16TH
AUGUST
FEAST DAY OF
"ST STEPHEN OF HUNGARY; ST ARMEL;
& ST ARSACIUS." |
| 16TH |
1743 |
CHAMPION ENGLISH PUGILIST, "JACK BROUGHTON"
FORMULATED THE PRIZE-RING CODE OF BOXING RULES. |
| 16TH |
1851 |
THE VICTORIAN GOVERNMENT IMPOSES A GOLD
MINERS LICENCE FEE OF 30 SHILLINGS A MONTH, CAUSING AUSTRALIAS ONLY REBELLION AT
"EUREKA STOKADE." |
| 16TH |
1898 |
THE ROLLER COASTER IS PATENTED. |
| 16TH |
1934 |
U.S. EXPLORER, "CHARLES
BEEBE" & ENGINEER, "OTIS BARTON" MADE A RECORD BREAKING DIVE TO 923m /
3028 ft IN THEIR BATHYSPHERE ( A SPHERICAL DIVING UNIT) NEAR BERMUDA. |
| 16TH |
1936 |
THE 11TH OLYMPIC GAMES CLOSE IN BERLIN. |
| 16TH |
1945 |
SIRENS SOUNDED & CROWDS CHEERED, AS
AUSTRALIAN PRIME MINISTER, "BEN CHIFLEY" ANNOUNCES WORLD WAR II, IS OVER.. |
| 16TH |
1951 |
"THE AUSTRALIAN FINANCIAL REVIEW," COMMENCES
PUBLICATION. |
| 16TH |
1954 |
"SPORTS ILLUSTRATED" IS FIRST
PUBLISHED BY "TIME INC." |
| 16TH |
1949 |
"MARGARET MITCHELL," AUTHOR OF "GONE WITH THE
WIND," DIED SEVERAL DAYS AFTER BEING RUN DOWN BY A SPEEDING TAXI IN ATLANTA, GEORGIA. |
| 16TH |
1960 |
"JOSEPH KITTINGER" PARACHUTES
FROM A BALLOON AT 31,330 METRES. |
| 16TH |
1960 |
THE BODY OF "GRAEME THORNE" IS FOUND AT SEAFORTH,
NSW. HIS KILLER "STEPHEN BRADLEY" IS ARRESTED AT COLOMBO ON HIS WAY TO
ENGLAND ON 10th OCTOBER. |
| 16TH |
1977 |
THE UNCONSCIOUS BODY OF "ELVIS
PRESLEY" WAS FOUND ON THE BATHROOM FLOOR OF HIS GRACELANDS MANSION. HE WAS
PRONOUNCED DEAD OF HEART FAILURE. |
| 16TH |
1982 |
THE OMEGA NAVIGATION STATION AT DARRIMAN, VICTORIA, BECAME
OPERATIONAL. THE STATION FEATURES A 427 METRE HIGH TOWER & PROVIDES A GLOBAL
24-HOUR NAVIGATION SYSTEM WITH LINKS TO STATIONS IN , NORWAY, LIBERIA, HAWAII, ARGENTINA
& JAPAN. |
| 16TH |
1984 |
LOS ANGELES FEDERAL JURY ACQUITS AUTO
MAKER "JOHN Z. DeLOREAN" OF COCAINE CHARGES. |
| 16TH |
1984 |
OF A RECORD HARNESS RACING PURSE OF $2,161,000,
"NIHILATOR" WINS $1,080,500. |
| 16TH |
1985 |
ACTRESS/SINGER ‘MADONNA’
MARRIES ACTOR ‘SEAN PENN’. THEY SEPARATE IN 1988. |
| 16TH |
1988 |
JAILED BLACK NATIONALIST, "NELSON MANDELA" IS
STRUCK DOWN WITH TUBERCULOSIS. |
| 16TH |
1989 |
QANTAS BOEING 747-438 SETS OUT ON
LONDON TO SYDNEY NON-STOP RECORD FLIGHT; 18,001 KILOMETRES IN 20 HOURS 9 MINUTES & 5
SECONDS. |
| 16TH |
1990 |
IRAQ ORDERS 4,000 BRITONS & 2,000 AMERICANS IN KUWAIT
INTO CUSTODY IN IRAQ. |
| 16TH |
1992 |
FORMER ACTRESS, "BRIGITTE
BARDOT," MARRIES HUSBAND NUMBER THREE, "BERNARD d’ORMALE." |
| 16TH |
1994 |
A 10 TONNE TROPICAL ‘BRYDE’S’ WHALE CROSSED A
SANDBAR AT THE MOUTH OF THE MANNING RIVER, NSW, & SWAM UPSTREAM TO THE OUTSKIRTS OF
TAREE. WITH A LITTLE HELP, IT RETURNED TO THE SEA ON 24th NOVEMBER. |
| 16TH |
1999 |
A CAMERAMAN WAS KILLED, TWO OTHER FILM
CREW, & A SECURITY GUARD WERE INJURED, DURING THE FILMING OF THE FRENCH THRILLER,
"TAXI 2," IN PARIS, FRANCE, WHEN A STUNT CAR OVERSHOT IT’S MARK. |
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