1ST
AUGUST
NATIONAL DAY OF SWEDEN.
FEAST DAY OF
"ST PISTIS, ELPIS & AGAPE (FAITH,
HOPE & CHARITY); ST PETER JULIAN EYMARD;ST ETHELWOLD OF WINCHESTER; ST ALMEDHA OR
ALED; ST ALPHONSE LIGUORI; & THE HOLY MACABEES." |
| 1ST |
1498 |
"CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS" REACHED THE AMERICAN
MAINLAND & NAMED IT ‘SANTA ISLA’ BELIEVING IT WAS AN ISLAND. |
| 1ST |
1619 |
THE FIRST (20) BLACK AMERICANS LAND AT
JAMESTOWN, VIRGINIA. |
| 1ST |
1714 |
"GEORGE LOUIS" ‘ELECTOR OF HANOVER’ WAS
PROCLAIMED "KING GEORGE I" OF GREAT BRITAIN. |
| 1ST |
1716 |
THE FIRST SCULLING RACE IS HELD; FROM
LONDON BRIDGE TO CHELSEA. |
| 1ST |
1774 |
ENGLISH CHEMIST "JOSEPH PRIESTLEY" IDENTIFIED
OXYGEN. |
| 1ST |
1778 |
THE FIRST SAVINGS BANK WAS OPENED IN
HAMBURG, GERMANY. |
| 1ST |
1780 |
SWEDEN IS DECLARED NEUTRALITY. |
| 1ST |
1790 |
THE 1ST U.S. CENSUS GIVES THE
POPULATION AS 3,939,214; 697,624 ARE SLAVES. |
| 1ST |
1791 |
MATILDA, FIRST OF THE THIRD FLEET TRANSPORTS, ARRIVES
AT PORT JACKSON WITH 205 CONVICTS. |
| 1ST |
1793 |
THE KILOGRAM WAS INTRODUCE IN FRANCE AS
THE FIRST METRIC WEIGHT. |
| 1ST |
1797 |
THE CREW OF THE AUSTRALIAN CONVICT SHIP ‘LADY SHAW’
MUTINIES, KILLS THE CAPATAIN & MATE, & SAILS TO SOUTH AMERICA. |
| 1ST |
1798 |
THE BRITISH UNDER "NAPOLEON"
DESTROYED THE FRENCH FLEET AT THE BATTLE OF THE NILE, IN AKOUR BAY. |
| 1ST |
1831 |
GUARDS ON THE CONVICT TRANSPORT ELEANOR IN SYDNEY
HARBOUR, FIRE ON HEAVILY IRONED PRISONERS, KILLING 2 & WOUNDING 2. |
| 1ST |
1831 |
LONDON BRIDGE OPENS TO TRAFFIC. |
| 1ST |
1831 |
PARTY OF ABORIGINES LED BY MIDGEGOROO & YAGAN KILL A
EUROPEAN NEAR MELVILLE WATER, WESTERN AUSTRALIA, IN RETALIATION FOR THE SHOOTING OF AN
ABORIGINAL. NO ATTEMPT IS MADE TO PUNISH THEM. |
| 1ST |
1834 |
PASSENGER COACH SERVICE BEGINS BETWEEN
SYDNEY & BATHURST. |
| 1ST |
1834 |
SLAVERY WAS ABOLISHED THROUGHOUT THE BRITISH EMPIRE. |
| 1ST |
1854 |
ADHESIVE POSTAGE STAMPS FIRST ISSUED IN
WESTERN AUSTRALIA. |
| 1ST |
1893 |
"HENRY PERKY" & "WILLIAM FORD" PATENT
SHREDDED WHEAT. |
| 1ST |
1902 |
100 DIE IN A MINE ACCIDENT AT
WOLLONGONG. |
| 1ST |
1902 |
THE AUSTRALIAN MAGAZINE "NEW IDEA" IS FIRST
PUBLISHED. |
| 1ST |
1903 |
"CALAMITY JANE" CANARY,
NICKNAMED BECAUSE OF HER KNACK FOR HELPING THOSE IN DISTRESS, DIED AGED 51 TODAY. AN ORPHAN AT 3, SHE ROAMED THE FRONTIER, QUICKLY BECOMING A CRACK SHOT
& RIDER.
