18TH
AUGUST
FEAST DAY OF
"ST HELENA; SAINTS FLORUS & LAURUS; ST
AGAPITUS; ST ALIPIUS; & ST BEATRICE OR BRITES da SILVA." |
| 18TH |
1587 |
THE FIRST ENGLISH CHILD ("VIRGINIA DARE") IS BORN
IN THE NEW WORLD (AMERICA). |
| 18TH |
1846 |
"ALEXANDER BERRY’S" SHIP
COOLANGATTA IS WRECKED ON THE COAST SOUTH OF MORETON BAY, WHICH NOW BEARS THE
SHIP’S NAME. |
| 18TH |
1854 |
SS GREAT BRITAIN ARRIVES AT PORT PHILLIP WITH SEVERAL
CASES OF SMALLPOX ON BOARD. WHEN IT SET OFF FIREWORKS TO INDICATE IT HAD BEEN
DISCHARGED FROM QUARANTINE; OTHERS WRONGLY BELIEVED THE RUSSIANS HAD INVADED. |
| 18TH |
1955 |
THE "CURZON" CINEMA IN RUNDLE ST, ADELAIDE, CLOSED. |
| 18TH |
1957 |
"JUAN-MANUEL FANGIO" WINS HIS
LAST WORLD DRIVING CHAMPIONSHIP AT THE AGE OF 46. |
| 18TH |
1958 |
"LOLITA," BY "VLADIMIR NABOKOV" IS
PUBLISHED. |
| 18TH |
1959 |
BRITISH MOTOR CORPORATION LAUNCHES THE
"MINI." |
| 18TH |
1960 |
THE FIRST ORAL CONTRACEPTIVE WAS MARKETED BY THE "SEARLE
DRUG COMPANY" IN THE U.S.A. |
| 18TH |
1962 |
"PETER, PAUL & MARY"
RELEASE THEIR FIRST HIT, "IF I HAD A HAMMER." |
| 18TH |
1964 |
SOUTH AFRICA WAS BANNED FROM PARTICIPATING IN THE OLYMPIC
GAMES BECAUSE OF IT’S RACIAL POLICIES. |
| 18TH |
1965 |
FRENCH ACTRESS, "CATHERINE
DENEUVE" MARRIES PHOTOGRAPHER, "DAVID BAILEY.""MICK JAGGER" IS
BEST MAN. |
| 18TH |
1967 |
THE TOWN OF LONG BEACH, IN CALIFORNIA, PURCHASED THE LINER,
"QUEEN MARY." |
| 18TH |
1967 |
SONGWRITING DUO "JACKIE
TRENT" AND "TONY HATCH" MARRY. |
| 18TH |
1972 |
POLICE IN SWEDEN FINE "PAUL & LINDA McCARTNEY"
$800 FOR CANNABIS POSSESSION. |
| 18TH |
1976 |
"THE STATE OPERA OF SOUTH
AUSTRALIA," FORMERLY, "NEW OPERA SOUTH AUSTRALIA," STAGED IT’S FIRST
PRODUCTION; "La BOHEME" AT A ROYAL CHARITY PERFORMANCE ATTENDED BY "QUEEN
ELIZABETH." |
| 18TH |
1983 |
"DOUGLAS EDWIN CRABBE" KILLS 5 PEOPLE & INJURES
2O, WHEN HE DELIBERATELY DROVE HIS ROAD TRAIN INTO THE CROWDED MOTEL AT AYERS ROCK,
NORTHERN TERRITORY. |
| 18TH |
1983 |
"SAMANTHA DRUCE," AGE 12
YEARS 119 DAYS IS THE YOUNGEST WOMAN TO SWIM THE ENGLISH CHANNEL. |
| 18TH |
1984 |
TELEVISION PERSONALITY, "KERRI-ANNE WRIGHT" &
HEAD OF AUSTRALIAN SOCCER POOLS, "JOHN KENNERLEY" MARRIED AT THE SYDNEY OPERA
HOUSE. |
| 18TH |
1984 |
THE POORLY PERFORMED RACE HORSE
‘FINE COTTON’ TRAINED BY "HAYDEN HAITANI," WAS SUBSTITUTED BY
‘BOLD PERSONALITY’ AT A RACE MEETING AT EAGLE FARM. |
| 18TH |
1986 |
‘SENATOR JANINE HAINES’ REPLACES ‘DON
CHIPP’ AS LEADER OF THE ‘AUSTRALIAN DEMOCRATS.’ |
| 18TH |
1995 |
SECURITY GUARDS CARRIED A SOBBING
"COURTNEY LOVE" OFF STAGE AFTER SHE FOUGHT WITH ‘HOLE’ FANS, ANGRY
THEY WEREN’T CHEERING LOUDLY ENOUGH DURING THE LAST NIGHT OF ‘LOLLAPALOOLA’
TOUR IN MOUNTAIN VIEW, CALIFORNIA. |
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