7TH AUGUST
FEAST DAY OF
"ST DONATUS OF AREZZO; ST VITRICIUS;
SIXTUS II & FELICISSIMUS; ST DOGMETIUS THE PERSIAN; ST ALBERT OF TRAPANI; ST CLAUDIA;
& ST CAJETAN OR GAETANO." |
| 7TH |
768 |
"STEPHEN III" BEGINS HIS REIGN AS CATHOLIC POPE. |
| 7TH |
1711 |
"QUEEN ANNE" ESTABLISHES THE
FIRST HORSE RACE MEETING AT ASCOT. |
| 7TH |
1820 |
THE FIRST POTATOES ARE PLANTED IN HAWAII. |
| 7TH |
1840 |
THE EMPLOYMENT OF "CLIMBING
BOYS" AS CHIMNEY SWEEPS WAS BANNED IN ENGLAND. |
| 7TH |
1858 |
THE FIRST GAME OF AUSTRALIAN RULES FOOTBALL TOOK PLACE IN
MELBOURNE, WITH 40 PLAYERS A SIDE AND GOALS 800 METRES APART. |
| 7TH |
1886 |
CARNARVON, WESTERN AUSTRALIA,
PROCLAIMED A TOWN SITE. |
| 7TH |
1888 |
THE REVOLVING DOOR WAS PATENTED IN PENNSYLVANIA BY,
‘THEOPHILUS VAN KANNEL.’ |
| 7TH |
1913 |
IN BRITAINS FIRST AIRCRAFT TRAGEDY,
U.S. AIRMAN, "COLONEL SAMUEL CODY" IS KILLED
WHEN HIS PLANE CRASHES AT FARNBOROUGH. |
| 7TH |
1915 |
AUSTRALIAN LIGHTHORSEMEN (UNMOUNTED) GO TO THEIR DEATHS IN
SUCCESSIVE CHARGES AGAINST TURKISK MACHINE GUNS AT THE NEK. |
| 7TH |
1921 |
FIRST CIRCUMNAVIGATION OF AUSTRALIA BY
AIR IS COMPLETED. |
| 7TH |
1926 |
BRITAINS FIRST MOTOR RACING GRAND PRIX IS HELD AT BROOKLANDS;
THE WINNING CAR AVERAGED 71.61 mph. |
| 7TH |
1940 |
AN 1856 BRITISH GUIANA 1c STAMP SELLS
FOR $45,000. |
| 7TH |
1946 |
THE OVERSEAS TELECOMUNICATIONS COMMISSION (OTC) IS
ESTABLISHED. |
| 7TH |
1947 |
FIRE ON BOARD THE FREIGHTER ‘MAHIA’
AT VICTORIA DOCK, MELBOURNE, COST 10 PAINTERS AND DOCKERS THEIR LIVES. |
| 7TH |
1963 |
"JACQUALINE KENNEDY" BECOMES THE FIRST ‘1ST
LADY’ TO GIVE BIRTH SINCE "MRS. CLEVELAND." |
| 7TH |
1965 |
"LINDA McGILL" IS THE FIRST
AUSTRALIAN WOMAN TO SWIM THE ENGLISH CHANNEL. |
| 7TH |
1974 |
FRENCH TIGHTROPE ARTIST ‘PHILIPPE PETIT’
SUCCESSFULLY WALKS A TIGHTROPE BETWEEN THE TWIN TOWERS OF NEW YORK’S TRADE CENTRE,
1500 feet ABOVE THE GROUND. HE IS LATER ARRESTED. |
| 7TH |
1979 |
A SPANISH FIGHTER PLANE SHOT ITSELF
DOWN WHEN IT’S GUNFIRE RICOCHETED OFF A HILLSIDE TARGET. |
| 7TH |
1990 |
VICTORIAN PREMIER ‘JOHN CAIN’ IS FORCED TO RESIGN
OVER A SERIES OF MASSIVE FINANCIAL BLUNDERS. |
| 7TH |
1994 |
UNDERGROUND MINE EXPLOSION AT MOURA
TRAPS 11 MINERS UNDERGROUND. THEY WERE LEFT ENTOMBED WHEN
FURTHER EXPLOSIONS MADE RECOVERY IMPOSSIBLE. |
| 7TH |
1997 |
THE LAST OF 18 BODIES IS REMOVED FROM THE RUBBLE OF THE
THREDBO LANDSLIDE 244 HOURS AFTER THE TRAGEDY BEGAN. |
| 7TH |
1998 |
"MICHELE SMITH/DeBRUIN," THE
IRISH SWIMMER WHO WON 4 GOLD MEDALS AT THE ATLANTA OLYMPICS IS GIVEN A 4 YEAR BAN BY
‘FINA’ FOR TRYING TO MASK HER DRUG TEST WITH WHISKEY. |
| 7TH |
1998 |
TERRORIST BOMBS KILL MORE THAN 80 & INJURED HUNDREDS WHEN
TWO HUGE BOMBS EXPLODE OUTSIDE UNITED STATES EMBASSIES IN KENYA & TANZANIA. |
| 7TH |
1998 |
AMERICAN COMEDIAN, "JERRY
SEINFELD" DESCRIBES MELBOURNE AS ‘THE ANUS OF THE WORLD’ DURING A STAGE
PERFORMANCE IN NEW YORK. |
| 7TH |
1999 |
ADELAIDE RADIO STATION, "FIVE AA" SHOCKED IT’S
LOYAL LISTENERS WHEN IT REPLACED THE SATURDAY & SUNDAY MIDNIGHT-DAWN TALK-BACK WITH
"CANNED MUSIC BY DJ STEVE CURTIS." |
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