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ELEVEN DAYS

ON THIS DATE 2001
Thankyou to Perter Ferter
If you are reading this, On This Day, you will be aware of the importance of the facts as they happen.
Many things are reported to have happened on this day, which did not happen.  ( This is Fact )

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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