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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