29TH
NOVEMBER
FEAST DAY OF
"ST RADBOD; ST BRENDAN OF BIRR; ST
SATURNINUS, MARTYR; & ST SATURNINUS OR SERNIN OF TOULOUSE." |
| 29TH |
1864 |
THE U.S. CAVALRY DISARMED & KILLED 150 CHEYENNE &
ARAPAHO INDIANS IN THE "SAND CREEK MASSACRE." |
| 29TH |
1879 |
THE STRATHLEVEN SAILED FOR
ENGLAND WITH AN AUSTRALIAN CARGO OF FROZEN MEAT. |
| 29TH |
1929 |
U.S. ADMIRAL, "RICHARD BYRD" & HIS PILOT,
"BERNT BALCHEN" BECAME THE FIRST TO FLY OVER THE SOUTH POLE. |
| 29TH |
1936 |
A FATHER & SON MARRIED SISTERS,
THIS MADE THE MEN BROTHERS-IN-LAW. THE SISTERS BECAME SISTERS-IN -LAW. ONE OF
THE SISTERS BECAME A STEP-MOTHER. THE SON BECAME A STEP-SON; ETC. |
| 29TH |
1945 |
THE MONARCHY IS ABOLISHED AS YUGOSLAVIA PROCLAIMS ITSELF A
REPUBLIC. |
| 29TH |
1948 |
THE FIRST HOLDEN CAR ROLLED OFF THE
ASSEMBLY LINE IN MELBOURNE. |
| 29TH |
1954 |
U.K. NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE CLAIMS IT HAS DEFINITE PROOF
OF A LINK BETWEEN SMOKING & LUNG CANCER. |
| 29TH |
1961 |
AMERICAN CROONER "FRANK
SINATRA" CHARMED THE AUDIENCE AT SYDNEY STADIUM WITH 35 OF HIS BEST SONGS. |
| 29TH |
1965 |
"DALE CUMMINGS" DOES 14,118 CONSECUTIVE SIT-UPS. |
| 29TH |
1967 |
AUSTRALIA LAUNCHED IT’S FIRST
SATELLITE ON A U.S. "REDSTONE" ROCKET AT WOOMERA. |
| 29TH |
1973 |
FIRE SWEPT THROUGH THE SEVEN STORY "TAIYO DEPARTMENT
STORE" IN KUMAMOTO, JAPAN. 103 BODIES WERE RECOVERED, MANY BURNED BEYOND
RECOGNITION. |
| 29TH |
1975 |
TWO TIMES FORMULA ONE WORLD CHAMPION
"GRAHAM HILL" & FIVE OTHER MEMBERS OF HIS GRAND PRIX TEAM DIED WHEN THE
PLANE THAT "HILL" WAS PILOTING, CRASHES IN FOG NEAR ELSTREE AIRPORT. |
| 29TH |
1982 |
MELBOURNE COMPANY, "HENESLITE AUST. Pty Ltd" WON AN
EXPORT AWARD FOR OUTSTANDING EXPORT ACHIEVEMENT.
THE COMPANY MANUFACTURES & EXPORTS 30,000 SETS OF LAWN BOWLS A YEAR TO 24 COUNTRIES. |
| 29TH |
1987 |
KOREAN AIR, BOEING 707 DISAPPEARS OFF
BURMA, ON ROUTE TO SEOUL; ALL 115 ARE LOST. |
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