5TH
NOVEMBER
GUY FAWKES NIGHT.
FEAST DAY OF
"SAINTS ELISABETH & ZACHARY; ST
GALATION; ST BERTILLA OF CHELLES; & ST EPISTEME." |
| 5TH |
1605 |
CATHOLICS TRY TO BLOW UP ENGLISH PARLIAMENT. |
| 5TH |
1803 |
THE FIRST OFFICIALLY RECORDED BIRTH IN
VICTORIA. |
| 5TH |
1871 |
THE FIRST MELBOURNE SHOW IS HELD AT A SITE ON ST. KILDA RD. |
| 5TH |
1872 |
"SUSAN B. ANTHONY" WAS FINED
$100 FOR TRYING TO VOTE FOR "ULYSSES S. GRANT." |
| 5TH |
1888 |
FIRE DESTROYED A BLOCK OF MORE THAN 60 BUSINESS PREMISES IN
BROKEN HILL’S MAIN STREET. |
| 5TH |
1895 |
FIRST U.S. PATENT FOR AUTOMOBILE IS
GRANTED TO "GEORGE B. SELDEN." |
| 5TH |
1919 |
SCREEN LOVER, "RUDOLPH VALENTINO" MARRIED ACTRESS,
"JEAN ACKER." THE MARRIAGE DID NOT LAST SIX HOURS. |
| 5TH |
1922 |
"HOWARD CARTER" AND
"LORD CARNARVON" UNCOVERED THE TOMB OF TUTANKHAMEN. |
| 5TH |
1928 |
MOUNT ETNA IN SICILY ERUPTS, DESTROYING A LARGE AREA &
COMPLETELY BURYING THE VILLAGE OF MASCALI. |
| 5TH |
1935 |
"CHARLES MOSES" BECOMES
GENERAL MANAGER OF THE ABC; A POSITION HE HELD UNTIL 1965. |
| 5TH |
1935 |
"PARKER BROTHERS" LAUNCH THE GAME OF MONOPOLY |
| 5TH |
1938 |
"THOMAS PLAYFORD jr." BECOMES
PREMIER OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA. |
| 5TH |
1946 |
"JOHN F. KENNEDY" WAS ELECTED TO THE HOUSE OF
REPRESENTATIVES. |
| 5TH |
1950 |
"BILLY GRAHAM’S,"
"HOUR OF DECISION" PROGRAM, WAS FIRST BROADCAST ON TELEVISION. |
| 5TH |
1953 |
"PAUL SEARLS" SAWS A 32" LOG IN 86.4 SECONDS. |
| 5TH |
1964 |
THE USA LAUNCHES ‘MARINER
3’ TOWARD MARS; NO DATA IS RETURNED. |
| 5TH |
1967 |
USA LAUNCHES ‘ATS-3’ TO TAKE FIRST PICTURES
OF FULL EARTH DISK. |
| 5TH |
1970 |
FOUR MEN IN THE RAFT, La BALSA, REACH
MOOLOOLABA, QUEENSLAND, FROM ECUADOR. |
| 5TH |
1979 |
"KAREN PINI" & "MIKE WALSH" HOSTED
THE FIRST LOTTO DRAW IN NSW. |
| 5TH |
1987 |
AN ICEBERG TWICE THE SIZE OF RHODE
ISLAND IS SIGHTED IN THE ANTARCTIC. |
| 5TH |
1989 |
BELGIUM’S, "THIERRY BOUTSEN" WINS THE
AUSTRALIAN FORMULA ONE GRAND PRIX IN ADELAIDE. |
| 5TH |
1996 |
TRAINER "BART CUMMINGS" WINS
HIS TENTH MELBOURNE CUP WHEN 4 YR OLD "SAINTLY" IS VICTORIOUS. |
| 5TH |
1998 |
FEDERAL "HOWARD" LIBERAL PARTY CONSERVATION
MINISTER, "WILSON TUCKEY" MET WITH, "PANGEA RESOURCES" TO DISCUSS
CREATING A NUCLEAR WASTE DUMP IN SOUTH AUSTRALIA. |
| 5TH |
2000 |
THE SKELETONS OF THREE BABIES ARE FOUND
UNDER THE FLOORBOARDS OF A HOUSE BEING RENOVATED AT 59 VICTORIA STREET, QUEENSTOWN, SOUTH
AUSTRALIA. |
Go Back