23RD
NOVEMBER
FEAST DAY OF
"ST CLEMENT I, POPE; ST ALEXANDER,
PRINCE; ST COLUMBANUS; ST AMPHILOCHIUS; ST TRUDO OR TROND; ST GREGORY OF GIRGENTI; &
ST FELICITAS." |
| 23RD |
1835 |
HENRY BURDEN PATENTS A HORSESHOE MANUFACTURING MACHINE, IN
TROY, NEW YORK. |
| 23RD |
1852 |
BRITAINS FIRST PILLAR BOXES WERE
ERECTED AT ST HELIER, JERSEY. |
| 23RD |
1863 |
PATENT GRANTED FOR A PROCESS OF MAKING COLOUR PHOTOGRAPHS. |
| 23RD |
1889 |
THE WORLDS FIRST JUKEBOX WAS INSTALLED
IN THE "PALAIS ROYAL" HOTEL IN SAN FRANCISCO. |
| 23RD |
1899 |
FIRST JUKEBOX IS PLAYED AT THE ‘PALAIS ROYAL HOTEL’
SAN FRANCISCO. |
| 23RD |
1904 |
THIRD OLYMPIC GAMES CLOSE IN ST LOUIS,
USA. |
| 23RD |
1906 |
ITALIAN TENOR "ENRICO CARUSO" IS FINED $10 FOR
SEXUAL HARASSMENT. |
| 23RD |
1910 |
TORPEDO BOAT DESTROYERS, PARRAMATTA &
YARRA, THE FIRST SHIPS BUILT FOR THE AUSTRALIAN NAVY, ARRIVE IN FREMANTLE FROM
BRITAIN. |
| 23RD |
1921 |
U.S. PRESIDENT "WARREN HARDING" CLOSES A
PROHIBITION LOOPHOLE, BY BANNING DOCTORS FROM PRESCRIBING BEER. |
| 23RD |
1923 |
AUSTRALIA’S FIRST RADIO STATION
2SB SYDNEY, GOES ON AIR. |
| 23RD |
1932 |
PRIME MINISTER, "J.A. LYONS" UNVEILS THE DOG ON THE
TUCKERBOX PIONEER MEMORIAL OUTSIDE GUNDAGAI, NSW. |
| 23RD |
1937 |
THE "SPIRIT OF PROGRESS"
TRAIN BEGINS RUNNING FROM MELBOURNE TO ALBURY. |
| 23RD |
1944 |
AMERICAN FORCES AT TOROKINA, BOUGANVILLE, ARE REPLACED BY
AUSTRALIANS. |
| 23RD |
1963 |
THE BODY OF "JOHN F. KENNEDY"
LAY IN REPOSE IN EAST ROOM OF THE WHITE HOUSE. |
| 23RD |
1963 |
THE FIRST EPISODE OF THE BBC TV SERIAL, "DR. WHO"
WAS BROADCAST. |
| 23RD |
1964 |
THE SOUTH AUSTRALIAN GOVERNMENT ADOPTED
STURT’S DESERT PEA AS THE STATE FLORAL EMBLEM. |
| 23RD |
1970 |
"POPE PAUL VI" ISSUED A DECREE BARRING CARDINALS
OVER THE AGE OF 80 FROM VOTING FOR A NEW POPE. |
| 23RD |
1976 |
"JERRY LEE LEWIS" IS ARRESTED
AFTER BRANDISHING A GUN OUTSIDE OF GRACELANDS DEMANDING TO SEE "ELVIS PRESLEY." |
| 23RD |
1980 |
MORE THAN 4,000 PEOPLE ARE KILLED WHEN AN EARTHQUAKE STRIKES
SOUTHERN ITALY. |
| 23RD |
1985 |
58 DIE AS EGYPTIAN COMMANDOS STORM
HIJACKED EGYPTAIR JET IN MALTA. |
| 23RD |
1986 |
THE BOMBER WHO DESTROYED THE TURKISH CONSULATE IN SOUTH
YARRA, MELBOURNE DIES IN THE 2.30 a.m. EXPLOSION. |
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