20TH
AUGUST
FEAST DAY OF
"ST ROGNWALD OR RONALD; ST BERNARD OF
CLAIRVAUX; ST AMATOR OR AMADOUR; ST PHILIBERT; & ST OSWIN." |
| 20TH |
1851 |
GOLD IS DISCOVERED AT ARALUEN, NSW, & NEAR DAYLESFORD
& BENDIGO, VICTORIA. |
| 20TH |
1857 |
THE CLIPPER DUNBAR WAS WRECKED ON ROCKS
SOUTH OF THE GAP, SYDNEY, KILLING 121. |
| 20TH |
1857 |
DUNBAR WRECKED AT THE GAP, SYDNEY, WITH THE LOSS OF
121 LIVES & ONLY ONE SURVIVOR. |
| 20TH |
1869 |
NATIONAL MUTUAL LIFE ASSOCIATION OF
AUSTRALASIA OPENS IN MELBOURNE. |
| 20TH |
1881 |
A TRAIN DERAILMENT AT JOLIMONT, VICTORIA, LEAVES 4 DEAD. |
| 20TH |
1896 |
THE DIAL TELEPHONE IS PATENTED. |
| 20TH |
1913 |
"ADOLPHE P. GOUD" OF FRANCE IS THE FIRST PILOT TO
PARACHUTE FROM AN AIRCRAFT. |
| 20TH |
1920 |
"ALLEN WOODRING" WINS OLYMPIC
200 SPRINT IN BORROWED SHOES. |
| 20TH |
1924 |
ALTHOUGH CONSIDERED THE LIKELY WINNER, BRITISH SPRINTER,
"ERIC LIDDEL" REFUSED TO RUN IN THE 100m HEATS AT THE PARIS OLYMPICS BECAUSE IT
WERE BEING RUN ON A SUNDAY. |
| 20TH |
1931 |
THE FIRST NSW STATE LOTTERY IS DRAWN. |
| 20TH |
1940 |
"LEON TROTSKY" IS ASSASSINATED IN MEXICO CITY, BY
STALIN AGENTS; HE DIES ON 21ST AUGUST. |
| 20TH |
1956 |
BRITAIN’S FIRST NUCLEAR POWER
STAION, "CALDER HALL" BEGAN OPERATING. |
| 20TH |
1968 |
THE NATIONAL GALLERY OF VICTORIA OPENED WITH AN EXHIBITION,
"THE FIELD" CONTAINING 51 PAINTINGS & 21 SCULPTURES BY 21 AUSTRALIAN
ARTISTS. |
| 20TH |
1973 |
A WILD ELEPHANT, ATTACKS A SUDANESE
VILLAGE NEAR THE ZAIRE BORDER, KILLING 11 PEOPLE, INJURING 3 OTHERS, & DESTROYING 10
HOMES. |
| 20TH |
1977 |
U.S. "VOYAGER I" SPACECRAFT WAS LAUNCHED ON
IT’S JOURNEY VIA JUPITER & SATURN TO BECOME THE FIRST ARTIFICIAL OBJECT TO LEAVE
THE SOLAR SYSTEM. |
| 20TH |
1979 |
SINGER, "VIKKI CARR" &
"MICHAEL NILSSON" MARRY. |
| 20TH |
1984 |
G.M.H. RELEASES THE HOLDEN ASTRA. |
| 20TH |
1989 |
THAMES PARTY BOAT ‘MARCHIONESS’
SINKS WITH THE LOSS OF 60 LIVES. |
| 20TH |
1989 |
THE SUNDAY HERALD, SUNDAY AGE, & SUNDAY SUN, BEGIN
PUBLICATION IN MELBOURNE. |
| 20TH |
1996 |
BUSINESSMAN ‘ALAN BOND’ IS
SENTENCED TO 3 YEARS GAOL FOR HIS PART IN THE FRAUD INVOLVING THE 19TH CENTURY PAINTING
‘La PROMENADE.’ |
| 20TH |
1998 |
AUSTRALIANS SEE THE FINAL EPISODE OF THE TELEVISION SERIES,
"SEINFELD." THE MAIN CAST ARE LAST SEEN SITTING IT OUT IN A PRISON CELL. |
| 20TH |
1998 |
PRESIDENT CLINTON CUT SHORT HIS HOLIDAY
TO ORDER BOMB STRIKES AGAINST TERRORIST FACILITIES IN AFGHANISTAN & SUDAN IN
RETALIATION FOR TERRORIST BOMBINGS AGAINST U.S. INTERESTS IN NAIROBI. |
| 20TH |
1998 |
VETERAN SOUTH AUSTRALIAN MHR, "MARTIN CAMERON"
CROSSED THE FLOOR TO VOTE WITH THE LIBERAL GOVERNMENT ON THE ETSA BILL. |
| 20TH |
1998 |
"DAVID KACZYNSKI", 48, WAS
PAID $US1 MILLION REWARD FOR INFORMING THE FBI ABOUT HIS BROTHER, UNABOMBER,
"THEODORE KACZYNSKI" IN 1995. HE PLANS TO DIVIDE THE MONEY AMONG THE
FAMILIES OF HIS BROTHER’S VICTIMS. |
| 20TH |
2000 |
ACTRESS "ANNE HECHE" 25, WAS FOUND WANDERING THE
STREETS OF FRESNO, CALIFORNIA, FOLLOWING THE BREAK UP OF HER HIGHLY PUBLICISED LESBIAN
RELATIONSHIP WITH ACTRESS "ELLEN DeGENERES" 42. |
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