22ND
AUGUST
FEAST DAY OF
"ST TIMOTHY; ST ANDREW OF FIESOLE; ST
SIGFRID OF WEARMOUTH; & ST JOHN KEMBLE." |
| 22ND |
565 |
"ST COLUMBA" REPORTED SEEING A MONSTER IN LOCH
NESS. |
| 22ND |
1851 |
GOLDFIELDS WERE DISCOVERED IN
AUSTRALIA. |
| 22ND |
1851 |
THE AMERICAN SCHOONER-YACHT ‘AMERICA’ WINS
‘THE HUNDRED GUINEAS CUP’ WHICH ORIGINATES IN ENGLAND. THE CUP IS LATER TO
BE KNOWN AS THE AMERICA’S CUP; NAMED AFTER THE YACHT WHICH HAD FIRST WON IT. |
| 22ND |
1864 |
TWELVE NATIONS SIGNED THE ‘GENEVA
CONVENTION.’ |
| 22ND |
1906 |
THE RECORD PLAYER WAS PATENTED. |
| 22ND |
1911 |
THE PRICELESS daVINCI PAINTING
"MONA LISA" WAS STOLEN FROM THE LOUVRE. IT WAS MISSING FOR 2 YEARS. |
| 22ND |
1930 |
TWO HALVES OF THE SYDNEY HARBOUR BRIDGE ARE JOINED TOGETHER;
IT OPENED IN MARCH 1932. |
| 22ND |
1944 |
THE FAULTY CARGO DOOR OF A ‘U.S.
AIRFORCE’ LIBERATOR BOMBER BURST OPEN AS IT FLEW LESS THAN 200 FEET ABOVE THE
ROOFTOPS OF HOUSES IN THE VICINITY OF WEST PARKWAY, COLONEL LIGHT GARDENS, ADELAIDE, SOUTH
AUSTRALIA. IT’S CARGO OF BEER, BURGUNDY, COOL DRINKS, EGGS & ORANGES RAINED DOWN
ON THE HOUSES. |
| 22ND |
1946 |
THE ULTIMO WOOLSTORE OWNED BY "NZ LOAN &
MERCANTILE" WAS BURNED OUT IN SYDNEY. |
| 22ND |
1968 |
"CYNTHIA LENNON" SUES
"JOHN LENNON" FOR DIVORCE OVER ADULTERY. |
| 22ND |
1978 |
OVER 150 RIOTING PRISONERS SET FIRE TO LONG BAY GAOL, SYDNEY. |
| 22ND |
1981 |
110 DIE WHEN A TAIWANESE JETLINER
EXPLODES AND CRASHES NEAR SANYI, TAIWAN. |
| 22ND |
1985 |
55 WERE KILLED, FOLLOWING AN ABORTED TAKE-OFF, WHEN A BRITISH
AIRTOURS BOEING 737 BURST INTO FLAMES ON THE RUNWAY AT MANCHESTER AIRPORT. |
| 22ND |
1987 |
ONE OF THE FIRST FLEET RE-ENACTMENT
SHIPS ON IT’S WAY TO AUSTRALIA, ANNA KRISTINA LOST FIRST MATE, "HENRIK
NIELSEN" OVERBOARD AT 0120 HOURS. |
| 22ND |
1988 |
AUSTRALIA UNVEILS IT’S FIRST PLATINUM COIN, THE
"KOALA." |
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