12TH
AUGUST
FEAST DAY OF
"ST PORCARIUS & HIS COMPANIONS;
ST JAMBERT, ARCHBISHOP OF CANTERBURY; ST EUPLUS; & ST MURTAGH OR MUREDACH." |
| 12TH |
1829 |
SITE OF PERTH CHOSEN. |
| 12TH |
1851 |
"ISAAC SINGER" IS GRANTED A
PATENT FOR HIS SEWING MACHINE. |
| 12TH |
1851 |
THE U.S. SCHOONER ‘AMERICA’ WON A RACE
AROUND THE, ISLE OF WIGHT, GIVING RISE TO THE ‘AMERICA’S CUP TROPHY. |
| 12TH |
1876 |
THE U.S. YACHT ‘MADELINE’ DEFEATS
CANADA’S ‘DUFFERIN’ IN THE 4TH AMERICA’S CUP. |
| 12TH |
1877 |
"THOMAS EDISON" INVENTS A SOUND RECORDING DEVICE,
THE "EDISONPHONE." |
| 12TH |
1883 |
THE QUAGGA IN AMSTERDAM ZOO DIED, THE
LAST OF THE SPECIES IN THE WORLD. |
| 12TH |
1928 |
THE 9TH OLYMPIC GAMES CLOSE IN AMSTERDAM. |
| 12TH |
1944 |
"JOSEPH P. KENNEDY jr.,"
BROTHER OF "J.F. KENNEDY" IS KILLED WHEN HIS NAVY PLANE BLOWS UP OVER ENGLAND. |
| 12TH |
1944 |
‘PLUTO’ (PIPELINE UNDER THE OCEAN) BEGAN OPERATING
BENEATH THE ENGLISH CHANNEL, SUPPLYING PETROL TO ALLIED FORCES IN FRANCE. |
| 12TH |
1956 |
"WILLIAM SHATNER" MARRIES
"GLORIA RAND." |
| 12TH |
1958 |
"BILLBOARD" INTRODUCES THE ‘HOT 100’
SINGLES CHART. |
| 12TH |
1960 |
AMERICA’S ‘ECHO I,’
THE WORLD’S FIRST COMMUNICATIONS SATELLITE WAS LAUNCHED. |
| 12TH |
1961 |
THE EAST GERMAN PARLIAMENT VOTES TO ERECT A WALL TO DIVIDE
EAST BERLIN FROM WEST BERLIN. |
| 12TH |
1966 |
"THE BEATLES" BEGIN THEIR
FINAL TOUR IN CHICAGO. |
| 12TH |
1968 |
‘DAYS OF OUR LIVES,’ PREMIERS ON AUSTRALIAN
TELEVISION. |
| 12TH |
1975 |
NEW ZEALAND RUNNER, "JOHN
WALKER" LOWERS THE 1500 metre TIME FROM 3:51.0 TO 3:49.4 |
| 12TH |
1976 |
"GEORGE" THE ORANG-UTAN, DIES AT ADELAIDE ZOO. |
| 12TH |
1979 |
U.S. SPACESTATION SKYLAB CRASHES BACK
TO EARTH IN A DAZZLING FIREBALL NEAR ESPERANCE W.A. |
| 12TH |
1985 |
‘A JAPAN AIRLINES,’ ‘BOEING 747’ CRASHES
INTO MT OSUTAKA, JAPAN, KILLING 520 PASSENGERS & CREW. |
| 12TH |
1990 |
3 MEN DIED OF HEART ATTACKS DURING THE
20TH SYDNEY TO SURF FUN RUN IN SYDNEY. |
| 12TH |
1994 |
THE LAST KELVINATOR REFRIGERATORS ARE MADE IN ADELAIDE. |
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