DRESSED IN BUCKSKIN, SHE SERVED AS A SCOUT FOR "GENERAL
CUSTER," MAIL CARRIER, & FRIEND TO MANY INCLUDING THE LEGENDARY, "WILD BILL
HICKOK," WHOM SHE WILL BE BURIED BESIDE IN DEADWOOD, SOUTH DAKOTA. |
| 1ST |
1909 |
THE BRITISH SS WARATAH DISAPPEARS ON IT’S VOYAGE
FROM SYDNEY TO LONDON, WITH 300 ABOARD. |
| 1ST |
1936 |
THE 11th OLYMPIC GAMES WHERE BLACK
AMERICAN ATHLETE "JESSE OWENS" WON 4 GOLD MEDALS, WERE OPENED IN BERLIN BY THE
"GREAT WHITE FUHRER," ‘ADOLPH HITLER.’ |
| 1ST |
1944 |
"ANNE FRANK’S" LAST DIARY ENTRY; SHE IS
ARRESTED 3 DAYS LATER. |
| 1ST |
1945 |
THE JAPANESE CITY, TOYAMA, IS DESTROYED
BY ‘B-29s.’ |
| 1ST |
1947 |
RAAF COLLEGE ESTABLISHED AT POINT COOK, VICTORIA. |
| 1ST |
1958 |
THE U.S. SUBMARINE USS NAUTILUS FIRST
DIVES UNDER THE NORTH POLE. |
| 1ST |
1960 |
"CHUBBY CHECKER" RELEASES "THE TWIST." |
| 1ST |
1966 |
FORMER U.S. MARINE "CHARLES
WHITMAN" KILLS 13 & WOUNDS 31 AT THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS, BEFORE BEING SHOT DEAD
BY POLICE. |
| 1ST |
1975 |
35 NATIONS SIGNED THE HELSINKI AGREEMENT ON COOPERATION IN
HUMAN RIGHTS & OTHER GLOBAL ISSUES. |
| 1ST |
1976 |
"LIZ TAYLOR’S" 6TH
DIVORCE, HER SECOND FROM "RICHARD BURTON." |
| 1ST |
1983 |
NEW ZEALAND SCORES IT’S FIRST TEST CRICKET VICTORY IN
ENGLAND. |
| 1ST |
1984 |
AUSTRALIAN BANKS ARE DE-REGULATED. |
| 1ST |
1986 |
"GRATEFUL DEAD’S" "JERRY GARCIA" IS
RELEASED FROM HOSPITAL AFTER SPENDING 3 WEEKS IN A COMA. |
| 1ST |
1986 |
U.S. TENNIS PLAYER "JOHN
McENROE" MARRIES ACTRESS, "TATUM O’NEAL." |
| 1ST |
1987 |
"BANANARAMA’S" "SIOBHAN FAHEY"
MARRIES "EURITHMICS" "DAVE STEWART." |
| 1ST |
1990 |
AUSTRALIAN "SUSIE MORONEY"
CROSSED THE 42kms ENGLISH CHANNEL IN 8hrs 29mins. |
| 1ST |
1991 |
ACTRESS "HEDY LAMARR," 77, IS ARRESTED FOR
SHOPLIFTING IN FLORIDA. |
| 1ST |
1993 |
"WALER KOENIG" WHO STARS AS
"CHECKOV" IN ‘STAR TREK,’ SUFFERS A HEART ATTACK. |
| 1ST |
1994 |
"KELLY DIXON" IS THE YOUNGEST AUSTRALIAN TO SWIM
THE ENGLISH CHANNEL, 42kms IN 9hrs 38mins. |
| 1ST |
1998 |
ABOUT THREE MILLION SYDNEY RESIDENTS
ARE TOLD TO BOIL THEIR DRINKING WATER TO GUARD AGAINST, THE MICROSCOPIC PARASITES,
"GIARDIA & CRYPTO SPORIDIUM." |
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