25th
AUGUST
NATIONAL DAY OF URAGUAY.
FEAST DAY OF;
"ST EBBA; ST GENESIUS THE COMEDIAN; ST
GREGORY OF UTRECHT; ST LOUIS IX, KING OF FRANCE; ST MENNAS OF CONSTANTINOPLE; & ST
PATRICIA." |
| 25TH |
1804 |
ENGLISH WOMAN, "ALICE MEYNELL" BECOMES THE FIRST
WOMAN JOCKEY. |
| 25TH |
1806 |
THE WHALER ‘BRITANNIA’
WAS WRECKED IN THE TASMAN SEA; 3 BOATS LEFT THE WRECK BUT 1 DISAPPEARED. |
| 25TH |
1817 |
"JOSEPH MOHR" 25, BEGAN SERVING AS PASTOR OF ST.
NICHOLAS CHURCH IN OBERNDORF, AUSTRIA.IT WAS CHRISTMAS EVE, 1818, WHEN "MOHR"
& CHURCH ORGANIST "FRANZ GRUBER" PRODUCED THE ENDURING CHRISTMAS CAROL,
"STILLE NACHT" / "SILENT NIGHT." |
| 25TH |
1834 |
THE FULL RIGGED SHIP ‘EDWARD
LOMBE’ WAS WRECKED ON MIDDLE HEAD WHILE ENTERING SYDNEY HARBOUR WITH THE LOSS OF
12 LIVES. |
| 25TH |
1875 |
SHROPSHIRE BORN, "CAPTAIN MATTHEW WEBB" BECAME THE
FIRST PERSON TO SWIM THE ENGLISH CHANNEL, TAKING 21 HOURS 45 MINUTES. |
| 25TH |
1883 |
VOLCANO ERUPTS IN DUTCH EAST INDIES,
CREATING A TIDAL WAVE THAT KILLS 36,000. |
| 25TH |
1912 |
THE FIRST TIME AN AIRCRAFT RECOVERS FROM A SPIN. |
| 25TH |
1912 |
THE FIRST PARACHUTE WEDDING. |
| 25TH |
1940 |
THE RAF MADE IT’S FIRST AIR RAID ON BERLIN. |
| 25TH |
1952 |
THE AUSTRALIAN GOVERNMENT REDUCES
IT’S ASSISTED PASSAGE PROGRAM FOR IMMIGRANTS TO COUNTER THE HIGH LEVEL OF UNSKILLED
WORKERS. |
| 25TH |
1960 |
THE 17TH SUMMER OLYMPIC GAMES OPENED IN ROME. |
| 25TH |
1969 |
21 CREW ARE LOST WHEN THE MV NOONGAH
FOUNDERS OFF SMOKEY CAPE, NSW. |
| 25TH |
1969 |
A TWELVE SIDED CUPRO-NICKEL 50 cent PIECE REPLACES THE ROUND
SILVER COIN. |
| 25TH |
1973 |
"KIRSTE GORDON," 4, &
"JOANNE RATCLIFFE," 11, DISAPPEAR FROM ADELAIDE OVAL AT THREE QUARTER TIME IN
FRONT OF A CROWD OF 13,000 DURING A FOOTBALL MATCH BETWEEN NORWOOD & NORTH
ADELAIDE.THE CASE REMAINS UNSOLVED. |
| 25TH |
1975 |
AUSTRALIA’S ‘LITTLE RIVER BAND’ RELEASED
IT’S DEBUT SINGLE, "CURIOSITY KILLED THE CAT." |
| 25TH |
1981 |
9 DIED WHEN FIRE DESTROYED THE
"REMBRANDT APPARTMENTS," KINGS CROSS, SYDNEY. |
| 25TH |
1981 |
"JEFF SCHWARTZ," SETS A SOLO TRAMPOLINE BOUNCING
RECORD OF 266 HOURS 9 MINUTES. |
| 25TH |
1982 |
UNIONS LIFT THEIR BANS ON LIVE SHEEP
EXPORTS TO THE MIDDLE EAST. |
| 25TH |
1989 |
THE U.S. SPACE PROBE, "VOYAGER" REACHED NEPTUNE;
PICTURES OF TRITON, IT’S MOON, REVEALED THE EXISTENCE OF TWO ADDITIONAL MOONS. |
| 25TH |
1991 |
U.S. ATHLETE, "CARL LEWIS"
BROKE THE WORLD RECORD FOR THE 100m WITH A TIME OF 9.86secs IN TOKYO. |
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