6TH
NOVEMBER
FEAST DAY OF
"ST DEMETRIAN OF KHYTRI; ST MELAINE;
ST BARLAAM OF KHUTYN; ST LEONARD OF NOBLAC; ST WINNOE; & ST ILLTUD." |
| 6TH |
1429 |
"HENRY VI" IS CROWNED KING OF ENGLAND. |
| 6TH |
1800 |
THE PORPOISE ARRIVES AT PORT
JACKSON WITH 4 TONS OF COPPER COINS. |
| 6TH |
1836 |
THE RIVER TORRENS, ADELAIDE, WAS DISCOVERED BY "G.S.
KINGSTON" & NAMED BY "LIGHT." |
| 6TH |
1860 |
"ABRAHAM LINCOLN" IS ELECTED
16TH U.S. PRESIDENT. |
| 6TH |
1861 |
BRISBANE & SYDNEY ARE LINKED BY TELEGRAPH. |
| 6TH |
1869 |
DIAMONDS ARE DISCOVERED AT KIMBERLEY,
CAPE PROVINCE, SOUTH AFRICA. |
| 6TH |
1874 |
ADELAIDE UNIVERSITY ESTABLISHED BY AN ACT OF PARLIAMENT.
IT WAS OFFICIALLY INAUGURATED 25-4-1876. LETTERS PATENT GRANTED 22-3-1881. |
| 6TH |
1928 |
"JACOB SCHICK" OBTAINS A
PATENT FOR THE ELECTRIC RAZOR. |
| 6TH |
1935 |
CANADA’S ‘HAWKER HURRICANE’ MILITARY
PLANE MADE IT’S MAIDEN FLIGHT. |
| 6TH |
1936 |
RCA DISPLAYS TELEVISION FOR THE PRESS. |
| 6TH |
1957 |
SPECIAL CHRISTMAS STAMPS ARE ISSUED FOR THE FIRST TIME. |
| 6TH |
1961 |
A RAGING FIRE IN THE HOLLYWOOD HILLS
DESTROYED 186 HOMES INCLUDING THOSE OF ACTOR, "BURT LANCASTER" ACTRESS,
"ZSA ZSA GABOR" & COMEDIAN "JOE E. BROWN." |
| 6TH |
1961 |
ARTIST, "LEONARD LAWSON" RELEASED IN MAY AFTER
SERVING SEVEN YEARS OF A 14 YEAR SENTENCE FOR RAPE OF TWO MODELS AT TERREY HILLS, SYDNEY;
RAPES & KILLS A 16 YEAR OLD GIRL AT COLLAROY. HE THEN ATTEMPTED TO TAKE
SEVERAL STUDENTS HOSTAGE AT MOSS VALE WHERE ONE OF THE GIRLS IS SHOT DEAD. |
| 6TH |
1967 |
AMERICAN TALK SHOW; ‘THE PHIL
DONOHUE SHOW’ MADE IT’S DEBUT. IT WAS ANOTHER TEN YEARS BEFORE IT WENT NATIONAL. |
| 6TH |
1967 |
THE U.S. LAUNCHES ‘SURVEYOR 6.’ IT MAKES A
SOFT LANDING ON THE MOON ON NOVEMBER 9TH. |
| 6TH |
1972 |
"YVONNE DeCARLO" JOINS THE
CAST OF ‘NO NO NANETTE’ AT HER MAJESTY’S THEATRE, MELBOURNE. |
| 6TH |
1975 |
THE PUNK ROCK GROUP, "THE SEX PISTOLS" MAKE THEIR
FIRST PUBLIC PERFORMANCE AT LONDON’S, ST MARTIN’S COLLEGE OF ART.
AUTHORITIES CUT THE CONCERT SHORT AFTER JUST 10 MINUTES. |
| 6TH |
1977 |
39 ARE KILLED WHEN A DAM BURST AT
TOCCOA FALLS BIBLE COLLEGE, GEORGIA, USA. |
| 6TH |
1982 |
"JOHN BANNON" LEADS LABOR TO VICTORY IN THE SOUTH
AUSTRALIAN ELECTION. |
| 6TH |
1985 |
EXPLORATORY WELL AT RANGER, TEXAS,
EXPLODES SPILLING 6.3 MILLION GALLONS OF OIL. |
| 6TH |
1987 |
THE OLDEST LIVING AUSTRALIAN PERSON AT THE TIME, "MISS
CAROL MOCKRIDGE" 112, DIES IN GEELONG. |
| 6TH |
1988 |
6000 U.S. DEFENCE DEPARTMENT COMPUTERS
ARE STRUCK DOWN BY A VIRUS SPREAD BY THE 23 YEAR OLD SON OF THE HEAD OF THE COUNTRIES
COMPUTER SECURITY AGENCY. |
| 6TH |
1990 |
"ARSENIO HALL" GETS A STAR ON HOLLYWOOD’S WALK
OF FAME. |
| 6TH |
1990 |
FIRE DESTROYS SOME STAGES AT UNIVERSAL
FILM STUDIOS. |
| 6TH |
1999 |
AUSTRALIANS WENT TO THE POLLS TO VOTE IN A REFERENDUM TO
DECIDE WHETHER AUSTRALIA BECOME A REPUBLIC. THE VOTE WAS AN OVERWHELMING, NO! |
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