13TH
AUGUST
FEAST DAY OF
"ST SIMPLICIAN OF MILAN; ST RADEGUND;
ST WIGBERT; ST PONTIAN, POPE; ST BENILDUS; ST HIPPOLYTUS OF ROME; ST NARSES KLAIETUS; ST
CASSIAN OF IMOLA; & ST MAXIMUS THE CONFESSOR." |
| 13TH |
523 |
"ST JOHN I" BEGINS HIS REIGN AS CATHOLIC POPE. |
| 13TH |
1861 |
COOTAMUNDRA, NSW, GAZETTED AS A TOWN
SITE. |
| 13TH |
1868 |
EARTHQUAKES KILL OVER 25,000 PEOPLE & DESTROY FOUR CITIES
IN PERU & ECUADOR. |
| 13TH |
1940 |
THREE AUSTRALIAN FEDERAL CABINET
MINISTERS, "G.A. STREET, SIR HENRY GULLETT, & J.V. FAIRBAIRN" ALONG WITH
"Lt-Gen SIR BRUDENELL WHITE" ARE KILLED IN AN AIRCRAFT CRASH NEAR CANBERRA. |
| 13TH |
1941 |
AUSTRALIAN WOMEN’S ARMY SERVICE IS FORMED. |
| 13TH |
1942 |
"WALT DISNEY’S" ANIMATED
FEATURE "BAMBI" PREMIERES AT RADIO CITY MUSIC HALL IN NEW YORK. |
| 13TH |
1952 |
THE FIRST RECORDING OF ‘HOUND DOG,’ A SMASH HIT FOR
"ELVIS PRESLEY" WAS MADE BY "BIG MAMA THORNTON." |
| 13TH |
1960 |
THE FIRST TWO-WAY TELEPHONE
CONVERSATION BY SATELLITE TAKES PLACE VIA ‘ECHO I’ |
| 13TH |
1961 |
THE BORDER BETWEEN EAST & WEST BERLIN WAS SEALED OFF BY
EAST GERMANY, WITH THE CLOSURE OF THE BRANDENBURG GATE, TO STOP THE EXODUS TO THE WEST. |
| 13TH |
1966 |
30 DIED WHEN AN OVERTURNED HEATER
CAUSED A FIRE IN THE SALVATION ARMY HOME FOR WORKING MEN IN MELBOURNE. |
| 13TH |
1972 |
THE LAST U.S. TROOPS LEAVE VIETNAM. |
| 13TH |
1985 |
SHOTS WERE FIRED AT THE VIETNAMESE
EMBASSY IN CANBERRA. |
| 13TH |
1989 |
TWO HOT AIR BALLOONS COLLIDED NEAR ALICE SPRINGS SENDING ONE
BALLOON WITH 13 PASSENGERS PLUMMETING TO THEIR DEATHS. |
| 13TH |
1990 |
RYTHM & BLUES SINGER, "CURTIS
MAYFIELD," IS PARALYZED FROM THE WAIST DOWN AFTER HE IS STRUCK BY A LIGHTING RACK
DURING AN OUTDOOR CONCERT IN BROOKLYN, NEW YORK, |
| 13TH |
1991 |
PROSECUTORS ANNOUNCED THE DISCOVERY OF ONE OF THE LARGEST
BANK FRAUDS IN JAPAN’S HISTORY, INVOLVING $2.5 BILLION IN FRAUDULENTLY OBTAINED
LOANS. |
| 13TH |
1995 |
A WORLD RECORD 50 HORSE HITCH OF
CLYDESDALES APPEARED AT THE AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY FAIR AT NAVAN, ONTARIO, CANADA. |
| 13TH |
1998 |
THE HOWARD LIBERAL COALITION, ANNOUNCES IT’S BLUEPRINT
FOR A 10% GOODS & SERVICES TAX. |
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