2ND
NOVEMBER
FEAST DAY OF
"ALL SOULS; ST VICTORINUS OF PETTAU;
& ST MARCIAN OF CYRRHUS." |
| 2ND |
1785 |
THE FIRST INSUBMERSIBLE LIFEBOAT IS PATENTED BY LONDON COACH
BUILDER, "LIONEL LAKIN." |
| 2ND |
1871 |
THE ROGUES GALLERY, WHERE PHOTOGRAPHS
OF ALL PRISONERS WERE TAKEN, BEGAN IN BRITAIN. |
| 2ND |
1879 |
IN A SIX DAY FOOTRACE, A "MR. WESTON" LOST TO A
HORSE, 900km TO 885KM. |
| 2ND |
1889 |
NORTH DAKOTA BECOMES THE 39TH, &
SOUTH DAKOTA THE 40TH, US STATE. |
| 2ND |
1917 |
SYDNEY BATHER, "WILLIAM GOXCHER," IS ARRESTED AT
MANLY BEACH FOR WEARING A SWIMSUIT IN DAYLIGHT. |
| 2ND |
1928 |
ONE WHARF LABOURER IS KILLED & FOUR
ARE WOUNDED WHEN UNION DEMONSTRATORS ARE FIRED UPON AS THEY ATTACK VOLUNTEER WORKERS ON
MELBOURNE WHARVES. |
| 2ND |
1942 |
AUSTRALIAN TROOPS RE-CAPTURE THE KOKODA. |
| 2ND |
1947 |
"HOWARD HUGHES" ‘SPRUCE
GOOSE’ FLIES FOR THE FIRST & LAST TIME. |
| 2ND |
1960 |
"THE LADY CHATTERLEY’S LOVER" TRIAL ENDED WITH
PENGUIN BOOKS, BEING ACQUITTED OF OBSCENITY. |
| 2ND |
1965 |
ENGLISH MODEL, "JEAN
SHRIMPTON" A GUEST AT THE MELBOURNE CUP, SHOCKED THE CROWD WHEN SHE WORE A MINI
SKIRT, 4 INCHES ABOVE THE KNEE, & SHE DID NOT EVEN WEAR STOCKINGS. |
| 2ND |
1965 |
"LIGHT FINGERS," WON MELBOURNE CUP. |
| 2ND |
1981 |
RURAL BANK OF NSW BECOMES THE STATE
BANK. |
| 2ND |
1981 |
THE BANK OF NEW SOUTH WALES & THE COMMERCIAL BANK OF
AUSTRALASIA MERGE. THEY BEGIN TRADING UNDER THE NAME WESTPAC ON 1ST OCTOBER
1982. |
| 2ND |
1988 |
A MEXICAN RADIO STATION INADVERTANTLY
REPORTED, "MIKE TYSON DIES IN A CAR CRASH." |
| 2ND |
1990 |
"IVANA TRUMP" FILED FOR DIVORCE FROM U.S.
MILLIONAIRE "DONALD TRUMP." |
| 2ND |
1993 |
A TOUR BUS CARRYING 44 PASSENGERS
COLLIDES WITH A TRUCK ON THE HUME HIGHWAY, NORTH OF WANGARATTA, VICTORIA, KILLING 9 &
INJURING 36. |
| 2ND |
1998 |
A FULLY LADEN SEMITRAILER RUNNING OUT OF CONTROL DOWNHILL
WEST OF BRISBANE, COLLIDED HEAD ON WITH A TOURIST COACH FROM MELBOURNE. ONE
PASSENGER ON THE BUS & THE SEMI TRAILER DRIVER ARE KILLED. |
| 2ND |
1999 |
"ROGUN JOS" (BY ‘OLD
SPICE - EASTERN MITIQUE) WHICH MEANS "MILD INDIAN CURRY" WINS THE 11TH MELBOURNE
CUP FOR TRAINER "BART CUMMINGS." |
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