3RD
AUGUST
FEAST DAY OF
"ST WALRHEN OR WALTHEOF; ST
GERMANUS OF AUXERRE; & ST THOMAS OF HALES OR DOVER." |
| 3RD |
1852 |
GOLD IS DISCOVERED IN THE OVENS VALLEY, VICTORIA. |
| 3RD |
1890 |
SUNDAY NEWSPAPER, "TRUTH"
BEGINS PUBLICATION IN SYDNEY. |
| 3RD |
1914 |
GERMANY DECLARED WAR ON FRANCE. |
| 3RD |
1914 |
THE FIRST SHIPS PASSED THROUGH THE
PANAMA CANAL. |
| 3RD |
1920 |
5 PASSENGERS ARE KILLED WHEN A TRAIN HITS THE BACK OF ANOTHER
AT HURSTVILLE, NSW. |
| 3RD |
1936 |
BLACK U.S. ATHLETE, ‘JESSE
OWENS’ WINS THE FIRST OF HIS FOUR GOLD MEDALS AT THE BERLIN OLYMPIC GAMES. |
| 3RD |
1952 |
THE 15TH OLYMPIC GAMES CLOSE IN HELSINKI, FINLAND. |
| 3RD |
1958 |
BRITISH RACING DRIVER, "PETER
COLLINS" DIES DRIVING A FERRARI IN A CRASH AT THE GERMAN GRAND PRIX. |
| 3RD |
1958 |
THE NUCLEAR POWERED SUBMARINE "USS NAUTILUS" PASSES
UNDER THE NORTH POLE. |
| 3RD |
1963 |
"THE BEATLES" PLAY THE
‘CAVERN’ IN LIVERPOOL, THEIR HOME TOWN FOR THE LAST TIME. |
| 3RD |
1963 |
"ALLAN SHERMAN" RELEASES, "HELLO MUDDA, HELLO
FADDA." |
| 3RD |
1970 |
"MAIRIAM HARGRAVE" OF
YORKSHIRE, PASSES HER DRIVING TEST AT THE 40TH TRY. |
| 3RD |
1971 |
"PAUL McCARTNEY" ANNOUNCES THE FORMATION OF HIS
GROUP WINGS. |
| 3RD |
1973 |
A FLASH FIRE AT AN AMUSEMENT PARK ON
THE ISLE OF MAN, U.K. KILLS 51. |
| 3RD |
1974 |
GUITARIST, "JEFF BAKER," QUIT "STEELY
DAN" & JOINED "THE DOOBY BROTHERS." |
| 3RD |
1975 |
500 DROWN WHEN 2 RIVER BOATS COLLIDE
& SINK IN CHINA’S WEST RIVER. |
| 3RD |
1977 |
USSR PIANIST, "IRINA PLOTNIKOVA" WON THE FIRST
‘SUDNEY INTERNATIONAL PIANO COMPETITION." |
| 3RD |
1980 |
THE XXII SUMMER OLYMPIC GAMES IN MOSCOW
END. THESE GAMES WERE BOYCOTTED BY U.S.A., CANADA, JAPAN
& WEST GERMANY. |
| 3RD |
1985 |
"NIHILATOR" SET HARNESS PACING MILE RATE OF 1:49.6
IN EAST RUTHERFORD, NEW JERSEY. |
| 3RD |
1986 |
THE SOUTHERN AURORA & SPIRIT OF
PROGRESS TRAINS COMBINE TO BECOME THE MELBOURNE/SYDNEY EXPRESS. |
| 3RD |
1998 |
FORMER SOUTH AUSTRALIAN DEPUTY PREMIER, "GRAHAM
INGERSON," RESIGNS FROM STATE CABINET AFTER MISLEADING PARLIAMENT. |
| 3RD |
1999 |
80,000 OF OIL LEAKED FROM THE ITALIAN
OIL TANKER ‘LAURA D’AMATO’ INTO SYDNEY HARBOUR. |
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