21ST
NOVEMBER
FEAST DAY OF
"ST GEASIUS, POPE; & ST ALBERT OF
LOUVAIN." |
| 21ST |
1783 |
"FRANCOIS de ROZIER" & THE "MARQIS
d’ARLANDRES" MAKE THE FIRST HUMAN FLIGHT WHEN THEY LIFT OFF FROM THE BOIS de
BOULOGNE, PARIS, IN A HOT AIR BALLOON BUILT BY THE "MONTGOLFIER" BROTHERS. |
| 21ST |
1789 |
"JAMES RUSE" WHO’S TIME
AS A CONVICT HAS FINISHED, IS ESTABLISHED ON LAND AT ROSEHILL, TO SEE IF HE COULD SUPPORT
HIMSELF. |
| 21ST |
1837 |
AUSTRALIAN, "THOMAS MORRIS" SKIPS ROPE 22,806
TIMES. |
| 21ST |
1856 |
HANSARD REPORTING OF PARLIAMENT BEGINS
IN VICTORIA. OTHERS FOLLOW; (S.A. 1857; QLD 1864; NSW 1879; COMMONWEALTH 1901; N.T.
1948; TAS 1979) |
| 21ST |
1868 |
A BUST OF ACTOR "G.V. BROOKS" IS UNVEILED AT THE
MELBOURNE PUBLIC LIBRARY. |
| 21ST |
1871 |
"MOSES GALE" PATENTS A CIGAR
LIGHTER. |
| 21ST |
1877 |
"THOMAS EDISON," ANNOUNCES THE INVENTION OF THE
PHONOGRAPH IN U.S.A. |
| 21ST |
1897 |
THE MELBOURNE BUSINESS AREA COVERED BY,
SWANSTON, FLINDERS, ELIZABETH Sts AND FLINDERS LANE, SUFFERED ABOUT $1 million DAMAGE IN A
FIRE. |
| 21ST |
1918 |
THE GERMAN HIGH SEAS FLEET SURRENDERED TO THE ALLIES. |
| 21ST |
1934 |
"COLE PORTER’S"
"ANYTHING GOES" WAS FIRST PERFORMED IN NEW YORK. |
| 21ST |
1936 |
THE HUME RESERVOIR ON THE RIVER MURRAY IS OFFICIALLY OPENED. |
| 21ST |
1955 |
ACTRESS, "YVONNE De CARLO"
MARRIED ACTOR, "BOB MORGAN" IN RENO. |
| 21ST |
1965 |
PETER THOMPSON, " AUSTRALIA, WON THE NEW ZEALAND OPEN
GOLF CHAMPIONSHIP FOR THE EIGHTH TIME. |
| 21ST |
1967 |
"PHILLIP & JAY KUNZ" FLY
A KITE A RECORD 28,000 FEET. |
| 21ST |
1968 |
"YOKO ONO" SUFFERS A MISCARRIAGE. |
| 21ST |
1974 |
IRA BOMB EXPLOSIONS KILL 20 &
INJURE 200 IN BIRMINGHAM. |
| 21ST |
1975 |
DRUG CHARGES AGAINST "LINDA McCARTNEY" ARE DROPPED
IN THE USA. |
| 21ST |
1977 |
THE FIRST FLIGHT OF CONCORDE. (LONDON
TO NEW YORK) |
| 21ST |
1979 |
ABC REPORTER "TONY JOYCE" IS SHOT WHILE ON
ASSIGNMENT IN ZAMBIA. HE DIES IN FEBRUARY 1980. |
| 21ST |
1980 |
EIGHTY SEVEN PEOPLE DIED AND 600 WERE
INJURED WHEN FIRE DESTROYED THE MGM GRAND HOTEL IN LAS VEGAS, NEVADA. |
| 21ST |
1987 |
ACTORS, "BRUCE WILLIS AND DEMI MOORE" MARRIED. |
| 21ST |
1990 |
ROLLING STONE, "MICK JAGGER"
MARRIES TEXAN BORN MODEL/ACTRESS "JERRY HALL" IN A BUDDHIST CEREMONY IN BALI. |
| 21ST |
1990 |
SIGNING OF DECLARATION OF "END OF COLD WAR" IN
PARIS. |
| 21ST |
1996 |
AT LEAST 39 PEOPLE PERISHED WHEN FIRE
ENGULFED A HIGH RISE BUILDING IN HONG KONG. |
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