IN ANTARCTICA. |
| 12TH |
1919 |
"ROSS & KEITH SMITH," WITH SERGEANTS,
"J.M. BENNETT & W.H. SHIERS," LEAVE ENGLAND IN A VICKERS VIMY AIRCRAFT TO
FLY TO AUSTRALIA. |
| 12TH |
1933 |
FIRST KNOWN PHOTO OF "LOCH NESS
MONSTER" IS TAKEN. |
| 12TH |
1934 |
CZECH JOURNALIST "EGON KISCH" JUMPS OFF THE STRATHAIRD
IN MELBOURNE AFTER BEING REFUSED ENTRY TO AUSTRALIA. HE WAS TAKEN BACK ON BOARD WITH A
BROKEN LEG. |
| 12TH |
1944 |
THE RAF BOMBED & SANK THE LAST OF
THE MAJOR GERMAN BATTLESHIPS, THE TIRPITZ. |
| 12TH |
1948 |
JAPANESE PREMIER "HIDEKI TOJO" SENTENCED TO DEATH
BY WAR CRIMES TRIBUNAL. |
| 12TH |
1956 |
AN ICEBERG 208 BY 60 MILES IS SIGHTED. |
| 12TH |
1960 |
‘MERCURY-REDSTONE 1’ TEST LAUNCH FAILS AT A
HIEGHT OF 10cm. |
| 12TH |
1960 |
THE ‘KESREL’ FORERUNNER
TO THE ‘HARRIER JUMP JET’ MAKES IT’S MAIDEN FLIGHT. |
| 12TH |
1964 |
"PAULA MURPHY" SETS FEMALE LAND SPEED RECORD,
226.37mph. |
| 12TH |
1970 |
AUSTRALIA’S WITHDRAWAL OF TROOPS
FROM VIETNAM BEGINS WITH THE RETURN OF THE 8TH BATTALION TO AUSTRALIA. |
| 12TH |
1974 |
A SALMON IS CAUGHT IN THE RIVER THAMES; THE FIRST SINCE THE
1840’s. |
| 12TH |
1981 |
THE FIRST BALLOON CROSSING OF THE
PACIFIC IS COMPLETED BY ‘DOUBLE EAGLE V.’ |
| 12TH |
1981 |
THE U.S. SPACE SHUTTLE COLUMBIA BECAME THE FIRST RE-USABLE
SPACECRAFT, BY MAKING IT’S SECOND VOYAGE. |
| 12TH |
1990 |
"ROLLING STONES" GUITARIST,
"RON WOOD" BROKE BOTH LEGS IN A CAR CRASH IN SWINDON, ENGLAND. HIS WIFE &
TWO CHILDREN WERE SLIGHTLY INJURED. |
| 12TH |
1999 |
FLAMBOYANT FALLEN ROCK STAR, "GARY GLITTER," 55, IS
GAOLED FOR 4 MONTHS FOR CHILD PORNOGRAPHY. |
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