23RD
AUGUST
NATIONAL DAY OF ROMANIA.
FEAST DAY OF
"ST ROSE OF LIMA; SAINTS ASTERIUS
& CLAUDIUS; ST TYDFIL; ST PHILIP BENIZI; & ST EUGENE OF ARDSTRAW." |
| 23RD |
1305 |
‘WILLIAM WALLACE,’ SCOTTISH PATRIOT AND A LEADER OF
THE STRUGGLE AGAINST THE ENGLISH IS HANGED IN LONDON. |
| 23RD |
1617 |
THE FIRST ONE-WAY STREETS ARE
ESTABLISHED IN LONDON. |
| 23RD |
1770 |
"CAPTAIN COOK" & "MR BANKS" LAND ON A
BARREN ROCKY ISLAND, & NOTED THE BIRDS SUCH AS BOOBIES WERE IT’S INHABITANTS.
THE QUEENSLAND ISLAND WAS NAMED BOOBIE ISLAND, BY "COOK" & AN UNAWARE
"CAPTAIN BLIGH" LATER FOR THE SAME REASON. |
| 23RD |
1833 |
BRITAIN ABOLISHES SLAVERY IN IT’S
COLONIES, FREEING 700,000 SLAVES. |
| 23RD |
1839 |
HONG KONG WAS TAKEN BY THE BRITISH. |
| 23RD |
1870 |
THE LAST BRITISH TROOPS LEAVE
AUSTRALIA. |
| 23RD |
1882 |
"CHARLES W. FRY" 45, THE SALVATION ARMY WORKER WHO
WROTE THE LYRICS TO THE HYMN, "I HAVE FOUND A FRIEND IN JESUS" a.k.a.
"LILLY OF THE VALLEY," DIED. |
| 23RD |
1904 |
THE AUTOMOBILE TYRE CHAIN IS PATENTED. |
| 23RD |
1914 |
JAPAN DECLARES WAR ON GERMANY IN WORLD WAR I. |
| 23RD |
1921 |
BUBONIC PLAGUE BREAKS OUT IN BRISBANE. |
| 23RD |
1924 |
THE BIG BROTHER MOVEMENT IS FORMED TO SPONSOR BRITISH YOUTHS
TO MIGRATE TO AUSTRALIA. |
| 23RD |
1926 |
ACTOR, ‘RUDOLPH
VALENTINO,’31, DIED FROM A RUPTURED APPENDIX & GASTRIC ULCER IN A MANHATTAN
HOSPITAL. |
| 23RD |
1927 |
TWO ITALIAN BORN ANARCHISTS, "NICOLA SACCO" &
"BARTOLOMEO VANZETTI" WALKED CALMLY TO THEIR DEATHS IN THE ELECTRIC CHAIR IN
MASSACHUSETTS, AFTER THEY WERE FALSELY ACCUSED OF MURDERING A PAYMASTER DURING AN ARMED
HOLD-UP SIX YEARS EARLIER. |
| 23RD |
1940 |
THE BLITZ BEGAN AS GERMAN BOMBERS BEGAN
AN ALL-NIGHT RAID ON LONDON. |
| 23RD |
1942 |
THIRTEEN JAPANESE PLANES WERE SHOT DOWN IN THE 24TH RAID ON
DARWIN IN WORLD WAR II. |
| 23RD |
1948 |
THE WORLD COUNCIL OF CHURCHES WAS
FOUNDED, BY 147 CHURCHES IN 44 COUNTRIES. |
| 23RD |
1953 |
"PHIL GRATE" THREW A BASEBALL A RECORD
443’3". |
| 23RD |
1958 |
"MARIE ASHTON" PLAYED A PIANO
FOR A FEMALE RECORD 133 HOURS. |
| 23RD |
1960 |
THE WORLD’S LARGEST FROG WEIGHING 3.3kg WAS CAUGHT IN
EQUATORIAL GUINEA. |
| 23RD |
1962 |
BEATLE, "JOHN LENNON,"
MARRIED HIS FIRST WIFE, "CYNTHIA POWELL." |
| 23RD |
1968 |
"RINGO STARR" TEMPORARILY QUIT THE
"BEATLES" OVER A DISAGREEMENT. |
| 23RD |
1985 |
BOND CORPORATION TAKES OVER CASTLEMAINE
TOOHEYS. |
| 23RD |
1977 |
"BRYAN ALLEN" IN A ‘GOSSAMER CONDOR’ MAKES
THE FIRST MAN-POWERED FLIGHT OF A MILE. |
| 23RD |
1997 |
AUSTRALIAN PRIME MINISTER, "JOHN
HOWARD," ANNOUNCES IN THE COMPANY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIAN PREMIER, "JOHN
OLSON," $100million FUNDING TO HELP COMPLETE THE ADELAIDE - DARWIN RAILWAY LINE |
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