28TH
NOVEMBER
FEAST DAY OF
"ST STEPHEN THE YOUNGER; ST CATHERINE
LABOURE; ST SIMEON METAPHRASTES; ST JAMES OF THE MARCH; & ST JOSEPH PIGNATELLI." |
| 28TH |
741 |
"ST. GREGORY III" ENDS HIS REIGN AS CATHOLIC POPE. |
| 28TH |
1795 |
FIRST EXPERIMENTAL EXPORT CONSIGNMENT
OF CEDAR IS SENT FROM NSW TO INDIA. |
| 28TH |
1839 |
THE SOUTH AUSTRALIAN AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY IS FORMED. |
| 28TH |
1844 |
A PUBLIC MEETING IN VICTORIA DEMANDS
SEPERATION FROM NSW. |
| 28TH |
1878 |
THE Y.M.C.A. IS RE-ESTABLISHED IN ADELAIDE. |
| 28TH |
1890 |
TASMANIA PASSES LEGISLATION PROVIDING
PAYMENT FOR MP’s. |
| 28TH |
1895 |
AMERICA’S FIRST MOTOR RACE STARTS WITH 6 CARS OVER 55
MILES, WINNER AVERAGES 7mph. |
| 28TH |
1899 |
"ANDERSON DAWSON" FORMS A
LABOUR GOVERNMENT IN QUEENSLAND; THE FIRST LABOUR GOVERNMENT IN THE WORLD.
IT WAS SWORN IN ON 1st DECEMBER & THE MINISTRY IS FORCED TO RESIGN 4 DAYS LATER. |
| 28TH |
1919 |
U.S. BORN "LADY ASTOR" IS ELECTED THE FIRST FEMALE
MEMBER OF BRITISH PARLIAMENT. |
| 28TH |
1929 |
EXPORT OF MERINO RAMS FROM AUSTRALIA IS
BANNED. |
| 28TH |
1942 |
NEARLY 500 DIE IN A FIRE THAT DESTROYS THE ‘COCONUT
GROVE’ NIGHTCLUB IN BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS. |
| 28TH |
1948 |
EDWIN LAND’S FIRST POLAROID
CAMERAS WENT ON SALE IN BOSTON. |
| 28TH |
1979 |
257 PEOPLE DIED WHEN AIR NEW ZEALAND’S FLIGHT 901
SLAMMED INTO MOUNT EREBUS WHILE ON A SIGHTSEEING FLIGHT OVER ANTARCTICA. |
| 28TH |
1987 |
SOUTH AFRICAN AIRWAYS BOEING 747
CRASHES INTO THE INDIAN OCEAN KILLING 159. |
| 28TH |
1988 |
"PICASSO’S" ‘ACROBAT &
HARLEQUIN’ SELLS FOR U.S.$38.46 MILLION. |
| 28TH |
1990 |
MRS THATCHER RESIGNED, & JOHN MAJOR
TOOK OVER AS BRITISH PRIME MINISTER. |
| 28TH |
1994 |
NORWEGIAN VOTERS REJECT THE EUROPEAN UNION IN A NATIONAL
REFERENDUM. |
| 28TH |
1998 |
"MR. BOB WALLIS" OWNER OF
‘WALLIS THEATRES’ GAVE A FAREWELL MESSAGE TO A NEAR CAPACITY HOUSE AS 44 YEARS
SERVICE CAME TO AN END, WHEN "THE BLUELINE DRIVE-IN THEATRE" CLOSED AT WEST
BEACH, ADELAIDE. |
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