17TH
AUGUST
NATIONAL DAY OF INDONESIA
FEAST DAY OF
"ST JOAN DELANOUE; ST MAMAS; ST
LIBERATUS OF CAPUA; ST ROCK OR ROCH; ST CLARE OF MONTEFALCO; ST HYACINTH; & ST
EUSEBIUS, POPE." |
| 17TH |
682 |
"ST. LEO II" BEGINS HIS REIGN AS CATHOLIC POPE. |
| 17TH |
1803 |
"MATTHEW FLINDERS’ WAS A
PASSENGER ON THE SHIP ‘PORPOISE’ WHICH CAME TO GRIEF ON WRECK REEF 225KM
OUTSIDE THE GREAT BARRIER REEF. "FLINDERS" SAILED TO SYDNEY IN A SMALL
BOAT, & RETURNED WITH 3 SHIPS TO PICK UP SURVIVORS. |
| 17TH |
1833 |
THE CANADIAN ROYAL WILLIAM, THE FIRST STEAMSHIP TO CROSS THE
ATLANTIC ENTIRELY UNDER IT’S OWN POWER SET OFF FROM NOVIA SCOTIA. |
| 17TH |
1836 |
UNDER THE REGISTRATION ACT, THE
REGISTRATION OF BIRTHS, DEATHS & MARRIAGES WAS INTRODUCED IN BRITAIN. |
| 17TH |
1859 |
FRENCH ACROBAT "CHARLES BLONDIN" CROSSED NIAGRA
FALLS ON A TIGHTROPE. |
| 17TH |
1889 |
AN EXHIBITION INCLUDING AUSTRALIAN
LANDSCAPE ART BY "ROBERTS" "STREETON" & "CONDOR," THE
MAJORITY OF WHICH WERE ON 9" X5" CIGAR BOXES, OPENED IN MELBOURNE. IT WAS BILLED
AS THE "EXHIBITION OF 9 X 5 IMPRESSIONS." |
| 17TH |
1914 |
TRAINING OF AUSTRALIAN MILITARY PILOTS BEGAN AT POINT COOK,
VICTORIA. |
| 17TH |
1961 |
BUILDING OF THE BERLIN WALL BEGINS. |
| 17TH |
1962 |
"RINGO STARR" REPLACES "PETE BEST" AS THE
"BEATLES" DRUMMER. |
| 17TH |
1962 |
EAST GERMAN BORDER GUARDS SHOOT &
KILL "PETER FECHTER" 18, AS HE ATTEMPTED TO CROSS THE BERLIN WALL INTO THE
WESTERN SECTOR. |
| 17TH |
1965 |
AUSTRALIAN FEDERAL BUDGET INCREASES INCOME TAX, & DUTIES
ON PETROL, SPIRITS, & TOBACCO. |
| 17TH |
1973 |
"LEE TREVINO" SCORE HIS FIRST
‘HOLE-IN-ONE.’ |
| 17TH |
1980 |
NINE WEEK OLD "AZARIA CHAMBERLAIN" IS REPORTED TO
HAVE BEEN TAKEN BY A DINGO AT A CAMPING GROUND NEAR AYERS ROCK. |
| 17TH |
1987 |
"RUDOLPH HESS" THE LAST OF
HITLER’S CLOSE COLLEAGUES, STRANGLED HIMSELF WITH AN ELECTRIC CORD. SENTENCED
TO LIFE AT SPANDAU PRISON IN WEST BERLIN, "HESS" HAD TRIED UNSUCCESSFULLY FOUR
TIMES TO KILL HIMSELF. HE WAS 93. |
| 17TH |
1989 |
ACCUSED THIEF, "RICHARD HART" WAS THE FIRST PERSON
TO WEAR AN ELECTRONIC TAG IN ENGLAND. |
| 17TH |
1989 |
QANTAS BOEING 747-438 COMPLETES
IT’S LONDON TO SYDNEY NON-STOP RECORD FLIGHT; 18,001 KILOMETRES IN 20 HOURS 9 MINUTES
& 5 SECONDS. |
| 17TH |
1990 |
"PHYLLIS POLANDER" SUES "MIKE TYSON" FOR
SEXUAL HARRASMENT. |
| 17TH |
1990 |
SINGER, "PEARL BAILEY" WHO
SANG WITH "COOTIE WILLIAMS BAND" & HAD BROADWAY SUCCESS WITH "ST LOUIS
WOMAN" IN 1946, & HAD HER BIGGEST MUSICAL HIT, "TAKES TWO TO TANGO" IN
1952, DIED OF A HEART ATTACK. |
| 17TH |
1991 |
A CRAZED 33 YEAR OLD TAXI DRIVER, STABBED & SHOT 6 PEOPLE
DEAD & INJURED SEVERAL OTHERS, BEFORE TAKING HIS OWN LIFE AT STRATHFIELD PLAZA
SHOPPING CENTRE, NSW. |
| 17TH |
1996 |
SINGER, "BOBBY BROWN" WAS
INVOLVED IN A ONE CAR ACCIDENT IN FLORIDA. POLICE CHARGED HIM WITH DRIVING UNDER THE
INFLUENCE OF ALCOHOL, COCAINE, & MARIJUANA, IN DECEMBER. |
| 17TH |
1997 |
BRITISH ACTOR, "ANTONY WHEELER," ACCIDENTLY HANGED
HIMSELF WHEN AN ACT INVOLVING HIM HANGING HIMSELF DURING A PRODUCTION OF ‘JESUS
CHRIST SUPERSTAR," WENT WRONG IN FRONT OF 600 SPECTATORS IN A GREEK HOTEL. |
| 17TH |
1997 |
‘MICHAEL DOOHAN’ TAKES HIS
4th WORLD 500cc MOTORCYCLE CHAMPIONSHIP CROWN, WITH A WIN IN THE 11th RACE OF THE SEASON
AT THE DONNINGTON GRAND PRIX. |
| 17TH |
1998 |
U.S. PRESIDENT "BILL CLINTON" CONFESSES TO THE
NATION ON LIVE TELEVISION AFTER APPEARING BEFORE A GRAND JURY OVER HIS AFFAIR WITH
"MONICA LEWINSKI." |
| 17TH |
1999 |
AN EARTHQUAKE MEASURING 6.7 ON THE
RICHTER SCALE HITS THE TOWN OF IZMIT, TURKEY, AT 3.02am. THOUSANDS ARE KILLED. |
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