13TH
NOVEMBER
FEAST DAY OF
"ST ARCADIUS; ST DIDACUS OR DIEGO OF
SEVILLE; ST ABBO OF FLEURY; ST EUGENIUS OF TOLEDO; ST BRUCE OR BRITIUS; ST HOMOBONUS; ST
NICHOLAS, POPE; ST FRANCIS XAVIA CABRINI; ST STANISLAUS KOSTKA; & ST
MAXELLENDIS." |
| 13TH |
867 |
"ST NICHOLAS I" ENDS HIS REIGN AS CATHOLIC POPE. |
| 13TH |
1818 |
AUSTRALIA’S FIRST LIGHTHOUSE GOES
INTO OPERATION AT SOUTH HEAD, SYDNEY. |
| 13TH |
1823 |
A BAND OF TASMANIAN ABORIGINES LED BY "BLACK JACK"
& NSW ABORIGINAL, "MUSQUITO" KILL TWO STOCK KEEPERS AT GRINDSTONE BAY. |
| 13TH |
1829 |
"SAM PATCH" LOSES HIS LIFE IN
A 125’ DIVE INTO GENESSE FALLS. |
| 13TH |
1851 |
THE TELEGRAPH SERVICE BETWEEN LONDON & PARIS BEGAN
OPERATING. |
| 13TH |
1907 |
THE FIRST HELICOPTER ROSE 2 METRES
ABOVE THE GROUND IN NORMANDY. |
| 13TH |
1914 |
AMERICAN "MARY PHELPS JACOB" PATENTS THE BRA. |
| 13TH |
1923 |
2SB, AUSTRALIA’S FIRST RADIO
STATION GOES ON AIR. |
| 13TH |
1941 |
THE BRITISH AIRCRAFT CARRIER ‘ARK ROYAL’ SANK
IN THE MEDITERRANEAN. |
| 13TH |
1945 |
THE FIRST HILLS ROTARY CLOTHES LINE IS
SOLD TO A LADY AT GLENELG, SOUTH AUSTRALIA. |
| 13TH |
1954 |
AUSTRALIA’S FIRST AUTOMATIC TELEPHONE TIME SERVICE BEGAN
IN SYDNEY. |
| 13TH |
1954 |
A REFERENDUM ON HOTEL CLOSING HOURS IN
NSW VOTED IN FAVOUR OF 10.00 p.m. CLOSING. |
| 13TH |
1960 |
FIRE IN A MOVIE THEATRE IN AMUDE, SPAIN, KILLS 152 CHILDREN. |
| 13TH |
1960 |
"SAMMY DAVIS jr." MARRIES
SWEDISH ACTRESS, "MAY BRITT." |
| 13TH |
1965 |
‘YARNMOUTH CASTLE’ BURNS & SINKS OFF THE
BAHAMAS, KILLING 89. |
| 13TH |
1970 |
A CYCLONE & TIDAL WAVES STRUCK EAST
PAKISTAN KILLING MORE THAN 500,000 PEOPLE. |
| 13TH |
1974 |
SUSPICION SURROUNDS THE TRAFFIC ACCIDENT DEATH OF "KAREN
SILKWOOD," THE SUBJECT OF THE MOVIE "SILKWOOD." DURING HER WORK AT
THE ATOMIC ENERGY COMMISSION, SHE DISCOVERED EVIDENCE OF SPILLS, LEAKS & MISSING
PLUTONIUM. |
| 13TH |
1980 |
THE U.S. SPACECRAFT "VOYAGER
I," SENDS BACK THE FIRST CLOSE-UP PICTURES OF SATURN. |
| 13TH |
1982 |
KOREAN BOXER, "DUK KOO KIM" IS FATALLY INJURED WHEN
KO’d BY "RAY MANCINI." |
| 13TH |
1985 |
THE NEVADO RUIZ VOLCANO ERUPTS IN THE
COLOMBIAN TOWN OF ARMERO, KILLING 25,000. |
| 13TH |
1995 |
ADELAIDE FAREWELL THE GRAND PRIX IN SPECTACULAR FASHION.
205,000 FANS SAW DAMON HILL WIN THE RACE. THE ONLY SPORTING EVENT WITH A LARGER ONE
DAY CROWD IS THE INDIANAPOLIS CARE RACE WHICH ATTRACTS UP TO 400,000 PEOPLE ON THE DAY. |
| 13TH |
1995 |
MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS SUFFERER, "ZOE
KOPLOWITZ," 46, COMPLETED THE NEW YORK MARATHON IN UNDER 20 HOURS. |
| 13TH |
1996 |
SQUATTERS WERE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE FIRE WHICH DESTROYED THE
OLD "NEWS" BUILDING, WHICH ALSO DESTROYED 100 ROOMS OF THE NEIGHBOURING
"GROSVENOR HOTEL." |
| 13TH |
1996 |
AN EARTHQUAKE HAS DAMAGED A GOLDMINE,
TRAPPING MINERS UNDERGROUND. |
| 13TH |
1999 |
U.S. FILM PRODUCER, "SCOTT MAURO" & HIS WIFE
"HARRIET" WERE STRUCK BY A CAR. HE SUFFERED TWO BROKEN LEGS, & SHE HAD
SEVERE MULTIPLE INJURIES. BOTH RECOVERED. |
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