4TH
NOVEMBER
FEAST DAY OF
"SAINTS VITALIS & AGRICOLA; ST
BIRSTAN OR BRYNSTAN OF WINCHESTER; ST PIERIUS; ST JOHN ZEDAZNELI; ST CHARLES BORROMEO; ST
JOANNICUS; & ST CLARUS." |
| 4TH |
1605 |
"GUY FAWKES" IS ARRESTED IN THE CELLAR OF BRITISH
HOUSE OF COMMONS PREPARING GUNPOWDER TO BLOW UP THE BUILDING THE NEXT DAY. |
| 4TH |
1646 |
THE MASSACHUSETTS BAY COLONY, PASSED A
LAW MAKING IT A CAPITAL OFFENCE TO DENY THAT THE BIBLE WAS THE WORD OF GOD. ANY
PERSON CONVICTED OF THE OFFENCE FACES THE DEATH PENALTY. |
| 4TH |
1677 |
"WILLIAM III OF ORANGE," & "MARY"
DAUGHTER OF "JAMES II" MARRY & BECOME JOINT RULERS OF ENGLAND, ON
"WILLIAM’S" 27TH BIRTHDAY. |
| 4TH |
1842 |
"ABRAHAM LINCOLN" MARRIES
"MARY TODD" IN SPRINGFIELD, ILLINOIS. |
| 4TH |
1854 |
A LIGHTHOUSE IS ESTABLISHED ON ALCATRAZ ISLAND. |
| 4TH |
1862 |
THE MACHINE-GUN IS PATENTED BY AMERICAN
"RICHARD JORDAN GATLING." |
| 4TH |
1873 |
SAN FRANCISCO DENTIST, "JOHN BEERS" PATENTS THE
GOLD CROWN. |
| 4TH |
1879 |
"JAMES & JOHN RITTY"
PATENT THE FIRST CASH REGISTER, TO COMBAT BARTENDERS STEALING IN THEIR DAYTON, OHIO,
SALOON. |
| 4TH |
1914 |
THE FIRST FASHION SHOW WAS ORGANISED BY "EDNA WOODMAN
CHASE" OF VOGUE MAGAZINE, HELD AT THE RITZ-CARLTON HOTEL, NEW YORK. |
| 4TH |
1922 |
BRITISH ARCHAEOLOGISTS, "LORD
CARNARVON" & AMERICAN, "HOWARD CARTER" DISCOVERED THE TOMB OF THE
EGYPTIAN PHARAOH TUTANKHAMEN. |
| 4TH |
1936 |
U.S. SENATE CHAPLAIN, "REVEREND PETER MARSHALL" 34,
MARRIED "CATHERINE WOOD" 22. FOLLOWING THE PREMATURE DEATH OF
"PETER" AT THE AGE OF 46, "CATHERINE" IMMORTALISED HIS NAME IN HER
1951 BEST SELLING BIOGRAPHY, "A MAN CALLED PETER." |
| 4TH |
1939 |
THE FIRST AIR CONDITIONED MOTOR CAR, A
PACKARD, IS EXHIBITED IN CHICAGO, ILLINOIS. |
| 4TH |
1963 |
PORT AUGUSTA, SOUTH AUSTRALIA, PROCLAIMED A CITY. |
| 4TH |
1961 |
ST CLAIR YOUTH CENTRE OPENED AT 109
WOODVILLE ROAD, WOODVILLE, SOUTH AUSTRALIA. |
| 4TH |
1963 |
THE "BEATLES" APPEARED ON A ROYAL VARIETY SHOW.
"JOHN LENNON" ASKED THOSE IN THE CHEAP SEATS TO CLAP; & THE REST OF YOU,
RATTLE YOUR JEWELLERY. |
| 4TH |
1963 |
PORT AUGUSTA BECAME A CITY. |
| 4TH |
1965 |
"LEE BREEDLOVE" SETS A FEMALE LAND SPEED RECORD OF
308.56mph. |
| 4TH |
1966 |
COUNTLESS ART WORKS ARE DESTROYED WHEN
THE ARNO RIVER, ITALY, FLOODS. |
| 4TH |
1973 |
A TORNADO DAMAGED ABOUT 600 HOMES IN SOUTH-WEST BRISBANE. |
| 4TH |
1978 |
THE SONIC ROCK GROUP,
"BOSTON" PLAYED IN BOSTON CITY, SELLING OUT BOSTON GARDEN. |
| 4TH |
1979 |
500 IRANIAN STUDENTS SEIZE THE U.S. EMBASSY & TAKE 90
HOSTAGES FOR 444 DAYS. |
| 4TH |
1980 |
"RONALD REAGAN," IS ELECTED
40th PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES. |
| 4TH |
1981 |
SOUTH AUSTRALIA’S PITJANTJARA PEOPLE GRANTED LAND
RIGHTS. |
| 4TH |
1984 |
NICARAGUA HOLDS IT’S FIRST FREE
ELECTIONS IN 56 YEARS. |
| 4TH |
1985 |
107,500 SPECTATORS WITNESS ‘KEKE ROSBERG’ WINNING
THE FIRST ADELAIDE FORMULA ONE GRAND PRIX. |
| 4TH |
1990 |
THE 500th FORMULA ONE GRAND PRIX WAS
CELEBRATED IN ADELAIDE, WITH THE RUNNING OF THE ADELAIDE GRAND PRIX. IT WAS WON BY
BRAZILIAN, "NELSON PIQUET." |
| 4TH |
1991 |
"IMELDA MARCOS" RETURNED TO THE PHILLIPINES AFTER
FIVE YEARS OF EXILE IN THE U.S.A. TO FACE CORRUPTION & TAX EVASION CHARGES. |
| 4TH |
1993 |
THE BODIES OF BACKPACKERS "GABOR
NEUGEBAUER" AND "ANJA HABSCHIED" ARE FOUND IN BELANGLO FOREST, NSW. |
| 4TH |
1994 |
SYDNEY AIRPORT’S THIRD RUNWAY OPENS, PROMPTING SUSTAINED
PROTEST ABOUT AIRCRAFT NOISE. |
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