20TH
NOVEMBER
FEAST DAY OF
"ST EDMUND THE MARTYR; ST MAXENTIA OF
BEAUVAIS; ST NERSES OF SAHGERD; ST BERNWARD; ST FELIX OF VALOIS; & ST
DASIUS." |
| 20TH |
1272 |
"EDWARD I" IS PROCLAIMED KING OF ENGLAND. |
| 20TH |
1850 |
BLIND "FANNY CROSBY"
UNDERWENT A DRAMATIC SPIRITUAL CONVERSION AT THE AGE OF 30.
FIFTEEN YEARS LATER SHE BEGAN WRITING HER FIRST OF MORE THAN 8,000 HYMNS, INLUDING,
"ALL THE WAY MY SAVIOUR LEADS ME; JESUS KEEP ME NEAR THE CROSS; RESCUE THE PERISHING;
&, TELL ME THE STORY OF JESUS." |
| 20TH |
1866 |
"PIERRE LALEMONT" PATENTS THE ROTARY CRANK BICYCLE. |
| 20TH |
1871 |
AUSTRALIA RECEIVED IT’S FIRST
OVERSEAS TELEGRAPH MESSAGE FROM JAVA. |
| 20TH |
1888 |
THE TIMECARD CLOCK IS PATENTED BY "WILLIAM BUNDY." |
| 20TH |
1910 |
CYCLONE EXTENSIVELY DAMAGES BROOME,
WESTERN AUSTRALIA.. 26 PEARLING VESSELS & 40 LIVES WERE LOST. |
| 20TH |
1913 |
BUNDABERG, QUEENSLAND, PROCLAIMED A CITY. |
| 20TH |
1918 |
"DORA RATJAN" THE GERMAN
FEMALE HIGH JUMPER WHO FINISHED 4TH AT THE 4TH OLYMPICS IN 1936 WAS BORN. SHE WAS
REALLY A MAN POSING AS A WOMAN. |
| 20TH |
1924 |
RADIO STATION 5CL OPENS IN ADELAIDE. |
| 20TH |
1933 |
THE PEOPLE OF ADELAIDE WITNESS &
DELIGHT AT THE FIRST OF MANY "JOHN MARTINS" CHRISTMAS PAGEANTS. |
| 20TH |
1940 |
24 LIVES ARE LOST WHEN THE MINSWEEPER HMAS GOORANGAI SINKS
AFTER A COLLISION WITH THE MV DUNTROON IN PORT PHILLIP. |
| 20TH |
1944 |
FIVE YEAR BLACKOUT ENDS FOR,
PICCADILLY, THE STRAND & FLEET STREET, WHEN BRITAIN TURNS IT’S LIGHTS ON. |
| 20TH |
1945 |
THE TRIALS OF 24 CHIEF NAZI WAR CRIMINALS BEGINS IN
NUREMBERG. |
| 20TH |
1947 |
"PRINCESS ELIZABETH (QUEEN
ELIZABETH II)" MARRIED "PHILIP MOUNTBATTEN" (PRINCE PHILIP OF GREECE) |
| 20TH |
1953 |
"SCOTT CROSSFIELD" IN A DOUGLAS SKYROCKET, IS THE
FIRST TO BREAK MACH 2 (1,300mph) |
| 20TH |
1958 |
AUSTRALIA IS LINKED BY TELEX TO
BRITAIN, CANADA, JAPAN & THE USA. |
| 20TH |
1961 |
THE RUSSIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH JOINS THE WORLD COUNCIL OF
CHURCHES. |
| 20TH |
1962 |
THE UNITED STATES LIFTS THE BLOCKADE OF
CUBA. |
| 20TH |
1969 |
SOCCER PLAYER, "PELE" SCORES HIS 1,000th GOAL. |
| 20TH |
1974 |
FIRST CRASH OF A BOEING 707 JUMBO JET,
NEAR NAIROBI AIRPORT IN KENYA. |
| 20TH |
1980 |
‘SOLAR CHALLENGER’ WAS FLOWN FOR THE FIRST
TIME, ENTIRELY USING SOLAR POWER BY "STEVE PTACEK." |
| 20TH |
1981 |
JUSTICE TOOHEY OF THE NORTHERN
TERRITORY SUPREME COURT, QUASHES CORONER BARRITT’S FINDINGS IN THE AZARIA CHAMBERLAIN
INQUEST.
THE SECOND INQUEST WILL OPEN ON 30th NOVEMBER. |
| 20TH |
1994 |
"ROBERT PERRY" OF "R & A PERRY BROTHERS
CIRCUS" RECEIVES THE HIGHEST HONOUR (THE MELVIN JONES FELLOWSHIP) CONFERRED ON HIM BY
LIONS INTERNATIONAL IN SYDNEY. |
| 20TH |
1999 |
AFTER A RUN ON TELEVISION OF 28 YEARS,
"HEY HEY IT’S SATURDAY" HOSTED BY "DARYL SOMERS" APPEARS FOR THE
LAST TIME. |
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