16TH
NOVEMBER
FEAST DAY OF
"ST MARGARET OF SCOTLAND; ST AGNES OF
ASSISI; ST GERTRUDE OF HELFTA; ST AFAN; ST EDMUND OF ABINGTON; ST MECHTILDIS OF HELFTA; ST
NIKON ‘METANOEITE’;& ST EUCHERIUS OF LYONS." |
| 16TH |
1621 |
THE PAPAL CHANCERY ADOPTED JANUARY 1ST AS THE BEGINNING OF
THE CALENDAR YEAR. PREVIOUSLY MARCH WAS THE FIRST MONTH. |
| 16TH |
1824 |
"HAMILTON HUME" DISCOVERS THE
RIVER MURRAY. |
| 16TH |
1864 |
AUSTRALIAN BUSHRANGER, "BEN HALL" TAKES PART IN THE
SHOOTING OF "CONSTABLE NELSON" AT COLLECTOR, NEAR GOULBURN NSW. |
| 16TH |
1869 |
THE SUEZ CANAL IS OPENED. |
| 16TH |
1887 |
LEGISLATION IS PASSED IN SOUTH AUSTRALIA PROVIDING FOR THE
PAYMENT OF MP’s. |
| 16TH |
1907 |
OKLAHOMA BECOMES THE 46TH STATE OF
AMERICA. |
| 16TH |
1910 |
THE COMMONWEALTH GOVERNMENT IMPOSES A LAND TAX ON ALL
PROPERTIES WITH AN UNIMPROVED VALUE OF MORE THAN 5,000 POUNDS. |
| 16TH |
1919 |
"H.N. WRIGLEY" &
"A.W. MURPHY" MAKE THE FIRST TRANSCONTINENTAL FLIGHT FROM POINT COOK, VICTORIA
TO DARWIN. |
| 16TH |
1920 |
THE QUEENSLAND AND NORTHERN TERRITORY AERIAL SERVICE Ltd.
(QANTAS) WAS REGISTERED BY PILOTS, "PAUL McGINNESS" AND "HUDSON FYSH." |
| 16TH |
1928 |
"HUBERT WILKINS" MAKES THE
FIRST ANTARCTIC FLIGHT FROM DECEPTION ISLAND IN THE SOUTH SHETLANDS. |
| 16TH |
1933 |
"SIR EDWARD HAYWARD" BLEW THE WHISTLE TO START THE
FIRST, "JOHN MARTINS CHRISTMAS PAGEANT," IN ADELAIDE. |
| 16TH |
1949 |
"GRACE KELLY" MAKES HER
ACTING DEBUT IN "THE FATHER" BY "AUGUST STRINDBERG." |
| 16TH |
1955 |
‘BLUEBIRD DRIVEN BY "DONALD CAMPBELL’ IS THE
FIRST SPEEDBOAT TO EXCEED 200mph. |
| 16TH |
1955 |
THE NEW SATELLITE TOWN OF ELIZABETH,
SOUTH AUSTRALIA, NAMED. |
| 16TH |
1961 |
THE BODIES OF 13 ITALIAN SOLDIERS IN THE U.N. FORCE ARE PUT
ON SALE IN A CONGO MARKET. |
| 16TH |
1965 |
THE USSR LAUNCHED ‘VENUS III’
AN UN-MANNED SPACECRAFT THAT LANDED ON VENUS. |
| 16TH |
1973 |
‘SKYLAB 4’ IS LAUNCHED INTO EARTH ORBIT. |
| 16TH |
1987 |
"LISA BONET" MARRIES
"LENNY KRAVITZ." |
| 16TH |
1988 |
"ROBIN GIVENS" SUES "MIKE TYSON" FOR $125
MILLION FOR LIBEL. |
| 16TH |
1993 |
ENGLISHMAN "IAN ASHPOLE"
WALKED 10 METRES ALONG A THIN STEEL BAR BETWEEN TWO HOT-AIR BALLOONS MORE THAN THREE
KILOMETRES ABOVE THE GROUND. |
| 16TH |
1996 |
21 YEAR OLD "LEON MAXWELL MARCH," TWO TEENAGE BOYS,
AND A 14 YEAR OLD GIRL, ARE CHARGED WITH THE MURDER OF LOCUM DOCTOR "PETER GOH"
AT ELIZABETH NORTH, NEAR ADELAIDE. |
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