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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 )

2ND AUGUST
FEAST DAY OF

"ST. THEODOTA & HER THREE SONS; ST EUSEBIUS OF VERCELLI; ST PLEGMUND; ST STEPHEN I, POPE; ST SYAGRIUS OF AUTUN; & ST SISWELL OR SATIVOLA."

2ND 257 "ST. STEPHEN I" ENDS HIS REIGN AS CATHOLIC POPE.
2ND 640 "SEVERINUS" ENDS HIS REIGN AS CATHOLIC POPE.
2ND 686 "JOHN V" ENDS HIS REIGN AS CATHOLIC POPE.
2ND 1375 THE FIRST ROLLER SKATING RINK OPENS, IN LONDON.
2ND 1855 "MELBOURNE PUNCH," AUSTRALIA’S FIRST ILLUSTRATED MAGAZINE BEGINS PUBLICATION.
2ND 1865 "ALICE’S ADVENTURES IN WONDERLAND" IS PUBLISHED IN ENGLAND.
2ND 1875 BRITAIN’S FIRST ROLLER-SKATING RINK WAS OPENED TO THE PUBLIC, IN BELGRAVE, LONDON.
2ND 1876 ONE OF THE WILD WEST’S MOST COLORFUL FIGURES "WILD BILL HICKOCK" IS SHOT DEAD FROM BEHIND BY "JACK McCALL" WHILE PLAYING POKER IN A SALON IN DEADWOOD, SOUTH DAKOTA.

HE HELD A PAIR OF ACES & 8’s.

2ND 1894 DEATH DUTIES, NOW KNOWN AS INHERITANCE TAX WERE INTRODUCED IN BRITAIN.
2ND 1929 RAILWAY LINE FROM ADELAIDE TO ALICE SPRINGS COMPLETED.
2ND 1930 ADELAIDE RADIO STATION "5AD" OPENS.
2ND 1934 "WILLIAM FRANKS" TWIRLS AN INDIAN CLUB OVERHEAD, 17,280 TIMES IN 1 HOUR.
2ND 1943 THE PATROL BOAT ‘PT-109’ IS RAMMED & SUNK.
2ND 1958 SINGER, "JOHNNY O’KEEFE" MARRIES HIS FIRST WIFE "MARIANNE RENATE"FOLLOWING THE SERVICE AT ST THERESE CATHOLIC CHURCH, DOVER HEIGHTS, SYDNEY, THE RECEPTION IS HELD AT "THE ORCADES" AT BEN BUCKLER POINT.
2ND 1961 THE "BEATLES" PLAY THEIR FIRST GIG AT LIVERPOOL’S "CAVERN CLUB."
2ND 1965 AUSTRALIAN LABOR PARTY DELETES "WHITE AUSTRALIA" FROM IT’S IMIGRATION POLICY.
2ND 1970 THE BRITISH ARMY USES RUBBER BULLETS FOR THE FIRST TIME TO QUELL A RIOT IN NORTHERN IRELAND.
2ND 1973 15 PEOPLE DIED WHEN THE ‘WHISKEY A GO GO NIGHTCLUB’ IN BRISBANE IS FIRE BOMBED.
2ND 1980 RIGHT-WING TERRORISTS EXPLODE A BOMB IN CROWDED BOLOGNA RAILWAY STATION, NORTHERN ITALY, KILLING 84 PEOPLE.
2ND 1982 BRISBANE’S DAILY SUN BEGINS PUBLICATION.
2ND 1986 U.S. ATHLETE, "JACKIE JOYNER-KERSEE" SETS A RECORD 7,161 POINTS FOR THE HEPTATHLON.
2ND 1987 "MICHAEL ANDRETTI" RUNS THE FASTEST INDY CAR RACE IN HISTORY AT 171.49 mph.
2ND 1988 "RAYMOND ACEVEDO" RETIRES FROM THE SINGING GROUP, "MENUDO."
2ND 1989 THE AUSTRALIAN CRICKET TEAM REGAINS THE ASHES IN ENGLAND FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE 1934.
2ND 1990 IRAQ INVADED KUWAIT.
2ND 1991 9 MEN & 3 WOMEN DIE IN A FIRE AT PALM GROVE HOSTEL FOR ALCOHOLICS IN THE HUNTER VALLEY TOWNSHIP OF DUNGOG, IN NSW.
2ND 1991 "HEDY LAMAAR" IS ARRESTED FOR SHOPLIFTING IN LOS ANGELES.
2ND 1991 SINGER, "RICK JAMES" IS ARRESTED ON SEXUAL TORTURE CHARGES.
2ND 1992 U.S. SOUL SINGER, "RICK JAMES" WAS ARRESTED IN LOS ANGELES & CHARGED WITH THE SEX TORTURE OF A 24 YEAR OLD WOMAN.
2ND 1997 FIRE BROKE AT JUST AFTER MIDNIGHT AT THE GLENELG REST HOME IN ADELAIDE.
2ND 1997 ‘STUART DIVER 27,’ IS RESCUED ALIVE FROM THE RUBBLE OF THE THREDBO LANSLIDE AT 4.47pm AFTER BEING ENTOMBED FOR 60 HOURS.
2ND 1998 A HUGE EXPLOSION RIPS THROUGH MOBIL’S PORT STANVAC REFINERY AT LONSDALE, SOUTH AUSTRALIA.
2ND 1998 ACTOR, "ARNOLD SCHWARZENNEGGER’S" MOTHER, "AURELIA" 76, COLLAPSED FROM A HEART ATTACK WHILE VISITING THE GRAVE OF HER HUSBAND IN WEIZ, AUSTRIA; SHE PASSED AWAY AT A HOSPITAL IN GRAZ.
2ND 1999 THE MAN AFTER WHOM, THE FILM CHARACTER, "CROCODILE DUNDEE" WAS MODELLED, "ROD ANSELL" 44, IS SHOT DEAD IN THE NORTHERN TERRITORY AFTER SHOOTING DEAD "CONSTABLE GLEN HUITSON" AT A ROADBLOCK.
2ND 1999 ACTOR, "ROBERT De NIRO" 56, FILED FOR DIVORCE FROM HIS WIFE OF 2 YEARS, FORMER FLIGHT ATTENDANT, & MOTHER OF THEIR 16 MONTH OLD SON, "GRACE HIGHTOWER" 44.
2ND 1999 BRISBANE PALM READER, "ANDREW FITZHERBERT" 50, IS SENTENCED TO LIFE IN PRISON FOR THE 1998 MURDER OF QUEENSLAND CAT PROTECTION SOCIETY PRESIDENT, "KATHLEEN MARSHALL" 52.
2ND 1999 "RORY KENNEDY" & "MARK BAILEY" MARRIED IN GREECE, 16 DAYS AFTER THE FLYING TRAGEDY KILLED "RORY’S" COUSIN "JOHN F. KENNEDY jr." ON HIS WAY TO THE ORIGINAL CEREMONY IN HYANNIS PORT, MASSACHUSETTS.
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