11TH
AUGUST
FEAST DAY OF
"ST ATTRACTA OR ARAGHT; ST CLARE OF
ASSISI; ST TIBURTIUS; ST SUSANNA; ST EQUITIUS; ST ALEXANDER OF COMANA; ST LELIA; ST BLANE;
ST GERARD OF GALLINARO; & ST GERY OR GAUGERICUS." |
| 11TH |
1772 |
AN EXPLOSIVE ERUPTION BLOWS 4,000’ OFF PAPANDAYAN, JAVA,
KILLING 3,000. |
| 11TH |
1810 |
SEVERE EARTHQUAKES STRUCK THE AZORES,
CAUSING THE VILLAGE OF SAO MIGUEL TO SINK. |
| 11TH |
1824 |
NEW SOUTH WALES IS CONSTITUTED A CROWN COLONY. |
| 11TH |
1853 |
THE FRIGATE MADAGASCAR LEFT
MELBOURNE BOUND FOR LONDON WITH 70,000 oz OF GOLD, NEVER TO BE SEEN AGAIN. |
| 11TH |
1877 |
"PHOBOS & DEIMOS," THE SATELLITE OR MOONS OF
MARS WERE DISCOVERED BY U.S. ASTRONOMER, "ASAPH HALL." |
| 11TH |
1921 |
MELBOURNE’S, ESSENDON AIRPORT
OPENS. |
| 11TH |
1933 |
IN SAN LUIS POTOSI, MEXICO, THE TEMPERATURE REACHES A WORLD
RECORD 58deg c. (136 deg F) |
| 11TH |
1934 |
THE FIRST FEDERAL PRISONERS ARRIVE AT
THE ISLAND PRISON, ‘ALCATRAZ’ IN SAN FRANCISCO BAY. |
| 11TH |
1948 |
THE SUMMER OLYMPIC GAMES OPEN IN LONDON. |
| 11TH |
1949 |
AUSTRALIAN IMIGRATION MINISTER
"ARTHUR CALWELL" ANNOUNCES THAT MIGRANTS WILL BE KNOWN AS "NEW
AUSTRALIANS." |
| 11TH |
1952 |
"KING TALAL" OF JORDAN, WAS DEPOSED BECAUSE OF
MENTAL ILLNESS, & HIS SON, "CROWN PRINCE HUSSEIN" SUCCEEDED TO THE THRONE. |
| 11TH |
1956 |
"ELVIS PRESLEY" RELEASES
"DON’T BE CRUEL." |
| 11TH |
1976 |
"KEITH MOON," DRUMMER FOR THE "WHO"
COLLAPSES & IS HOSPITALISED IN MIAMI. |
| 11TH |
1979 |
TWO SOVIET AEROFLOT JETLINERS COLLIDE
OVER THE UKRAINE KILLING 173 PERSONS. |
| 11TH |
1984 |
"PRESIDENT REAGAN" JOKED DURING A RADIO VOICE TEST
THAT HE HAD, "SIGNED LEGISLATION THAT WOULD OUTLAW RUSSIA FOREVER. WE BEGIN BOMBING
IN 5 MINUTES." |
| 11TH |
1993 |
A MAN CRASHES HIS 4WD VEHICLE THROUGH
THE FRONT DOORS & INTO THE GREAT HALL OF PARLIAMENT HOUSE, CANBERRA. |
| 11TH |
1995 |
"PHIL HARRIS," BANDLEADER, SINGER, COMEDIAN, &
VOICE OF ‘BALOO’ IN DISNEY’S "THE JUNGLE BOOK," DIES AGED 91. |
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